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1i00Can you believe that our boss just hired/recruited an inexperienced and 01b00unqualified/poorly qualified02b00 salesperson and the guy is assigned to the same pay grade as most of the junior sales 01del00members02del00 01b00staff02b00?02i02br
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0Thanks, Nona and Mr. Wordy.02br
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00Mr. Wordy, It was surprising that he hired an poorly qualified salesperson and it was even surprising that the guy was in the same pay grade as the junior members who are somewhat experienced and have good qualifications like college degrees. Is my sentence unnatural? If so, I would like to know which aspect? I'm always looking for ways

0Hi N2G02br
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00No, I don't think that the sentence is unnatural. I was just musing really. The implication to me is that his hiring was unexpected, 01i00and02i00, once he was hired, it was then also unexpected that he was put on the stated pay grade. I was idly wondering whether, given that he had been hired at all, there would be any option other t

0Mr, Wordy, That's worth wondering. How can I remove the slight confusion?0-

0Hmmm. I can't think of anything neat. My quibble is really no big deal, but I guess you could spell it out explicitly with something like:02br
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01i00Can you believe that our boss just hired an inexperienced and unqualified salesperson? What's more, the guy is assigned to the same pay grade as most of the other junior sales staff. I don't think he should be getting

0 I see. Thanks, Mr. Wordy. 0-