About the Reading Selections

Carlos, Thanks for re-posting “After Twenty Years” with the missing page included. I’d like to make another suggestion. The drop-down tabs for the reading selections allow us to choose readings in all the Gregg series except Centennial. Now that you’ve written up a couple of things in Centennial, could you add a drop-down tab for…

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Derivatives of “agree”

In which direction do we write the loop the words agreeable, disagree, disagreeable, agreement, disagreement? From the shape of the forms I would be tempted to say that it isn’t in the same direction as the circle for “a” would be, that is to say I think it’s written in the counter-clockwise direction, which doesn’t…

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Boogie Board 9.7 Sync eWriter for Shorthand

I thought I’d briefly share a fun gadget that can be used for shorthand note-taking.  It’s the Boogie Board 9.7 Sync eWriter.  You can think of it as a paperless digital notebook.  Its screen and stylus were designed to have more of the feel of pen and paper, so it’s less slippery than writing on…

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Success in Shorthand

This article first appeared in The Gregg Writer and was further included in the first edition of Gregg Speed Studies. It gives very sage advice as to how to improve your shorthand skills. I rewrote it and present it here in Anniversary, Simplified, and Centennial Gregg. Attachment: success-in-shorthand-anniversary.pdf Attachment: success-in-shorthand-simplified.pdf Attachment: success-in-shorthand-centennial.pdf Attachment: success-in-shorthand-transcript.pdf

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Before the Horseless Age

This essay by Canadian journalist J. V. McAree takes us to a time when the city of Toronto was filled with horses, their presence being essential to urban life. It is estimated that in the late 19th century, over 7,400 horses lived in the city. Without these magnificent animals, daily life would have been impossible…

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