down by some authors, then I would answer 'yes.' If it means simply the joining of two or more words in brief, convenient phrases, then I answer decidedly 'no.' As in almost all departments of human endeavor, very much depends upon the man. Some are so constituted that they cannot act coolly and deliberately when crowded to extraordinary effort, while others have better control of themselves, think and act more rapidly when placed in such a situation. Then the mind may act rapidly enough one day to make the writing of phrases advantageous and the next day be so sluggish as to make it a positive disadvantage. The mind plans, the hand executes. Some writers put the burden upon the mind and make it do most of the work by forming and sending to the hand briefer and better outlines, whilst others shift the work off on the hand and are content with long-straggling, half-unconsciously-made outlines. The tendency when hurried is to rush ahead with the hand instead of holding it in check to await the formation of good outlines and phrases, and then to do its part. One of the hardest things to learn in reporting is to write slowly with the hand and rapidly with the mind, and upon the acquisition of this quality largely depends the making of the phrase-writer and the legibility of his work. All these matters enter into the question at issue and render the answer difficult.
