Re: pronouns in resumes

Subject: Re: pronouns in resumes
From: Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:14:50 -0400

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Fox Cole<foxcole -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Pronouns are entirely unnecessary. The reader already knows who the document
> is about.

Just because the document is about someone doesn't necessarily mean
that every single pronoun in that document will refer only to that
person -- "we" and "they", for example. But the consensus appears to
be that pronouns are best avoided, so I would try to write around
those.

Thanks.

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