Lesson 33: How to Write 'Was Not' and 'Is Not' Phrases in Gregg Shorthand
New brief forms learned: "Record, advertise, previous, occasion, quantity, hundred, improve-improvement, acquaint-acquaintance, nevertheless-envelope, insure-insurance, educate-education, difficult...
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For the following assignment:
Reread the list of words and phrases at the beginning of each assignment
After you understand each form, print out and trace the list of words and phrases at the beginning of each assignment
Read the connected matter in shorthand (the reading homework), and once you understand it, copy the forms into a lined notebook (or use the free Gregg-Ruled worksheet attached to each lesson)
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Let’s start by translating and tracing the forms from previous lessons:
I will be able, you will be able, he would be able, I should be able, to be able, has been able, I may be able,
he received, I told you, upon the, several times, they received, I believe, I cannot believe,
for the, if you would, there will be, I have not been, if you will, I have given,
for them, to be, to plan, to blame, to feel, to find, to form, from the, about the, in which, and which, I would like, very much, to the,
to them, he did not, I would not, you could, into this, into that, has been,
as well as, as low as, as great as, to like, to which.
Phrases containing “was not” and “is not” can be written as:
Was not, it was not, I was not, he was not, he wasn't, there was not, it is not, is not, he is not, which is not.
Review the new brief forms:
Record, advertise, previous, occasion, quantity, hundred, improve-improvement,
acquaint-acquaintance, nevertheless-envelope, insure-insurance, educate-education, difficult-difficulty, newspaper-inspect, sufficient,
merchandise, determine, pleasure, catalogue.
Reading and Writing Exercises
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“The Story of Printing”
(501 standard words + bonus letters)
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