Lesson 4: More Brief Forms, Phrase Drills, and Reading Practice
Sharpen Your Shorthand Skills with Essential Phrasing Techniques
Welcome back to the Learn Gregg Shorthand project! Just getting started with Gregg Shorthand? Check out the Archive and begin with Lesson 0. Today is a review day with more reading practice.
Let's go over some of the forms you've learned so far and get in some extra practice until they feel like second nature. Read the following aloud:
Great, without, them, in this, be-by-but, was, and-end,
Mr.-market, I can, there will, he will, Yours truly, their-there,
you would, Dear Sir-desire, at that, by the, than-then, in it, I will not.
Great! Now, let’s lock in some new brief forms. Burn these into your memory—make flashcards if you have to!
Did-date, other, all, were, where-aware, my, when, any,
could, what, truth, time, into, come,
like, little, those, country.
Phrase Drills:
Note: The brief forms for "did-not" and "would-not" are very similar in shorthand. To prevent confusion, an "e" circle is inserted in "did not" for clarity (remember a short “e” is the “i” sound like igloo).
Given that hint, translate the following phrases:
Homework:
Translate all the above examples and the following reading exercise (485 words):
A Country Inn:
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