英文写作上的语法和句式固然是十分重要,可是在实际运用中依然可以根据情况进行调整和忽略。虽然高级的文字设计和内容从来密不可分,但是文字设计往往被大多数人忽视,导致简历上出现致命错误。所以今天我们不谈语法和句式,专门来讲讲文字设计(typography)
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标点符号一律使用半角
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逗号、句号、分号、冒号、感叹号、问号
和它们后面的字符之间必须留一个半角空格
错误:
Hi,I'm an entrepreneur.Can you make this app for me for free?Because,you know,I have this brilliant idea but I don't know how to code.


正确:
Hi, I'm an entrepreneur. Can you make this app for me for free? Because, you know, I have this brilliant idea but I don't know how to code.

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逗号、句号、分号、冒号、感叹号、问号
和它们前面的字符之间不可留任何空格
错误:
I think our current version is too skeuomorphic ,why don't we ,uh ,make it flatter so that it looks more metro-ish?


正确:
I think our current version is too skeuomorphic, why don't we, uh, make it flatter so that it looks more metro-ish?

4
将长串数字分开写,降低辨识的难度

错误:
1234567890


正确:
123 456 7890 或 123-456-7890

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书名、杂志名、电影名、音乐专辑名、
英文中出现的外文(包括拼音,人名除外)用斜体
错误:
In 2008, I created this amazing service during my internship at Playboy which is totally LBS avant la lettre.


正确:
In 2008, I created this amazing service during my internship at Playboy which is totally LBS avant la lettre.
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对于有序列表,应采用“阿拉伯数字 + 英文句点 + 半角空格”的方式
错误:
Three words I hate:


1.Innovation.


2, Leverage.


3 Synergy.


正确:
Three words I hate:


1. Innovation.


2. Leverage.


3. Synergy.

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括号弧线外要留空格,弧线内不要
错误:
Byte Press(née Tangcha ) is the best Chinese-language eBook app. Period.


正确:
Byte Press (née Tangcha) is the best Chinese-language eBook app. Period.

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用弯引号,不要用直(的弯)引号
错误:
"Bazinga!" 'You are pwned!'


正确:
“Bazinga!” ‘You are pwned!’

9
正确使用各种短横:
em dash (—) 是破折号,
en dash (–) 用来连接年份、时间,
是“到”的意思,
hyphen (-) 是连字符。
错误:
Glenn Gould (1932-1982) is probably my one and only hero - the person who taught me to think differently well before Steve Jobs.


正确:
Glenn Gould (1932–1982) is probably my one and only hero — the person who taught me to think differently well before Steve Jobs.

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注意
1. 若写作时用两个 hyphen (--) 代替破折号,Word 等文书处理软件会自动将其转为 em dash。鉴于 em dash 输入不便(Mac 上是 shift + option + -),这也是英文写作通用的替代法。


2. 破折号(em dash)两端可各留一半角空格,亦可不留。此乃英美习惯之不同,无对错之分。惟请在同一份简历中保持统一。

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 怎么改出文字设计和内容都高质量的简历?

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