I Don’t Know Why He Got the First One Wrong
Read the caption:
They should both be “you’re”! They both mean “you are.”
Harrumpf!
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He Spelled it Right!
The document is also called a curriculum vitae.
“Resume” means to re-start something, to pick up where you left off. “Résumé” means something like a summary of your work history and skills.
To get that accented e, hold down the Alt key while you type 0233 on the numeric keypad, then release the Alt key. It’ll class up your cover letter if you spell it “résumé.”
Sorry, I don’t happen to know how to make an e with an acute accent on a Mac, but you can look it up.
Another Post About Redundancy
Being concise is one of my five gold rules about good tech writing. (You can request an essay about those five rules over on the right.) Redundancy, needless repetition, is the opposite of conciseness. Here’s a comic about it. I’d hire her!
The only place for redundancy is poetry.
“Infer” or “Imply”?
To infer is to draw a conclusion based on evidence. To imply is to suggest that something is true.
So is this guy right or wrong?
When “You” means “We”
I mentioned this once before, a good while back. You can use “you” as a generic term for people in general. Here’s an example:
Just so you know…
