Barnes Shorthand Lessons By The Word Method

Author : Louisa Ellen Barnes
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230175720
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Barnes' Shorthand Lessons by the Word Method; American Pitman Phonography written by Louisa Ellen Barnes and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... r hook, and is made with a motion contrary to the hands of a clock. See lines 8 and 9. He warns them not to ransack the barns. He strove for-the mastery. Jasper talked in-a discourteous, discouraging, and disagreeable way. 187. A hooked stroke may be halved the same as a simple stroke. Remember that the t or d indicated by halving is read last of everything except the circles or loops. In naming the half lengths, let eh represent any vowel that may intervene between the stroke and the final hook. Thus, $ Blent with a change of vowel becomes blind, blunt, blend, or bland; % Dreft with a change of vowel becomes drift or draft; 'N Spret with a change of vowel becomes sprite, spread, or sprout. The correct naming of these combinations is a great aid to the correct writing and reading of shorthand. A student should never be allowed to call Splents, for instance, s-p-1-n-t-s, but should give It its one-syllabled name, Splents, a name suggestive of the word splints.-----V--N5------.....- ..............-------..........-J-----He spends all of-his money for plants. He-sent-the drafts. She stands..... T o-'Xi _--- .....--v4---y--V =--.----N..--_.d----- ___________ x---------________ _________ _ x close to-him and attends to his wants. Gifts blind-the eyes of-the wise. 188. Spend two minutes in copying and naming the line of consonants at the head of this lesson. The triple consonants Spl, Stl, etc., are pronounced like the last syllables of gospel, pistol, etc. The triple consonants, Spr, Str, etc., are pronounced like the last syllables of prosper and master. Be careful to make the hooks very small, the same as if there were no Iss. 189. Write the sentences in this lesson until you can write them correctly and...