Month: July 2005

Hey Greggites, I just ordered, received and reviewed an eighty-nine page book entitled Lite Line Shorthand in Twelve Lessons by William Henry Stautzenberger, copright 1931. The shorthand is totally Gregg. The commentary is quite good and often more helpful than the usual Gregg. The shorthand plates are quite small and reminds one of turn of…

It’s been a while since I’ve asked a question about an DJS outline. Hopefully, someone can transcribe this sentence. Thanks. Lesson 61 Paragraph 525. (in part) Actually the cost of the check [SOMETHING] is a small item. (by taaliba2 for everyone)  

Hi, new student, etc. Personal story for next two paragraphs! I’ve always despised longhand writing–in grade school (not that long ago!) we had these horrible “handwriting books” put out by Houghton-Mifflin, I believe, that you had to copy out and turn in each semester. I’d always do them the last week or something, thirty pages…

Hi again, everybody: I am most of the way through learning Simplified.  I have come across an ambiguity.  Maybe I have just not come to the subject in the book yet. How would you write a word ending with “-ings”.  If you connected the “s” to the outline before adding the dot, it would appear…

Hi all, I’m new to the group.  I’m learning Simplified Gregg on my own using the book and I’m about halfway through.  I have a beginner’s question. Should you write the “h” dot before or after the rest of the word?  If you were writing the word “had”, for example, would you write the dot,…

19.  The lad with the [?] in his hair [glared?] at the crane.  The eagle is in the glen. (by i-gmail for everyone)  

17.  …. Rain may make the game drag.  mack [Is mack correct?] 18.  …made me lame and I need a cain but I am [?]. (by i-gmail for everyone)