Plural form in `work` and `education` fields

[rolandnsharp]

From @akhyrul

Hi, I don't know if it's the right place to comment on JSON resume standards. I took a quick glance on the JSON schema in the main website (http://jsonresume.org) and found a minor issue. Should the work and education fields written in their plural form (i.e. works and educations) just as any other array fields (e.g. skills, hobbies, references) conventions?

Let me know what do you think of it :)

[wdoekes]

Well, "works" generally means "pieces of content", so that's not what you mean.

And education is commonly used in singular when referring to a single persons schooling [1].

So while I agree that plural is more consistent, I think that both "works" and "educations" are poor plural forms. Works might be substituted by "employments", but I couldn't find a decent synonym for educations.

My preference would be to keep things as-is on this one.

[1] http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/739108973

[osg]

Keep work and education singular:

• work is uncountable; works are countable
• education is uncountable; educations does not exist
• employment is uncountable; employments does not exist

[osg]

A couple of great grammar references online:

• http://www.grammarbook.com
• http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl (great content, but navigation is poor)

[ocram]

This issue can probably be closed, right?

[osg]

+1 for closing with no further action.

[thomasdavis]

+1 for grammar