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.
On the theory that the silliest question is the one I didn’t ask: I was drafting somethng and needed an outline for specifically. What I used at the time was spes + disjoined ke. When I checked the dictionary later, there was no outline given for specifically, but there were several other -ifically words (Thank…
Hi All, My copy of the reverse dictionary has no ‘c-‘ words at all! The only copy here on Multiply is from 2009, which I put up after realizing it didn’t transfer over from MSN. It’s been reformatted for printing, and has the same problem. Does anyone have a better copy they can put up?…
As I recall, “The Gregg Writer” magazine used Anniversary, and its successor “Today’s Secretary” used Anniversary initially and Simplified in the later numbers. Is that right? If so, when was the change-over? Or was it gradual, with some issues using Anniversary for some items and Simplified for other items in the same issue? I know…
Can anyone tell me what f-b-ish-s represents in Anniversary? I assume that because the “f” precedes a consonant, it must represent “for-,’ but a search in the dictionary under words beginning with “for-” did not lead to anything resembling this outline. Here is the context (Junior O.G.A. Test, September 1944): Dear Madeline, Now it can be told that…
Hello everybody! I wonder if there’s a key for the exercises in Preanniversary book, edition 1916. I mean for this one: “Gregg Shorthand: A Light-Line Phonography for the Million”. (http://gregg.angelfishy.net/preanman.pdf). Thanks in advance, Just a comment: I’ve been followed the serie “Downton Abbey”. It was nice for me to see a maid named Gwen learning…
Here is my latest list of Gregg Novels for Pre-Anniversary and Anniversary Shorthand. These are all in the public domain due to non-copyright renewal or absence of a valid copyright notice on copyright page. Pre-Anniversary 1902 Gregg Shorthand Manual: –Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son – 1903 –Factors of Success – 1903 –The…
Here is a PDF with the 1893 Gregg’s Shorthand Manual. This is the 1895 edition. This has Parts 1 and 2. Previously, I have only seen Part 1. The 1893 Gregg Manual was the first version published in the United States. Apparently, there was little revisions in between Manual versions. This one shows a print…
I am looking ahead at my copy of Gregg Speed Building for Colleges Simplified and would like to know exactly what the plan was for each type of exercize. Does anyone have the teacher’s handbook of this? Was there a teacher’s handbook for the second edition? (by Ryan for group greggshorthand)
Attached is a revised version of my earlier document explaining how to read Gregg Publishing Company printers codes to determine the year and month of the press run for a copy of a Gregg book. Originally, my investigation indicated that a month/year code (e.g. A-54) was used in the press run date segment of the…
We have discussed this before over several threads but i would like some clarification. In one of my posts asking about dictation, the advice was to use audio dictation from the beginning – to record and replay at a slow pace and writing with the book open. In another thread here, http://greggshorthand.multiply.com/journal/item/687/Self-dictation Carlos, you gave some great…