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Oedo808 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Worked in a/the team

Hi,

I'm wondering what expression is better in a CV when I'm describing my previous work.

I understand that "the" should be used to describe specific or described previously things but I'm not sure what is better in case of CV sentence "I worked in a/the team of two developers and one layout designer" becase for me it is "the team" however for the employer it could be "a team"

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
  

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" If you wish to make the team specific, that's a different matter. The " previously described" designation is misleading. The "definiteness" can come afterward: I worked with the team which solved the DNA riddle.

— Avangi

  • " If you wish to make the team specific, that's a different matter.
  • The " previously described" designation is misleading.
  • The "definiteness" can come afterward: I worked with the team which solved the DNA riddle.
  • I was a member of the team which handled customer complaints for X Company .
  • " In this particular sentence, without prior context, only "a" works, in my opinion.
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I'd use the indefinite "a team."

If you wish to make the team specific, that's a different matter.

The "previously described" designation is misleading. The "definiteness" can come afterward:

I worked with the team which solved the DNA riddle.

I was a member of the team which handled customer complaints for X Company.

(In
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Thanks, good point with misleading "previously"

One more question. I understand that "definiteness" is applied in the scope of one sentence usually?

For example I would write:

"I worked in a team of two developers and one layout designer. The team focused on implementation of new features related to x and additional activities like y and z"

There s
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oedo808There should be still "a" in the first sentence, not "the"?
Yes. I'd say you have it exactly right.
A later sentence can't provide the specificity for an earlier sentence.

But it doesn't take very much specificity to justify "the."

I worked for the A team. The team focused on X.

As an aside, we would normally plac
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