Penmanship Practice – February 2015

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From the February 1944 issue of The Gregg Writer. Click here for a full view.

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Carlos 1 December 2023 at 1:28 pm on À Paris !You're welcome! I'm glad you're feeling much better and that you liked this story. The author spent a year in
Christine Ruzik 1 December 2023 at 7:29 am on À Paris !I'm feeling much better now. Thank you Carlos! :) Well, well… what an unusal story… A true story? Feel like
Carlos 30 November 2023 at 1:07 pm on Compilation of “Internet Archive” Shorthand ResourcesThis is excellent, Madeline! I would add that there are additional Simplified and Diamond Jubilee resources for electronic borrowing than
Lee 30 November 2023 at 8:52 am on Compilation of “Internet Archive” Shorthand ResourcesThat's a really nice compilation! The Gregg Publishing Company was so prolific it's hard to get a handle on all
Carlos 29 November 2023 at 11:43 am on À Paris !You're welcome, Christine, and I hope you're feeling better.
Christine Ruzik 29 November 2023 at 9:06 am on À Paris !Thank you very much, Carlos for this new French Gregg text! It’s very nice of you. :) I will read
Lee 29 November 2023 at 5:22 am on A Message for New MembersI agree, French Gregg materials are really scarce. That's a bit puzzling, because they were surely printed in significant quantities
Carlos 25 November 2023 at 6:49 pm on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2You're welcome! Indeed, I hope to be as productive as he ever was in my late years!
Carlos 25 November 2023 at 11:22 am on Foreign words in Gregg (Anniversary/Notehand)Nasal vowels are written with the n stroke. The German ch is simply k with the h dot on top
Nicholas Salkilld 25 November 2023 at 9:06 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2Thanks Carlos, Very interesting article about him. I hope I'll be as agile in mind and body at his age.
Carlos 24 November 2023 at 4:41 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?You're welcome!
Carlos 24 November 2023 at 11:06 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2Thanks for letting us know about his recent passing: he had just turned 92 on November 2 and passed away
Emily Peng 24 November 2023 at 8:48 am on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Thank you.
Nicholas Salkilld 24 November 2023 at 8:41 am on Our 7-Mile Dive to Bottom – Part 2As a follow up to this article: On BBC radio at 16:00 GMT on Fridays is a program called "last
Carlos 23 November 2023 at 11:07 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Exactly. The en-, in-, and un- are treated and written separately because they are considered as prefixes (en-, in-, un-)
Lee 23 November 2023 at 7:07 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Often the structure of the word is a factor in how an outline is written. The proununciation is en-gross, not
Emily Peng 23 November 2023 at 7:00 pm on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?Thanks for the reply, but I think you were a bit confused about the second part, sorry if I wasn't
Christine Ruzik 23 November 2023 at 9:30 am on A Message for New MembersWelcome, Marielle! :) I’m one of the few francophones Carlos was talking about. I’m sure Carlos explained to you there
Carlos 22 November 2023 at 12:07 pm on A Message for New MembersWelcome to the blog, Marielle! There are a few francophones here that also write Sténographie Gregg. Glad to have you
Carlos 22 November 2023 at 10:21 am on Why not um, eng, ing, ung, enk, ink?How would you distinguish between "empire" and "umpire"? "Ember" and "umber"? My guess is that this rule was not extended