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.
Just an FYI… I printed the list of Anni Brief Forms from Andrew’s angelfishy site on to heavy card stock. Then, I cut each brief form into a strip and divided them into groups in the order of which they are presented in the Anni Functional Manuals i.e. by assignments. I put each assignment’s group…
In Assignment 2, Exercise 15. The second word is a-d. The first word is Ray. I kept tryng to figure out….. Ray add? Ray aid ??? Ray I would? (we had just learned the brief forms for I and would)…. etc etc. I looked at the Key and the 2nd word is had. Huh? Why…
I was just perusing eBay and saw this book – A Refresher Course in Gregg Shorthand” by John Robert Gregg offered for sale. I am not going to buy it – they are asking $40. But I’m curious. I had not seen this book before. It says that it is copyright 1942 and printed in…
I have chosen Anniversary as my version to learn !!! Whew… that decision is out of the way. Please give me some advice for studying from the Functional Method books. I remember…. from my brief start 2 years ago…. that there is no writing of shorthand until Assignment 22…. just reading. And I know that…
I joined this site in mid-2013 and was amazed at the incredible amount of information about Gregg Shorthand that Carlos and others have provided here. After reading all of the archived posts and learning about the different versions of Gregg Shorthand… and… learning about all of the available books and everyone’s recommendations about what version…
In a post from December 2011 (yes, I’m reading all of the old posts in reverse order) there is a post about a 21 page booklet put out by the Federal Government as a training tool and reference for Anniversary. It is called Review of Gregg Shorthand Principles. When I click on the link to…
On Andrew Owen’s site….. looking at Unit 4 of the Anniversary Manual….. there are some excellent pensmanship examples…. the ones with the dotted lines to show the slant of some consonants .. and a little further down…. diagrams of how to connect circle vowels to those consonants. When I looked in my copy of the…
I ordered Functional Method Dictation from a used bookseller at amazon.com and she sent me a copy of Anniversary Functional Method Part One instead. After no reply from the seller as to the problem/mix-up, Amazon refunded my money and no one has requested that I return the book. It has been 2 weeks, so I…
I have received 4 of my Simplified books: Simplified (1955) currently sold by McGraw Hill Simplifed College Vol 1 – 2nd edition Simplified College Vol 2 – 2nd edition Simplified Functional Method – 1st edition The only book that has an answer key is Functional Method. How would one learn from the other books if…
I am amazed and slightly chagrined…. that brief forms and phrasing are introduced so early. I’m just starting Chapter II of the Anni Functional Method. I am struggling with whether I am looking at a letter of the alphabet or a brief form … and.. also.. whether I am looking at an outline of one…