Plural for Curriculum Vitae

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anjanesh  #250817  Mon, 31 Jul 06 02:30 PM
Hi

CV stands for Curriculum Vitae.
Is there a plural for CV ? Is CVs correct to use ?

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Marius Hancu  #250818  Mon, 31 Jul 06 02:33 PM
plural curricula vitae
CVs is OK
  
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anjanesh  #250820  Mon, 31 Jul 06 02:43 PM
Thanks for confirming that. According to wikipedia, its curricula vitae but the first line under External links is A useful article from a top jobsite on the major reasons why CVs get dumped.

So I was thinking, maybe curriculum vitaes is correct ?
  
Marius Hancu  #250826  Mon, 31 Jul 06 02:56 PM
>So I was thinking, maybe curriculum vitaes is correct ?

No, it isn't in long form. You must remain Latin in that format.
  
CalifJim  #250978  Mon, 31 Jul 06 11:05 PM
Wouldn't that be curricula vitarumSmile [:)]

(It's been years since I did Latin.)

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Tanit  #250982  Mon, 31 Jul 06 11:15 PM

 CalifJim wrote:
Wouldn't that be curricula vitarum

'Vitarum?' ... Provided you've got many lives...

  
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CalifJim  #250990  Mon, 31 Jul 06 11:39 PM
Well, if you (as an employer, say)  have received a lot of curricula in response to a job opening, supposedly each is a curriculum of another life, right?  ... unless the same person sent in numerous copies of the same CV.



  
Sadeem  #251035  Tue, 01 Aug 06 02:51 AM

even the word itself  i got to know it last year!!

so as far as i know it's CV

or

CVS!!

  
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Clive  #251038  Tue, 01 Aug 06 03:18 AM

Hi guys,

Where I live, people who have CVs are usually academics, people in the arts, professional people, that kind of thing. Most people, who are more ordinary employees, speak of their resumes, and use that as the title at the top of their first page. Job ads usually say 'Please submit your resume to . . .'

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