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A misspelling or a grammatical error in your resume or correspondence can be enough to have a hiring manager or recruiter move on to the next candidate.<\/p>\n
Certainly, not everyone cares about spelling and grammar, but the ones who do? They really do.<\/p>\n
And in the business world, it is expected that you have the basics down, which includes writing properly. Don\u2019t lose an opportunity over a simple spelling or grammar mistake that you can learn.<\/p>\n
Just find a system that will help you remember, like word association, or a song about it that you make up, or a just a little cheat sheet you always keep tucked into your wallet.<\/p>\n
Here are six of the most common errors I see.<\/p>\n
English is weird, and these words prove it. These spellings really don\u2019t make much sense, so it’s not your fault if you use the wrong spelling, but you still have to remember the difference.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Loose = opposite of tight, rhymes with goose<\/strong>\u00a0(think loosey goosey<\/em>) To see just how weird English is, compare another pair of words: choose<\/em> and chose. <\/em>Notice that they‘<\/i>re spelled the same as loose<\/em> and lose<\/em> except the initial sound, but the pronunciations are entirely different. Seriously, it doesn’t seem logical. No wonder so many people get it wrong.<\/p>\n My pants are too loose…\u00a0<\/strong>did I lose<\/strong> weight?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The\u00a0it’s\/its\u00a0<\/em>confusion happens because apostrophes are often used to show ownership (Joe\u2019s new car). But not in this case.<\/p>\n It’s<\/em> is the contraction of it<\/em> and is<\/em>.\u00a0 When in doubt, just read it as two words, it is,<\/em> and see if it makes sense, and if it does, it’s<\/em> is correct.<\/p>\n The problem many people have is knowing when to use its, <\/em>but it’s not hard. Its\u00a0<\/em>is possessive just like his <\/em>and you don\u2019t need to use an apostrophe.<\/p>\n \u2022 It\u2019s = the contraction of it is, <\/em><\/strong>with the aprostrophe showing something is missing<\/em> It\u2019s <\/strong><\/span>a great feeling when the company names you one of its<\/span> <\/strong>top performers.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019re<\/em> is the contraction of\u00a0you are<\/em>; the apostrophe here shows that something is missing. And your<\/em> is the possessive for you.<\/p>\n \u2022 You\u2019re = the contraction of\u00a0you are<\/em><\/strong> You\u2019re<\/strong><\/span> going to love the new title you’ll have in your<\/strong> <\/span>new job.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 They\u2019re = the contraction of\u00a0they are<\/em><\/strong> They’re<\/strong> <\/span>going to move their<\/strong> <\/span>headquarters to that new building over there<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n This comes up a lot in resumes where you talk about projects you lead<\/em> and projects that you\u00a0led<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lead = in front or in charge<\/strong>, present tense<\/strong>,\u00a0rhymes with \u201cdeed\u201d In the past, she led<\/strong> <\/span>the company\u2019s efforts to reduce the amount of lead<\/strong> <\/span>in paints, and now she has been asked to lead<\/strong> <\/span>the new safety department.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n First the bad news: there is no such word as alot<\/em>. A lot<\/em> <\/span>refers to quantity, and allot<\/em> means to distribute or parcel out.<\/p>\n \u2022 Alot = not a word<\/strong>, nopety nope When you allot<\/strong> <\/span>the budget for next year, we want\u00a0a lot<\/strong><\/span> of money for the new project.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Remember, I’m talking about business correspondence here, and spelling and grammar are less important elsewhere. For instance, texting and messaging, typos are expected and shorthand is common. And in personal correspondence, anything goes… you be you.<\/p>\n But in a job search and in business communications, the standards are high and everything matters when you are going after a job\u00a0 you want or when you are trying to make a good impression (which for ambitious people is all the time).<\/p>\n So if you’re writing includes alot of these mistakes, know that hiring managers have they’re standards, and its possible that errors like these may have lead to loosing an interview you really wanted.<\/p>\n (See what i mean?. :^)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the business world, bad spelling and grammar can actually ruin your career.\u00a0 A misspelling or a grammatical error in your resume or correspondence can be enough to have a hiring manager or recruiter move on to the next candidate. Certainly, not everyone cares about spelling and grammar, but the ones who do? 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\n\u2022 Lose = the opposite of win, and rhymes with booze,\u00a0<\/strong>shoes and cruise (English is so weird, right?)<\/p>\nIt\u2019s \/ Its<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n \u2022 Its = possessive, meaning ‘belonging to it’ <\/strong>(just like his, her, hers, ours and theirs)<\/p>\nYou\u2019re \/ Your<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\u2022 Your = it belongs to you, <\/strong>which means its yours<\/em><\/p>\nThey\u2019re \/ Their \/ There<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n\u2022 Their = belongs to them\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u2022 There = a place<\/strong> (Notice that the word here<\/em>\u00a0is in the word there<\/em>.)<\/p>\nLead \/ Led<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n\u2022 Led = in front or in charge<\/strong>, past tense,<\/strong> rhymes with \u201cbed\u201d
\n\u2022 Lead = what’s in a pencil,<\/strong> which, confusingly, also rhymes with \u201cbed\u201d (again, English is weird)<\/p>\nA lot \/ Alot \/ Allot<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n \u2022 A lot = a large quantity<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Allot = distribute<\/strong><\/p>\n