Solutions to Lesson 36: Examples of Implied [R] Sounds in Gregg Shorthand

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Lesson 36: Examples of Implied [R] Sounds in Gregg Shorthand

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Review the following:

Remember that the implied [R] can be indicated by a left-motion (or counterclockwise) writing of the vowel sound before it.

Earn, burn, burner, cheer, cheered, shared, germ, shirt, charter, barn, bird, period.

Art, cart, guard, garden, smart, lard,

alert, flirt, merit, guarantee.

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Compare the following examples with and without the implied [R]:

Conceit, concert, deceit, desert, siege, surge, insert, insertion, assert, assertion, research, absurd, concern, third, thirty, thermometer.

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Certain high frequency words leave out the “R” sounds altogether. Memorize the following

(a) Large, larger, march, marginal, argue

(b) Turn*, term**, serve, reserve, deserve, preserve, servant, verse,

reverse, converse, learn, certain, firm, confirm.

(c) Corner, born, court, cord, board, boarder, indorse, source,

sort, warm, warn, worry, worth, worthy, worst.

*Can also be read as “tin”— you will recognize the correct translation by context.

** Or “team”.

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Reading and Writing Exercise Translation:

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“MOLLY PITCHER”

(450 standard words + bonus letters)

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Molly Pitcher was a smart and alert little girl who served bravely in the war of 1776. She was born on a large farm and spent part of her life on a farm. Every day she could be seen wheeling a little cart in her flower garden or making nests for the birds that made their home in the barn.