Gregg Speed Studies/Speed Study 3

by John Robert Gregg

Layout 2

SPEED STUDY III
THIRD LESSON

O-hook.—The O-hook should be made small, narrow, and deep. It should have the proper slant also, and should be written so that the start and finish of the hook are parallel with the line of writing. Illustration: ? ?

Drill 1

Observe the comparative sizes of the three characters of this group—o, r, l—as illustrated in Drill 2.

Drill 2

O-hook Joined.—The joining of the O-hook to other characters is a point in the technique of writing that should receive close attention. Observe carefully the combinations in the following drill, after which practice each until it can be written with both facility and accuracy. It should be remembered that the object of these drills is to secure accuracy and speed in movement, and the drills should be practiced until the correct movement is a matter of habit. The drill will give facility in joining the O-hook initially and finally to all consonants.

Drill 3

In the majority of cases the O-hook joins naturally without an angle. In joining the O-hook after k and g the movement is similar to that in writing gr—there should be no stop.

Drill 4

Key: oak, hog, hot, awed, call, goad, wrought, lot, note, taught, mode, told, mock, rogue, caught, coffee, coach, cope, cob, wrote.

O-hook to Down Strokes.—It will be seen that the O-hook joins without an angle after the downward characters. The following words will furnish drill in executing this joining:

Drill 5

Key: pole, bawl, fawn, volley, shawl, chore, jolly, polo, bore, Jove, bone, bob, shore, shop, pope, bowl, fop, chopper, job.

O-hook Blend. Between f, v, p, b and a following k or g, the O-hook is indicated by rounding the angle, thus:

Drill 6

Key: folk, vogue, poke, bog

O-hook on Side.—The following words will furnish drill in turning the O-hook on its side before n, m, r, l:

Drill 7

Key: on, home, dawn, tore, tall, tone, lower, loan, roam, dome, core, goal, roar, gore, door, nor, knoll, mole, coal, hall, brawn, grown, drawn, drawer, cone, toll, roll, crawl, trawl.