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Goahead Posted 19 years ago
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0 Hello Helpers,02br
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00I am writing my own Biography and I need some help. I have the following questions, could you please answer me them!02br
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00(1) 01u00He has got02u00 his secondary scondary school in .... (He has got is wrong, why?)02br
00(2) Afterward he got his BSc in Civil Engineering ... (He got is is not the suitable vocabulary, what is the correct one?)02br
00(3) His work was going is the field of .... (was going is not the suitable expression, what is the correct one?)02br
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02br 02br 00(1) He/I attended secondary school in... 02br 00(2) He/I graduated from [name of the university] with a BSc in Civil Engineering. 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00(1) He/I attended secondary school in...
  • 02br 00(2) He/I graduated from [name of the university] with a BSc in Civil Engineering.
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0 Hi Goahead02br
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00In my opinion, if this "biography" is intended for use on a resume/CV, you should write it in the first person ("I"), not the third person ("he").02br
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00(1) He/I attended secondary school in... (This would be a reference to where you went to school prior to attending university).02br
00(2) He/I graduated from [name
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0 01b01font00Good advice from Yankee. An additional comment. I avoid using "get" and its forms in formal writing whenever possible. There are some verbal expressions which include the word, and they are fine. But using "get" to mean "receive/have" is a no-no for me.02font02b00 0-
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