{"id":12735,"date":"2022-10-22T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/?p=12735"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:46:54","slug":"resume-grammar-check-resume-grammatical-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/resume-grammar-check-resume-grammatical-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Resume Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb [Resume Grammar Guide]"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>By my\u00a0estimates, a whopping 60% of resumes contain at least one typo, not to mention the tricky grammar slip-ups that are enough to have your resume rejected by recruiters.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you\u2019re confident that you&#8217;ve followed my <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/resume-writing-tips\/\">resume writing tips<\/a> to ensure that your resume is in tip-top shape, and uses <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/best-font-for-resume-australia\/\">the right font<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/resume-font-size-australia\/\">the right size<\/a>, it\u2019s probably worth taking a look at these common grammatical misses.<\/p>\n<p>Or as I like to call them:<\/p>\n<p><em>All the grammatical ways your wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sorry &#8230; I just couldn\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, do you want to ensure that your resume has perfect grammar and doesn&#8217;t take you weeks to write? Consider using my:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Resume.io\" href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/recommends\/resume-io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\"><strong>recommended free resume builder<\/strong><\/a>, if you&#8217;re on a budget.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/resume-writing-services\/\"><strong>premium resume service<\/strong><\/a>, if you&#8217;re a mid-career professional.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/resume-writing-services\/\"><strong>executive resume writing service<\/strong><\/a>, if you&#8217;re a senior leader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">1. Apostrophe Catastrophes.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin with the biggest culprit of all &#8211; the apostrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Apostrophic confusion has inspired impressively passionate responses among grammar watchers, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apostrophecatastrophes.com\/\">entire websites<\/a> and days of honour dedicated to this seemingly simple piece of punctuation.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you\u2019ve yet to jump on the <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2014\/08\/15\/international-apostrophe-day-20-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-grammar-pedant-4833592\/\">International Apostrophe Day<\/a> bandwagon (April 16, in case you were wondering), you still need to know how to wield apostrophes with accuracy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>Use An Apostrophe, Followed By An \u201cS\u201d:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>1. To indicate singular possessive, such as the strategic vision of one CEO. For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cImplemented the CEO<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2019s<\/span> strategic vision, overseeing people, budget and technology to hit key milestones and overarching objectives.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2. To indicate singular possessive on words ending in the letter <i>s<\/i>, such as strategic priorities of the business. For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cManaged people, budgets and technology to drive the achievement of the business<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2019s<\/span> strategic priorities.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Note: using a bare apostrophe (without an\u00a0&#8220;s&#8221;), is also a correct, albeit less modern, usage. For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cManaged people, budgets and technology to drive the achievement of the busines<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0strategic priorities.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>3. To indicate years of experience. For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cPossessing 23 year<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s\u2019<\/span> journalism experience, I am an award-winning reporter, editor and author.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Note: this is also\u00a0grammatically correct:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;Possessing 23 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">years<\/span> of writing experience&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>4. To express contractions of <i>It Is<\/i> or <i>It Has <\/i>(although it\u2019s best to avoid contractions on your resume). Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cDespite the company\u2019s lagging performance, it<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2019s<\/span> continuing to make investments in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cHaving been employed with the same company for 15 years, it<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2019s<\/span> been a long time since my last job interview.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>Use A Bare Apostrophe, Without An \u201cS<\/b><b><i>\u201d:<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>To indicate the plural possessive, with words where the plural is formed by adding an <i>s<\/i>, such as the council attended by chefs. For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cPartnered with farmers, suppliers, restaurants and industry associations to maintain integrity of the guiding principles agreed upon during the biennial Chef<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s\u2019<\/span> Council.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>Do Not\u00a0Use An Apostrophe:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>1. To express decades, such as the nineties. For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cReversed declining revenue and restored profitability to levels unseen since the 1990<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s<\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2. To express plurals, including plural versions of acronyms:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cThe finance and production team<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s<\/span> collaborated to solve the problem and reposition the business.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cThe group of CEO<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s<\/span> agreed upon 5 fundamental principles to guide their joint code of ethics.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>3. To express the possessive of <i>it<\/i>, the correct form of which is <i>its:<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>\u201cDespite the company\u2019s lagging performance in the market, it<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s<\/span> future is bright.\u201d<\/em><span id=\"Mismatched_Verb_Tenses\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61914\" src=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/resume-grammar.jpg\" alt=\"resume grammar\" width=\"450\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong>2. Mismatched Verb Tenses.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Now I&#8217;d like to bring your attention to a concept that most of us intuitively <i>get<\/i>, but find it challenging to put into practice.<\/p>\n<p>Without getting too technical, the idea is that verb tenses need to agree with one another within a clause, sentence, or section.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, it\u2019s difficult to accurately portray timing and sequencing, and comes across as awkward to the reader.<\/p>\n<p>In resumes, I most often see this mistake within a single role: the duties start out using one tense, switch to another tense, before shifting back to the first one (or something entirely new).<\/p>\n<p>Take a look:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;Collaborat<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ed with the CFO and senior finance stakeholders to plan annual budgets, influenc<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ing spending allocation to secure needed capital investment and modernisation funds.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;Cre<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ate and buil<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">d risk strategies capable of meet<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ing the business\u2019s needs.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice the jarring transition from point 1 to point 2, when the leading verb shifts from simple past to simple present. Awkward, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Mismatched verb tenses also come up in sentences and clauses, and make for an even more uncomfortable read:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;Develop<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ed and implement<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ed the annual strategic plan, build<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ing budgets and develop<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ed key milestones for success.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally \u2013 and possibly the most common verb mistake in resumes\u00a0\u2013 is the misuse of &#8220;<i>to lead&#8221;<\/i>.\u00a0Let\u2019s refresh, shall we: <i>Led <\/i>is the past tense of<i> lead:<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;In 1999, I led a 5-person team, but today I lead up to 100 specialists.&#8221;<\/em><span id=\"Mistaken_Homonyms\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">3. Mistaken Homonyms.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Closely related to the lead vs. led issue are homonyms, which you may remember from primary school as words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, there are 10 homonym pairs that are commonly mistaken on resumes, beyond the glaringly obvious sets like <i>there\/their\/they\u2019re<\/i> and <i>to\/too\/two.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I call these the \u201clandmine words,\u201d because they\u2019re exceptionally difficult to spot, but can do a lot of damage to your resume grammar:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insure \/ Ensure.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Principal \/ Principle.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affect \/ Effect.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Council \/ Counsel.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effect \/ Affect.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elicit \/Illicit.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advice \/ Advise.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lose \/ Loose.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Precede \/ Proceed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confident \/ Confidant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these are tricky enough that I occasionally miss them in my own writing, which is why several editors perform a grammar check on every single <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/resume-writing-services\/\">resume that&#8217;s written by the Arielle Executive team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to avoiding the landmine homonyms, I recommend taking 10 minutes to use the search function in your word processing software to find and double-check each use.<span id=\"Subject_Verb_Agreement\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/executive-resume-audit\/\">7 Warning Signs That Your Executive Resume Is Failing<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">4. Subject-Verb Agreement.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Often overlooked by your computer\u2019s spelling and grammar function, this is an easy one to mess up.<\/p>\n<p>In grammatically correct sentences, the subject of the sentence agrees with the verb of the sentence:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;I am..&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>&#8220;You are..&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>&#8220;S\/He\/It is..&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While this may seem obvious, it gets tricky when you have to write about collective nouns, as you often do on resumes: staff, team, the media, the police, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3><em>&#8220;The staff <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is satisfied with the new HR policies.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>&#8220;The staff <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are satisfied with the new HR policies.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Which is correct?<\/p>\n<p>While in British English, most collective nouns can be treated as either singular or plural, depending on the context, Australian English tends to favour the singular form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/how-long-should-a-resume-be-australia\/\">How Long Should A Resume Be In Australia?<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The key is to be consistent; ideally, you\u2019ll pick one form throughout your entire resume, but at the very least you should ensure consistent collective noun-verb agreement in each section or sentence, unlike here:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;The team <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is currently working toward end-of-year targets; while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have performed well within the context of the economic slowdown, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are still achieving far below the hoped for levels.&#8221;<span id=\"Passive_Voice\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">5. Reliance On Passive Voice.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Ever since high school, I\u2019ve been taught to avoid passive voice like the plague.<\/p>\n<p>During university, I remember one professor marking large swathes of my paper with red pen, penalising a percentage of the final grade for every unnecessary use (which was most of them).<\/p>\n<p>Despite most business professionals equating passive writing with bad writing, resumes\u00a0are still filled with passive constructions, and I completely understand the temptation: passive voice seems fancy!<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, however, it\u2019s missing two of the hallmarks of great writing: directness and clarity.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s harder to read, uses more words to say the same thing, comes across as stuffy, and beyond being unnecessary, it <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/how-to-brand-yourself\/\">detracts from your message and personal brand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following makes you sound like more of a leader?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;Over 30% cost reductions were achieved during tenure.&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Or..<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em>&#8220;Drove 30% cost reductions over the course of tenure.&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While there are a few situations whereby a passive sentence or clause is appropriate, for the most part, passive writing is more difficult to scan and understand, and takes up valuable real estate with unnecessary words.<\/p>\n<p>Stick to the active voice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Key Point To Remember:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While making mistakes is a part of life, it really shouldn\u2019t be a part of your resume.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like most people (myself included), and are your own worst editor, enlist friends and family to help, and don&#8217;t forget to also <a href=\"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/how-to-write-highly-persuasive-resume-achievements\/\">check out this article<\/a>, which explains how to write resume achievements that pop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Irene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>60% of resumes submitted to recruiters contain a typo or grammatical mistake &#8211; does yours? 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