- ‘Led’ vs. ‘lead’ It’s an easy mistake to make – ‘led’ is the past tense of the verb ‘lead’, pronounced ‘leed’. However, lots of people make the mistake of using ‘lead’ which is actually a noun for the chemical element!
- ‘Definitely’ Ah, the original school boy error, spelling ‘definitely’ as ‘definately’. Just remember it’s ‘i’ not ‘a’.
- ‘Implement’ Spelling the verb as ‘impliment’ won’t go down well with recruiters.
- ‘Affect’ vs. ‘effect’ Affect should be used as a verb, as in, ‘the traffic affected our plans’, whereas ‘effect’ is used as a noun, ‘the headache tablets did not have an effect’.
- ‘Complement’ vs. ‘compliment’ It’s important for candidates to proof-read, especially with the differing meanings of ‘complement’, and ‘compliment’ adding confusion to recruiters.