Solutions to Lesson 34: How to use the [ten/den] and [tem/dem] blended syllables in Gregg Shorthand

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Review the following:

Words that contain the syllables den or ten can be written as:

(a) Sudden, deny, dinner, evidence, hidden, condense, widen.

(b) Tender, tendency, written, threaten, bulletin,straighten,

captain, fountain, maintain, contain, obtain, retain,

detain, attain, continue, continued, continues, continuous.

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Words that contain the syllables dem or tem can be written as:

(a) Random, freedom, kingdom, seldom, academy.

(b) Estimate, victim, temple, temporary, attempt, item.

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See the difference?

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With this shortcut, you unlock the following phrasing principles:

To me, to my, to meet, to mean, to know, to make, it must be, it may be,

at any, at any time, in due time, in due course, what to do, to draw.

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Reading and Writing Exercise Translation:

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“A FRIENDLY VISIT”

(424 standard words + bonus letters)

I had not seen Captain Temple for many years. I had written him many times, but he had never written to me.