Solutions to Lesson 15: New prefixes and suffixes in Gregg Shorthand

Learn how to read: "con-", "com-", "coun-". PLUS "-ily" and "-ally" + reading practice solutions

Welcome back to the Learn Gregg Shorthand project! Just getting started with Gregg Shorthand? Check out the Archive and begin with Lesson 0.

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

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Reviewing the forms from previous lessons:

Day, dare, dares, many, manner, manners, ready,

reader, readers, tea, tear, tears, owner, owners,

sister, sisters, leader, leaders, chair, chairs.

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The two forms of “TH”

Two forms of “th” have been provided, to give an easy joining in any combination.

Though, although, thought, throw, throat, author, both, health,

these, theme, thin, thick, thicken, thickness, months.

The prefixes con-, com-, coun-, followed by a consonant, are represented by the “K” stroke in Gregg:

(a) Concrete, confer, confess, conscience, convey, convince, consolation.

(b) Compel, compensation, compress, compression, combat, compass, complex.

(c) County, counties, counsel, counsellor, account.

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The suffix -ly is expressed by a small circle, while -ily and -ally are expressed by a loop:

(a) Fairly, briefly, chiefly, early, only, openly, plainly, rarely,

safely, slowly, lately, mainly, calmly.

(b) Gladly, greatly, mostly, orderly, partly, generally.

(c) Easily, family, heartily, readily, hastily, merrily.

(d) Totally, socially, locally, materially.

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Reading Homework:

“The Hermit” (568 standard words)

Jack is a hermit. He has no family and lives in a lonely cave.