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2 May 2012 14:48  

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
As far as I know, English does not usually omit pronouns. But someone -non-native speaker of English- told me that we can omit pronouns while writing job qualifications. For example, "knows at least one foreign language". Is it possible?
 

2 May 2012 15:25  

alexfatt
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I've seen that native speakers often omit subject pronouns in informal/familiar speech, but only when there is no ambiguity. I can see that the same thing occurs in Scandinavian (Germanic) languages, where verbs do not inflect for person or number just like in English.

I didn't know that omission of pronouns was allowed in writing "curricula vitae". It would be interesting to know more about it!
 

2 May 2012 17:17  

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
Another non-native speaker here I'm afraid. I do sometimes see this in things like job qualifications, when the ad is written in telegram style or using bullets.

For example:

The ideal candidate:
- is a British national
- speaks at least one foreign language
- has extensive experience in the field of IT

If whole sentences are written throughout, they need a personal pronoun. Of course, in quick emails or text messages, so very informal, they are often omitted ( "don't know - will try" ) but most people doing this will be aware it is grammatically incorrect and will (hopefully!) avoid this kind of thing in official letters...
I'd be interested in seeing other examples!
 

2 May 2012 18:00  

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
Wow this was how I responded. Thanks both of you.
 

1 April 2019 14:19  

Isabella12
Number of messages: 1
this is very good post
 

22 April 2019 02:25  

Ivor12
Number of messages: 0
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