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| This business probably meant to use the word patience--not patients. |
Whether you know it or not, you are using homophones
throughout your resume and cover letter. The challenge is to make sure you are
using each word in the appropriate context.
Homophones are words that sound similar, but their meanings
(and sometimes spellings) are different. For example, there and their or it's
and its.
A word commonly misused on resumes and cover letters is compliment (rather than complement). I must
admit that I was guilty of interchanging the two words until an editor pointed out the difference. (You compliment someone on their
outfit, but your skills would be an excellent complement to their team.)
Other homophones commonly misused are: to/too/two, lead/led,
bare/bear, cent/scent/sent, dependent/dependant and foreward/forward.
What homophones do you struggle with?
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