1.Most rsums use lists, and items in lists need to have parallel structure. Polish your knowledge of...

1.Most résumés use lists, and items in lists need to have parallel structure. Polish your knowledge of parallel structure by revising the sentences in Exercise B.7, Appendix B.

2. As you have read, it is crucial that your job application letter be error-free. One common error in job letters, and one that spell-checker programs will not catch, is confusing word pairs like affect/effect. Practice choosing the correct word with Exercises B.12, B.13, and B.14 in Appendix B.

Exercise B.7

Exercise B.12

Exercise B.13

Exercise B.14

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Revise the following sentences to create parallel structure. 1. To narrow a web search, Put quotation marks around a phrase when you want an exact term. Many search engines have wild cards (usually an aster- isk) to find plurals and other forms of a word. Reading the instructions on the search engine itself can teach you advanced search techniques. 2. Each issue of Hospice Care has articles from four different perspectives: legislative, health care, hospice administra- tors, and inspirational authors. 3. The university is one of the largest employers in the com- munity, brings in substantial business, and the cultural impact is also big. 4. These three tools can help competitive people be better negotiators: A. Think win-win. B. It's important to ask enough questions to find out the other person's priorities, rather than jumping on the first advantage you find. C. Protect the other person's self-esteem. 5. These three guidelines can help cooperative people be better negotiators: A. Can you develop a specific alternative to use if nego- tiation fails? B. Don't focus on the bottom line. Spend time thinking about what you want and why you need it. C. Saying "You'll have to do better than that because..." can help you resist the temptation to say "yes" too quickly.