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.
Take a look at paragraph 277 of the regular Simplified Manual (‘Accuracy Practice’) This paragraph illustrates the correct slant for the downward curved strokes (note that they have been enlarged in this paragraph for clarity). If you were to join up the dots shown to indicate the slant, from the beginning to the end of…
The latest addition to my collection. The book is subtitled “An Exposition of the Gregg System for Self Tuition”, and is authored by Ernest W. Crockett and F Addington Symonds. It is very obviously an expansion of the earlier New Rapid Course (by 70 pages), which I mentioned in an earlier post (http://gregg-shorthand.com/2014/09/10/gregg-shorthand-new-rapid-course-1940/). Regarding Mr…
I have received this book today. It is copyright 1940 by the Gregg Publishing Company Ltd (Gregg House, 51 Russell Square, London WC1) and was printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd, (London and Edinburgh). It contains 122 numbered pages, preceded by a preface and ‘A Talk With The Beginner’. Inside the front cover of the…
I don’t seem to be able to post any comments; is there something wrong with the settings on the blogspot, or is it just me?
On the website http://heartkindling.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/a-curious-find-gregg-shorthand-manual/, there is a picture of pages 22 and 23 of the Simplified Manual, Second Edition. Page 22 has 14 practice sentences, but my copy has 13. Page 23, paragraph 26 is ‘Phrases’, in my copy paragraph 26 is ‘Reading Practice’. What’s going on here?
Has anyone managed to make a copy of Dr Gregg’s 1948(?) “Standard Course”? This was referred to in an earlier post: http://gregg-shorthand.com/2012/12/12/the-new-standard-course-of-gregg/. I have checked the “Guide to the John Robert Gregg Papers (Manuscripts and Archives Division)” from the New York Public Library’s site, and the item appears to be in Box 65. The NYPL…
Along with the Simplified Manual, the Dictionary (and a copy of the DJS Manual which I bought by mistake!), I now have the Most Used Shorthand Words and Phrases book (as recommended by Carlos). This book is brilliant! It’s boosted my confidence by providing answers the sort of “silly” questions I have, like: “I wonder…
Please can somebody clarify if “breath” and “breather” would be written the same way?
Could somebody explain how the Brief Form for ‘suggest’ is ‘s u g’ and not ‘s u j’ in DJS (and later?). Thanks.
I am having trouble getting my head round when to “reverse a circle to express r” in Anniversary. Would it be possible for somebody to explain where one cannot “reverse a circle to express r”; perhaps this would be clearer?