PreAnni: detached t for ted, ded, ed

I’m curious about an item in the 1916 manual: “At the end of many words, ted, ded, and sometimes ed, may be expressed by t being placed beneath or close to the preceding character.”   (section 53)   The examples given are invited     n-v-i / t divided    dv-i / t demanded    dm-a-n…

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The Iron and Steel Industry

This article written in Anniversary appeared in the December 1937 issue of The Gregg Writer. Also, as a bonus, there are three steel industry-related business letters at the end of the article. Attachment: the-iron-and-steel-industry.pdf

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Variations in the Anni manual?

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…

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Confusion… but I know it will get better

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…

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Who wrote the plates for…..

Anniversary – Functional Method – Parts One and Two?   I received both in the mail today and I don’t see it indicated.  On most of the other books that I now own (mostly Simplified) the plate writer is mentioned on the title page.  Most of the Simplified seem to have been written by Mr. Rader.  …

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Ya gotta love Anni

As everyone knows, I’ve been doing a thorough theory review, something I preach and something I truly believe builds solid shorthand speed more than anything else. So I’m reviewing last night and up pops the word “submission.”  Well, I know that “mission” is written M-E-ISH, so one would assume (NEVER assume) that “submission” is Comma-S…

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Article in newspaper about Shorthand Group in Maine

This is the article.  Hope it is all right to post the whole text. http://www.kjonline.com/news/Shorthand-Writers-of-Maine-pen-pal-group-keeps-dying-skill-alive.html?pagenum=full June 1 Shorthand Writers of Maine pen-pal group keeps dying skill alive ‘The novelty of shorthand will never wear off,’ says Sandy Carey, of Manchester By Amy Calder acalder@centralmaine.com Staff Writer Kay Grindall teaches the finer points of shorthand to…

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