I regularly receive CV's from Germans looking to spend their three
month "elective" working in a law office in NZ. Their spelling and
grammar are usually perfect.
Having attended an English class at a German school I don't find that surprising. I attended the equivalent of a 7th from level class and they all spoke better English than I number of people* I know in New Zealand and were studying a book, which I can't remember the name of, of which all I remember is that guaranteed every 10 words would contain at least 1 I'd never heard of before, and they were reading it fine. :S
Along the lines of this tho I understand it is not uncommon in certain areas to come across txt shorthand in CVs (ie 'hope 2 hear from U soon') and I'm going to suggest it's an unwise idea should you be tempted. ;P
--Slosh
* Needless to say I mean people who speak English as a first language.
