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.
Quick question: In section 165 in the (FIRST Edition) Simplified FM manual I don’t understand why they write “salesmen” using the men-blend but farther down they spell “salesman” out (not using a man-blend). In section #167 (of the SECOND Edition) it appears that the sound man would be a blend, too. Is there a simple…
If we have P-R for present and P-R-ISH for presentation and R-P for represent and R-P-ISH for representation, why is it E-S-P-R for express BUT E-X-P-R-E-ISH for expression? What’s the rule for adding the final E? This was one of those things I did automatically and then went back and checked. Yes, I did it…
Hi, all! This is Erik/Narbleh from the old MSN forum. Apparently it’s using my nerdy conlang blog as my username 🙂 Header 176 on page 98 of the manual explains the exceptions to the omission of -t at the ends of some words, but not why these words need it. It looks like -tent words…
This book is available on this site as a pdf file. I printed it out, put it in a 3-ring binder, and I am reading a little bit each night. It is very very good. This is for Anniversary, but the principles would apply for anyone studying via the functional method – whichever version of…
Hi Everyone, I came across the word worship today while studying Assignment 25 of the Simplified Functional Method textbook. They were explaining the word ending -ship. But maybe it’s my English or whatever but I don’t understand why they would use the e stroke and not the o hook? Outline For Worship Any thoughts?
Hello Everyone, I am getting close to starting Assignment 21 in the Simplified Functional Method book. Assignment 21 is where you begin the writing process and I was wondering if anyone out there can give me some “pointers” on how best to begin this new aspect in my shorthand training. It doesn’t appear to require…
Is there a recommended abbreviation for PC (as in personal computer)? Would it be an intersection of P and K, from personal and computer? Or p-e-s-e, from the way it’s spoken? Also, I can’t find “microwave” in my dictionary, which surprised me. I have been spelling it m-i-k-r-o-a-v, leaving out the w because it seemed…
I read about when you guys were talking about the Shorthand Suite that Tyler was talking about (“SH List Demo.zip”), and I said “Hey, maybe I could do that.” Thus the 2013 Shorthand Suite. I haven’t really started anything yet, aside from the already-ongoing Greggory text-to-shorthand converter, which I might release around March/April. On deck…
I’m messing around with Mnemosyne, a spaced repetition program designed to aid learning through a “flash card” approach. Now I need a couple of people to install the software (it’s free) and test the sample database that I uploaded. It’s a snip from the Lesson 6 Recall Chart from the Gregg Simplified Functional Method (1ed)….
The current assignment I’m studying in my Simplified Functional Manual are the vowel sounds: w, sw, wh. One of the words in my reading lesson is the word “wood”. The word WOOD Usually when I come across a new word when I study it I sound the strokes out loud. But, I really don’t understand…