Principles 10 Alphabet Review In Lesson 1 you studied the following nine shorthand strokes i read them? Oe. vy )),; 11 O,R,L The shorthand stroke for o is a small deep hook. The shorthand stroke for ris a short forward curve. ‘The shorthand stroke for !is a longer forward curve about three Note how these strokes are derived from their longhand forms of, Ras 1 By 0 no,N-0 —v / $0, $-0 2 own, on — snow,sn-0 20 / phone. f-o-n o- dome. dom tow,to “~ / / note,n-o-t 4 D> Notice that in own, dome, and stone the o is placed on its side. By pl side before n or m in these and similar words, we obtain smoother j would if we wrote the o upright. goon its than we R e ryra 9 / dearer / mormor aw ef fate, rat near;n-e-r 2 radio. nadeno CS ; - wrade,trad AP fonor we free. ee >) Lesson2 21 & Xt hy,ba mat mad —@- leaves bevy he a 7. late bat dealded 7 wee, aihatl Qe feel fel me— flow He Ca | DP Notice that f2, asin free, and ff, asin flow, are written with one sweep of the 2. with no stop between the fand the ror]. eo flow Ce free 12 H,-ing The letter hi is simply a dot placed above the vowel. With few exceptions. at the beginning of a word. Ing. which almost always occurs at the end of a word, is also expressed by a dot # hole, h-o-l A—— hehe & / hear, heer 2 , sing reading 9" hearing, «© heeding, -o~ reding — / hee-r-ing hee-d-ing 13 Longi The shorthand stroke for the long sound of , as in high, is a large broken circle. 10 -, / 2! write (right), A" fine, fin a Trt ; gz! mymi gp! side.std 9 line, Lin = high, hi tire, ti-r light, let = / might, m-Ft —2 14 Omission of Minor Vowels Some words contain vowels that are slurred or not pronounced at all in ordinary speech. For example, the word even is teally pronounced e-vn; the word meter is Pronounced met-r. These vowels may be omitted if they do not contribute to speed or readability. ) even, e-v-n 2 Teader, re-d-t 9 ater, leact-r Ee ; y imeter, nve-tr motor @ Reading Practice With ths sentent aid of a few words written Remember to spell ich sho dealer, de tr 7 mor A w read the fallewing n longhand, you c the key when you cannot read a word GROUP A 4 FT oe aN a ae we KX ee 2-5 FE oe et thee 2s Qe See GROUP B a ee (fine #e 9 4 2 te be are, wf s ore GROUP C ns de 2, o~ 12 Les The wv ~ bp we ae £ AD “> ye _, ‘that Fae ra ‘Z Group A}. Lee Stone may drive mm 3yFay’s whole right side is sore. 4 Foad train leaves at eight. GROUP low. 8 Dave's reading rate is high. Teaves for Rome in May. 13, My name is David Dearing. tore my evening dress. Grour C 14, He notified m 2. My radio dealer ts Di ne oun Dale may senvein here this evening, 4. My ratte 6 Steve's train is Tate, 7. My reading sate ts 9. Dale may fly home at Faster, 10, Steven 12, Mary dyed her hair. H1, He is feeling fine. 1 that my tire was stolen, 15.1 ((tesson2 (a)