Gregg Speed Studies/Speed Study 20

by John Robert Gregg

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SPEED STUDY XX
TWENTIETH LESSON

The "Jog."—Although it is of infrequent occurrence, the "jog" is important. Execute it as in "noun,""nounce," etc. Study and practice the following examples:

Key: renounce, announce, pronounce, denounce, pronoun, renown.

The "jog" in a few phrases in which it is applicable is also worthy of special practice.

Key: it-would, it-would-be, it-would-have, in-my, in-many.

The "jog" may be omitted in the following phrases:

Key: in-the-matter, on-the-matter, in-the-market, on-the-market.

Omission of Circle in "Earnest," etc.—When two circles are on the same side of a straight line, the line is liable in rapid writing to assume the appearance of a curve. For this reason the second circle is omitted in the word 'earnest" to avoid conflict with the word "earliest."

Other examples are "hereinafter," (Compound Words, page 59 of the Manual), which is thus absolutely distinguished from "hereafter," and "agitate," "agitation." This also explains why the second circle in "lenient" is placed beneath the line.

Key: earnest, earliest, earnest-attention, earliest-attention, hereinafter, hereafter, agitate, agitation, eject, lenient.

Mental Shorthand Practice.—There are many good ways of becoming familiar with the art when the student cannot conveniently write from dictation. He can read notes over and over again, which will strengthen his knowledge. He can, when listening to a speaker, mentally follow the words as they are uttered. If the student does not care to attempt to follow the speaker in that way, he may trace the outlines in the air, on his knee, on a sheet of paper, or on anything convenient, and it will be of benefit to him. Another good way is to take a newspaper, or any other printed work, and trace the shorthand characters with a lead pencil or pen directly over the printed words.—Thomas P. Wilson.

Enlarge Your Vocabulary by Reading.—The greatest trouble that employers find with average stenographers is that they have not enough general information. The ability to write shorthand at a moderate speed and to transcribe it on the typewriter should never be the ultimate goal of the ambitious stenographer. Improve yourself by reading, or better still, get some one to read good books to you on a variety of subjects so that you can take them down in shorthand. By this plan you fulfill a triple purpose. You improve your mind, enlarge your vocabulary, and add materially to your shorthand knowledge and speed. If you cannot get a fellow student to join you in this plan, you may be able to form a class of young people, who will meet once or twice a week or oftener and read aloud in turn.—Frank Rutherford in Practical Pointers for Shorthand Students.

BUSINESS LETTERS

Insurance-Company, that-they-are, suggestion, of-this-company, into-any, continental, that-comes, Minneapolis, Johnston, proci, under-policy, in-payment, the-reason, copy-of-the-form, in-these-cases, instead, Springfield, Walton, requests, to-delay, on-your-order, to-hold, specified, understood.

Urgently, of-these-goods, Danville, Davenport, Rockford, inasmuch-as, personally, Toledo, to-investigate, willingly, prosperous, between-us, Second-National-Bank, your-note, so-far-as-we-know, they-had, proceeds, so-long-a-time, elapsed, you-should-see, urgency, telling-you, we-need, badly.

Holmes, financially, indirectly, southern, California, New Jersey, Jersey City, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, Massachusetts, Boston, Worcester, Fall River, Lowell, Cambridge, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Baltimore, Richmond, to-New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Pennsylvania.

The-legal, description, southwest-quarter, township, range, east, Hanover, automobile, Phillips, choicest, state-of-Illinois, chocolate, loam, scattering, growth, hardwood, timber, neighborhood, prosperous, farmers, in-this-section, thirty-to-thirty-five-dollars, encumbered, on-or-before, equity.

THE REAL BUSINESSS MAN

William J. Bryan

Definition, employer, attorney, corporation,counsel, metropolis, crossroads, farmer, toils, summer, muscle, natural, resources-of-the-country, creates, Board-of-Trade, miners, a-thousand-feet, cliffs, hiding-places, precious, metals, poured, channels, financial, magnates, corner, deserving.