The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
I’m going to make this a post because I’m pretty sure I’ll be back with more questions. When you write an outline that includes an H dot, do you make the dot first or you make the rest of the outline first and then add the dot, like dotting an “i” in cursive?
Hello, as Carlos seems to be still interested, I propose this text made of simple words. Sounds like a true story… Alas, a bit lengthy…
Here is a story in Anniversary Gregg, for the blog, with longhand transcription on the left side of the page. I hope you enjoy it. Attachment: The Gift of the Magi – Anniversary.pdf
Hi everyone, It’s been several months (years? I’ve lost track) since I last posted here. I haven’t done any Gregg since then apart from a few scribblings when I was bored, so my penmanship, which wasn’t great in the first place, is now rusty, and dabbling in several series has made me mix various principles…
How did the American Revolution start? What happened afterwards? This article transcribed by me for the blog in Centennial Gregg discusses some of these events. Attachment: war-begins.pdf
Daniel Webster delivered a speech in Boston on August 2, 1826 as a celebration of the lives of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who had both died on July 4, 1826, 50 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed. The complete speech can be found in his book Daniel Webster for Young Americans: The…
This article discusses some of the events that were instrumental in leading to the American Revolutionary War, here transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: some-events-leading-to-the-american-revolution.pdf
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Teaching shorthand has been my great passion all my life. Since I retired, I’ve been teaching it on our local high-school’s community education program, off and on, for more than ten years. It has been an ongoing program; however, every time they could not get a sufficient number of students to sign up, they had…