There are many reasons that someone may have been in a job for only a month. It may have been a shorter internship, a seasonal or limited-time job, or perhaps they thought this job was not a good fit for them. While it may be true that any experience is good experience, it is not …
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With all the loads of emails going to a recruiter’s inbox every day, reading a job post response means skimming through the most important parts only. From the applicant’s perspective, this also means that drafting the email response to make it stand out is meanwhile a challenging task. Email writing, or writing in general, may …
Some words in English always do the same thing. For example, the words “girl” and “boy” are always nouns, and the word “beautiful” is always an adjective. Some words can act as both noun or verb, but it is pretty easy to spot which one they are. For example, “cook” can be a verb meaning …
If you’ve ever written more than a few words in English, chances are good you’ve run into commas. Commas, like it or not, are everywhere. So why are they so hard to understand? The truth is that they’re not. Commas follow a fairly simple set of rules but can be a struggle for many writers …
Jinkies! Zoinks! Jeepers! These words may look like nonsense, but if you’ve ever watched a certain children’s cartoon that features a talking dog and his friends solving mysteries, they’ll be very familiar. Where do words like “jinkies” come from, though? And what do they mean? Let’s find out. What does “jinkies” mean? The answer …
Some people think that the punctuation system requires esoteric knowledge to be fully mastered. Well, that might be the case if we think of it from a pedantic perspective, that the written language ought to be governed by “rigid” rules. Thinking ths way may discourage people from writing, which should not be the case because …
What are abstract ideas? An abstract idea is one that lacks concrete physical details, things you cannot touch but that you know exist. World peace is something that everyone can understand as a concept but there is no physical object that is “world peace” that they can touch. Human minds tend to think in …
Commas may look like just little pieces of punctuation, but they can be powerful tools. Sometimes, their primary function is to help with comprehension in a sentence. Other times, they can be used to indicate that a speaker is pausing to show emphasis. When it comes to using a comma after “furthermore,” there are some …
The stigma of a fraternity understandably leaves students or post-graduates with a debate: ‘Do I bring it up or not?” When portrayed by movies or TV shows, fraternities are seen as not-so-nice with actors playing to unprofessional stereotypes like wild partying or heavy drinking. However, in reality, being a part of a fraternity means you …