forms will be written without difficulty or hesitation, and read with equal facility. Take words like in-clem-en-cy, re-min-is-cence, mis-con-cep-tion, tan-tal-iz-ing, un-dis-cov-er-able. Divided into syllables the difficulty vanishes.
Then learn to drop the terminations; that is, write only so much of the word as is necessary to convey the meaning. The words given in the text-book will give plenty of drill in this respect. The insertion of the vowels in regular order with the consonants, opens up a wide field in syllabic writing and abbreviation, it simplifies the writing of long words and enables the student to make progress that is unattainable in any other shorthand method. We urge upon the student to practice this method of syllabic writing as much as possible. Work out the outline of each word syllable by syllable as you write.
Don't attempt to memorize the outlines of long words, parrot fashion, but apply the rules given in the text-book. Try to make the burden on the memory as light as possible, and this can best be achieved in shorthand by dividing the long words into syllables and so conquering them.
WORD SIGNS AND CONTRACTIONS.
Learn all the word signs thoroughly, so that you can recall them without the slightest hesitation. These word-signs comprise from 5 to 7 words out of every 10 words in an ordinary sentence, which is,
