Emily1 May Jen1 May Of course the "e" at the end is pronounced, with or without an accent. You're confusing the written representation of the language with the spoken language itself. JJMBallantyne May You people are too smart for me. Thanks so much for the keyboard tip! This will save me so much effort, as I frequently deal with accented words. Janet1 Nov And FWIW, my opinion on the original question: while as a Brit I use "CV" for the document in question, if I were using the American word I would spell it with accents as otherwise it is too easily confused with the existing English verb meaning to pick up where one left off.
I was writing my CV but was interrupted. Ian4 Nov LOL came here to see if I should put the accents on my "see attatched resume.
But I love the relatively polite discussion. Thanks :. This worked well in MS Word but everywhere else I tried using the same keystrokes and I was either opening different programs or resizing the screen. Glenda1 Dec The word means "Summary". In Latin, sum means "to be", and summa means "the highest part", or "the whole".
Like the english word "sum". If you wanna be a real star, you should title the document, "Mea Laureolae", or "Mei Principati", or something like that. Brad1 Dec This was hilarious! I just forgot what the accent was called and stumbled upon this site while quickly researching it. It appears that all three ways are correct but I was glad to see that someone corrected the CV vs.
River Jan After taking 7 years of French and spending years as a copywriter, I am applying for a job with an internationally renowned company. Incidentally, I did a spell check using only one accent on the final "e" and Word spell check corrected it with both accents!
Not sure how it'll render in this comment, in case anyone is interested, the correct way to get an acute e to show up correctly on a Web page is with what's called an HTML entity. The incantation for doing that is this without the spaces :. Paul3 Jan Without the accent's it spells resume as in "I had to take a phone call but now I am going to resume the task of cleaning the garage.
Lauren Feb Brian3 Mar Dictionaries say all three versions are acceptable. As a former computer professional from many years, I now simply use "resume" without the accents.
Robin2 Mar Hey Robin, what exactly is a professional Resume writer? Do you write resumes for people or are you just perpetually unemployed?
I am the one who originally asked this question, five years ago. It amazes me that it is still getting comments. Ummm, I'm not like some great English Major or anything.
However, it has been my experience that one always uses the accent over the LAST "e" for this purpose. The First "e" is pronounced "eh" like in "epiphany" or "effort" while the last "e" is simply silent. Of course the 'e' at the end is pronounced, with or without an accent. It seems to me that you are overstating the case.
The assertion that it was rewuired was probably too stout of an assertion, but your sweeping it aside seems to me to have been too far in the other direction. Without the accent, it is pretty sure that context will clear things up without a hitch, but the accent is very helpful as well.
They work for me in Word, but not outside it. If you know the ASCII value for any character, you can create that character by holding the alt key while typing zero folowed by the code, then releasing the alt key. You must use the number pad, not the number keys above the letter keys. I wondered about the accents myself, so I looked it up back when I was in college no personal computers then, I'm talking about the s. What I discovered was that the first e would take a grave, not an acute accent, so if you're going to be pedantic enough to use the accent on the first e, you might as well be pedantic enough to use a grave accent.
Personally, I leave both accents off unless for some reason I both know I might encounter and expect to want to impress Eric2 May Grave accent? Not in French.
Why would the accent, if preserved, be changed in type? That doesn't make any sense. Perhaps your source or your recollection was in error? I don't think either my recollection or the source are incorrect, per se, although both might have their tongues slightly in their cheeks when pronouncing those ees. James4 Jul Anon1 Aug And, no, the first accent would not be grave.
Or, keep both if you want to preserve the original French spelling. The CV is most often used in academics and medical professions, and it virtually non-existant in the business world. That is, the emphasis is on the first AND the third sylable.
Which is why it has accents there. Other spellings are often found, but are not correct. Other pronounciations are not correct. In business, many people ignore the accents in correspondence because they are lazy, or unable to figure our how to make an accent mark. Even though there is a high tolerance for the mispelled "resume" version, and it will probably not make a difference between getting the job or not, it is nevertheless, incorrect.
It would be properly pronounced "REZ-oom". I am not judgmental. Spell it and pronounce it any way you choose. But, if you want to know the correct spelling, that is it. Just bear in mind you need both—. To learn more visit our Privacy Policy Got it! Oh the controversy! And all it comes down to is a dash or two. What spelling employers expect from job seekers. Create your resume now Sample resume made with our builder— See more templates and create your resume here.
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