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Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:11 am
by cantorb
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Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:25 am
by maracuya
I would go with "in a variety of subjects." The wording at the beginning should be "Many years of experience..."

Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:07 am
by mvp99
be sure to include a sample list of subjects

Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:03 am
by cantorb
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Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:23 am
by pancakes3
I don't know if you're a 0L, 1L, or what, but you should cut down on the vague-ness, especially for something like your tutoring experience. Just put something like: "Private tutor in AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, and AP Biology" or something to that effect.

Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:33 pm
by Germaine
Also years not years'

Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:50 pm
by PoopyPants
cantorb wrote:
maracuya wrote:I would go with "in a variety of subjects." The wording at the beginning should be "Many years of experience..."

Good point about the 'years of'. In a variety feels right but I have a feeling it's not.
Just to clarify a point, "years' experience" is correct and is equivalent to saying "years of experience," just as saying "a year's experience" is equivalent to "one year of experience." However, it is unnecessarily literary for a resume, particularly one for law school.

Also, agree about being specific. Just list the subjects.

Re: Grammar question? (For Resume)

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:55 pm
by Germaine
PoopyPants wrote:
cantorb wrote:
maracuya wrote:I would go with "in a variety of subjects." The wording at the beginning should be "Many years of experience..."

Good point about the 'years of'. In a variety feels right but I have a feeling it's not.
Just to clarify a point, "years' experience" is correct and is equivalent to saying "years of experience," just as saying "a year's experience" is equivalent to "one year of experience." However, it is unnecessarily literary for a resume, particularly one for law school.

Also, agree about being specific. Just list the subjects.
Correct. This is one of the places where being right is actually going to be distracting and might even look wrong to most readers.