I wouldn't go so far as to call you egotistical garbage, but you're pretty close - offensive fits the bill nicely I think.ceej1979 wrote:Allibert wrote:I don't want to dent your hopes and wish you the best of luck in your search but in your position, if I were stating that my written English is very good, I'd make sure I avoid the following mistakes:
A emigrating Brit - how about "an"
re-location - it's relocation
Reading Singaporean Newspapers - capital N?
high level - high-level?
sentences don't start with And or But,
my current company - who's blessing - it's whose
and there are several other mistakes
To be honest, your use of commas is pretty awful, too.
Anyway, good luck to you. I know a lot of people (myself included), like to come to Asia to avoid bad weather, long dark cold winters and to enjoy good food and experience a new environment. It is, all things considered, a very nice place to be.
Good luck with you job search but please do a grammar/spelling check before you send your applications out to prospective employers. Seriously, if I were an employer and you claimed your written English to be "high level", you wouldn't have got a reply from me either.
I don't want to sound like a pedantic ass but first impressions really do count.
Alan
Hi Alan
1: Seriously, it's the height of ignorance to go through people's hastily written doodles, trying to pick them up on grammar. I assure you, my boss (one of the top publishers in the country) makes mistakes all the time. I'm not egotistical enough to send her pointers on this, as I realise that there is a huge difference between professional writing, and an
e-mail.
You obviously don;t understand the meaning of ignorance either. You are the one looking for a job and if you cannot demonstrate that you can spell simple words you probably won't even get an interview, which from your comments seem to be the case
2: If ego is going to override commen-sense, and you do feel you have to come on here, simply trying to humiliate someone, I suggest you at least make sure you know what you are talking about.
Again, you can't even spell common sense, but I'm guessing this was hastily written too. That is just what publishing editors are looking for. They will love you here. by the way, I am not trying to humiliate anyone here, just pointing out that the qualities needed for the kind of work you're applying for seem to be sadly lacking.
Not to go into too much detail, but it is perfectly acceptable to start any sentence with either "And" or "But. The point you're making is a grammar factoid. The type of factoid twittering, unqualified twerps use all the time, to make a 100 word statement, somehow last 500.
Wrong again
Again, I really don't care what you make of a hastily written note to be honest. And really don't see the point in wasting people's time on here, with such egotistical garbage.
If you're going to be a grammar nazi, at least get the facts straightAllibert wrote:ceej1979 wrote:Not to go into too much detail, but it is perfectly acceptable to start any sentence with either "And" or "But. The point you're making is a grammar factoid. The type of factoid twittering, unqualified twerps use all the time, to make a 100 word statement, somehow last 500.
Wrong again
I'm inclined to agree. As far as I'm aware, there is a decent media market for expat publishers.madura wrote:Is that true? Honest question. There seems to be quite a number of expat editors on ST?littlegreenman wrote:Media however is tricky in general as most of the media is government controlled in Singapore and so any editorial jobs would go to party faithfuls only. The fact that you are not Singaporean doesn't help there.
littlegreenman wrote:Expat Editors, yes. The national newspaper is one of the flagship brands like SIA and they need it to be top notch, so of course they had to buy foreign talent to get it up to scratch as the national newspaper is still a relatively young paper. We are talking about editors though, not editorial assistants like the OP where they will be happy to take their own people because they can fill the talent pool locally.madura wrote:Is that true? Honest question. There seems to be quite a number of expat editors on ST?littlegreenman wrote:Media however is tricky in general as most of the media is government controlled in Singapore and so any editorial jobs would go to party faithfuls only. The fact that you are not Singaporean doesn't help there.
I have a friend who graduated with 1st class honours in journalism in Australia. He said it is almost impossible to get into "those we don't speak of" (he is a citizen) and some of his 1st class honours foreign friendstried and failed... reason was that they only looked for high level expats with many years of experience...
Edit: replaced name of that national newspaper with "those we don't speak of" (in true "the village" style).I was actually fine with the edit done by the mod but he did one thing to sincerely p1ss me off: you do not put pink text in my posts mate! It might say violet but turns out pink which is seriously uncool!
SorryPlavt wrote:There you go again posting what can justly be described as bullshit! .ceej1979 wrote: it is perfectly acceptable to start any sentence with either "And" or "But. .
"Allibert wrote:ceej1979 wrote:Allibert wrote:I don't want to dent your hopes and wish you the best of luck in your search but in your position, if I were stating that my written English is very good, I'd make sure I avoid the following mistakes:
A emigrating Brit - how about "an"
re-location - it's relocation
Reading Singaporean Newspapers - capital N?
high level - high-level?
sentences don't start with And or But,
my current company - who's blessing - it's whose
and there are several other mistakes
To be honest, your use of commas is pretty awful, too.
Anyway, good luck to you. I know a lot of people (myself included), like to come to Asia to avoid bad weather, long dark cold winters and to enjoy good food and experience a new environment. It is, all things considered, a very nice place to be.
Good luck with you job search but please do a grammar/spelling check before you send your applications out to prospective employers. Seriously, if I were an employer and you claimed your written English to be "high level", you wouldn't have got a reply from me either.
I don't want to sound like a pedantic ass but first impressions really do count.
Alan
You obviously don;t understand the meaning of ignorance either. You are the one looking for a job and if you cannot demonstrate that you can spell simple words you probably won't even get an interview, which from your comments seem to be the case
Alan, quit playing the prima donna. When a person goes onto a forum, dissecting another users grammar, and leaving smart arsed comments on it, they are not trying to help.
Although I may not put too much thought into these sort of blurbs ( I wasn't expecting anyone to read into it that much, I can assure you that I can spell, and have written for a number of years, at a professional level.
Again, you can't even spell common sense, but I'm guessing this was hastily written too. That is just what publishing editors are looking for. They will love you here. by the way, I am not trying to humiliate anyone here, just pointing out that the qualities needed for the kind of work you're applying for seem to be sadly lacking.
Alan, again, I'm not going to keep repeating myself. There is, in my case, and with most people, a huge amount of difference between carefully thought out writing, and what I tap out on here, when I have a spare 2 minutes.
I make maybe 2-3 grammatical mistakes a year, in my current job. I probably make 500, writing e-mails to friends. As I simply don't care what they think on the subject. The same rule applies here.
I'm a published web journalist. I've had articles feartured on CBSNews.com/ Foxnews.cin in the states. I'm perfectly happy with my ability to write.
"Obviously, you seem to have issues with anyone who is trying to give you any useful advice. In addition, with your attitude and great English ability, you don't seem to be having one iota of success in locating a job here. I would suggest you have several possibilities.
1. Continue being a royal prat and be turned down again and again
2. If they're so keen on having you in USA, go there
3. Stop being a prat and try to be a bit more humble. Your attitude will get you absolutely nowhere.
4. If you really think you're that good, come here and try and survive on a freelance basis.
5. Get your family to tie you over until you can prove your worth to them in whatever capacity
Seriously, though, I think you have a severe attitude problem. Nobody owes you anything and you are probably not God's gift to journalism. None of us actually care whether you get a job here. We're just offering advice so that you may have a slight chance. If you don't want to take the advice, that is your prerogative.[/color]
Allibert wrote:I wouldn't go so far as to call you egotistical garbage, but you're pretty close - offensive fits the bill nicely I think.ceej1979 wrote:Allibert wrote:I don't want to dent your hopes and wish you the best of luck in your search but in your position, if I were stating that my written English is very good, I'd make sure I avoid the following mistakes:
A emigrating Brit - how about "an"
re-location - it's relocation
Reading Singaporean Newspapers - capital N?
high level - high-level?
sentences don't start with And or But,
my current company - who's blessing - it's whose
and there are several other mistakes
To be honest, your use of commas is pretty awful, too.
Anyway, good luck to you. I know a lot of people (myself included), like to come to Asia to avoid bad weather, long dark cold winters and to enjoy good food and experience a new environment. It is, all things considered, a very nice place to be.
Good luck with you job search but please do a grammar/spelling check before you send your applications out to prospective employers. Seriously, if I were an employer and you claimed your written English to be "high level", you wouldn't have got a reply from me either.
I don't want to sound like a pedantic ass but first impressions really do count.
Alan
Hi Alan
1: Seriously, it's the height of ignorance to go through people's hastily written doodles, trying to pick them up on grammar. I assure you, my boss (one of the top publishers in the country) makes mistakes all the time. I'm not egotistical enough to send her pointers on this, as I realise that there is a huge difference between professional writing, and an
e-mail.
You obviously don;t understand the meaning of ignorance either. You are the one looking for a job and if you cannot demonstrate that you can spell simple words you probably won't even get an interview, which from your comments seem to be the case
2: If ego is going to override commen-sense, and you do feel you have to come on here, simply trying to humiliate someone, I suggest you at least make sure you know what you are talking about.
Again, you can't even spell common sense, but I'm guessing this was hastily written too. That is just what publishing editors are looking for. They will love you here. by the way, I am not trying to humiliate anyone here, just pointing out that the qualities needed for the kind of work you're applying for seem to be sadly lacking.
Not to go into too much detail, but it is perfectly acceptable to start any sentence with either "And" or "But. The point you're making is a grammar factoid. The type of factoid twittering, unqualified twerps use all the time, to make a 100 word statement, somehow last 500.
Wrong again
Again, I really don't care what you make of a hastily written note to be honest. And really don't see the point in wasting people's time on here, with such egotistical garbage.
To be honest, I don't care what you think either. Obviously your application letters were hastily written to or you may not be quite what Singapore publishing houses are looking for. If you don't accept people's advice and think that you're going to get any kind of job here in Singapore with your attitude, I would suggest you are very sadly mistaken.
Obviously, you seem to have issues with anyone who is trying to give you any useful advice. In addition, with your attitude and great English ability, you don't seem to be having one iota of success in locating a job here. I would suggest you have several possibilities.
1. Continue being a royal prat and be turned down again and again
2. If they're so keen on having you in USA, go there
3. Stop being a prat and try to be a bit more humble. Your attitude will get you absolutely nowhere.
4. If you really think you're that good, come here and try and survive on a freelance basis.
5. Get your family to tie you over until you can prove your worth to them in whatever capacity
Seriously, though, I think you have a severe attitude problem. Nobody owes you anything and you are probably not God's gift to journalism. None of us actually care whether you get a job here. We're just offering advice so that you may have a slight chance. If you don't want to take the advice, that is your prerogative.
You won't find any distinguished articles on it, as it's not grammatically incorrect to start a sentence with "And", "But", "Or"..........Allibert wrote:Congratulations, and i could find many articles on the internet that wiill tell you that it is grammatically incorrect to do it, even though lazier writers seem to be doing it more and more.
Actually I was merely using it, along with other examples, to point out that the OP had several grammatical faults which, if transferred to an application letter, might go some way to explaining why, along with his attitude, people aren't exactly rushing to employ him.
I'm not forcing my opinion on anyone. Listen or not it's hardly any skin of my nose. However, since the OP has insulted virtually every single poster who tried to offer any help, one can't help but wonder if an aqttitude adjustment would be beneficial for the job hunt.
Well, well well now you think you are superior to teachers who have recognized qualifications and know their grammar which you clearly do not! Grammar is not a just a 'school thing', I only have to walk as far a the local library or bookshop to find the any amount of the most rudimentary guides, all of which contradict the nonsense you have posted here. Quite frankly your persistent rants are becoming very tiresome, you ask for advice and rebuff everyone who offers it. Since you cleary think yourself so superior and a cut above everybody then why don't you simply shut up and go somewhere else!? Talk about a waste of space!ceej1979 wrote:
That's just a publishing factoid, that is mistakenly taught at high school level. Starting a sentence with either "and" or "but" does not break any grammatical rules, and that form is used in professional publishing, on a daily basis.
In fact, we are encouraged to do it.
Why do people think it's wrong to start a sentence with "and"? It's a schooling thing. Teachers tell you not to do it, to ensure pupils write varied sentences.
You mean like my Masters of Linguistics? Maybe you should read some Cambridge material http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/peters/ that also contradicts you. Or isn't Cambridge recognised as a legitimate eduactional source anymore?Plavt wrote: Well, well well now you think you are superior to teachers who have recognized qualifications and know their grammar which you clearly do not!
Don't be so ridiculous you know perfectly well what I meant when I made the statement above but then of course there's always some half-wit who has to bring some controversy to a simple issue.Jeppo wrote:
You mean like my Masters of Linguistics? Maybe you should read some Cambridge material http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/peters/ that also contradicts you. Or isn't Cambridge recognised as a legitimate eduactional source anymore?
Calling people half-wits when you can't use logic or facts to back up your statements? Well, I guess we can't expect more from someone so poorly educated they can't even get a job in Singapore.Plavt wrote:Don't be so ridiculous you know perfectly well what I meant when I made the statement above but then of course there's always some half-wit who has to bring some controversy to a simple issue.Jeppo wrote:
You mean like my Masters of Linguistics? Maybe you should read some Cambridge material http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/peters/ that also contradicts you. Or isn't Cambridge recognised as a legitimate eduactional source anymore?
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