Out of interest I got a second-hand copy of “Gregg Speed Practice Simplified” (1956 published by McGraw-Hill in a 7×5 inch format with plates by W.C. Blackwell — the content seems identical to the 1950 book from Gregg publishing). The book is interesting, but of no use to me now as I transferred (possibly wrongly) to Anniversary — too long ago for me go back. So if anyone wants this Speed Practice I’ll post it to them.
Looking at the speed practice I saw that they had begun to draw attention to the use of the Comma — the Simplified Manual did not. I know my second edition (1960 McGraw-Hill) simplified manual which I learned from does emphasise them which I found very annoying. I did not think (nor did my “aunt” who used Gregg, Anniversary) that it was the place of a shorthand manual to teach us English punctuation. [Though perhaps it would be good for me as I do take a rather cavalier approach to commas!]
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