Solutions to Lesson 13: The implied "R" in Gregg Shorthand and how to use it

Check your reading comprehension with the following solutions!

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Let’s check our work from yesterday’s assignment.

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Reviewing the forms from previous lessons:

Day, may, main, tea, deed, knee, me, mean,

heat, heed, heeded, hate, hated, him, aim,

went, order, small, doctor-during, possible, receive, several, state,

situation, I receive, upon them, several times, he told me, told you, upon that,

wanting, believed, calling, gladness, purposes, courses.

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NEW CONCEPT: The Implied “R”

The letter R can often be implied in Gregg shorthand.
To do this, you start writing the circle as if you're going to include an R, but then you skip the R stroke itself.

When this happens on a straight line (like D or T), the direction of the circle tells you the R is there.

Example: "Dare" and "Art" both use this implied R.

Dare, dear, near, mere, manner, sheer, cheer, share, chair, flatter,

owner, former, sooner, leader, reader, richer, ledger, sister,

steamer, visitor, register, art, heart, hard, hurt, heard, arm, harm,

harmony, earn, urge, dirty, start, started, church, murmur.

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Reading Homework Solutions:

“The Honor of the team” (420 standard words) + Extra reading practice

Bob sat in his chair and gazed on the green where the baseball team was getting ready to play.