Recorde, score, and performance.

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Hongyi Zhao - 16 Jan 2009 11:57 GMT

Hi all,

When I write my curriculum vitae, I want to describe the report of my
examintions. There're three phrased coming to my mind:

recorde,
score,
performance.

Who can give me some hints on the differences among them and which is
most suitable for my case?

Regards,

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James Hogg - 16 Jan 2009 12:10 GMT

>Hi all,
>
>When I write my curriculum vitae, I want to describe the report of my
>examintions. There're three phrased coming to my mind:
>
>recorde,

record

>score,
>performance.
>
>Who can give me some hints on the differences among them and which is
>most suitable for my case?

Could you give some specific examples illustrating how you want
to use these words? Maybe you are looking for a completely
different one, "grade" (a mark indicating the quality of a
student's work, either a number or a term like "pass with
distinction").

James

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Don Phillipson - 16 Jan 2009 13:14 GMT

> When I write my curriculum vitae, I want to describe the report of my
> examintions. There're three phrased coming to my mind:
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> Who can give me some hints on the differences among them and which is
> most suitable for my case?

A c.v. should be as brief as will effectively accomplish its
purpose (which nowadays is usually securing a job
interview.) Performance in examinations is less
important than the credential obtained by success in
the examination. E.g. AB (Harvard) is more signficant
than any record of marks.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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John Kane - 16 Jan 2009 14:17 GMT

> > When I write my curriculum vitae, I want to describe the report of my
> > examintions. There're three phrased coming to my mind:
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> A c.v. should be as brief as will effectively accomplish its
> purpose

This depends on the culture, type of job applied for, and the area of
the person writing the C.V. I often have seen 30 page academic C.Vs
which apparently are quite appropriate whereas a 2 page C.V ( résumé)
may be excessive for an entry level job in industry.

My impression from seeing some UK and Irish C.Vs is that they tend to
be a bit longer than Canadiann ones.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009

Recorde, score, and performance.