I am *not* a grammatical expert, my oft linguistic pedantry
notwithstanding, but the ad just doesn't walk & talk proper like.
The person who wrote that advertisement either does not use English
especially well, or doesn't care. They are either trying to write at a
level above their ability or, again, don't care. Some of it is downright
sloppy and other is more subtly wrong. If it was written by the advertising
agency, whose staff would usually be expected to be skilled in the relevant
art,  the 'unique  company' should at least wonder how well their interests
are being served overall.

If it was written by somebody in 'the unique company' whose primary skills
were more aligned to the technical aspects of the role and less to
attaining linguistic finesse, then all may be well enough. It may be that
the writer is indeed unskilled in the  finer  points of the mother tongue
BUT is highly competent at what they do, know what they want from a
hireling and are able to obtain and give good value. Or not.



  Russell

One example:

The sentence "You will be required and assisted in maintaining a level
technical expertise" conveys its meaning perfectly well, but would take a
few moments thought (or more, it's actually somewhat tricky) to craft it in
a manner which was actually  "proper English". It fails in about 3 ways.

If they meant "A-level", which I doubt, it would greatly improve the
sentence if they said so.
Assuming that they did not -

" ... required ... in" jars badly (usual eg: you will be  required to
maintain)
" ... a level .." -> here 'a level of ..."

"required" and "assisted"  are crying out for "required to maintain" and
assisted in" and thus are reasonably incompatible. The sentence wouu;ld
probably start to sound and look quite cumbersome if these were melded
correctly and it may be easier to put it in two thoughts. This would appear
more pedantic and be longer but would then read correctly.

Maybe    "Assistance will be provided to allow you to in maintain the
required high level of technical expertise".
This majors rather more on the assistance and less on the requirement than
they may wish.

"You will be assisted in maintaining the requited high level of technical
expertise."  Only ~~~

"You will be required to maintain a high level of technical expertise and
assistance will be provided to allow you to do so."
Definitely a whiff of pedantry and redundancy. Scans, though.

Waddever.

E&OE :-)


      R





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