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.
Hello I’ve just begun shorthand (again), and I’m wondering: what kinds of things can I do to practice short hand. I’m no where near ready for dictations, as I still need to practice writing in general. What kinds of things do you recomend to do to practice writing? Perhaps just write a story? I dunno….
I have a question about self-dictation with the Simplified manual. How should I go about doing this? Should I be recording dictation of letters from five lessons ago or so? I tried recording dictation (at a grulingly-slow 40wpm) at my current lesson (26) and I ended up getting so far behind that I couldn’t remember…
I’m a bit confused about when the abbreviating principle is applied in Anniversary. The ‘small but useful group of words’ in Unit 25: do they have anything in common apart from being common? Do you just have to remember them? Unit 26: I can understand writing as far as the accented syllable, or beyond, if…
Greetings My book came today, and I have a few questions. In the book, their slant for the F’s and V’s are so insanely slanted, i find it hard to actually achieve such a slant. For example, when the word “vase” is writin, The top of the V and the bottom of the V have…
Does anyone have any thoughts about which version is best for high-speed writing? Although I started with Simplified – I was changed over to DJ because of school parameters. Since that time, I have written a combination of both, with reporting shortcuts and advanced phrasing principals. It seems that my writing varies between 3 theory…
One reason I liked Pitman, is that it is so much more suited to my modern Italic syle of handwriting. I write my letters without a curcsive sland and have been doing that since highschool. I think when John Gregg said that the Gregg shorthand system follows the natural slope, he was refering to the…
Hi Gregg devotees! I am a brand-new member of this MSN Group. I know y’all get asked this a million times, so I’ll be very specific with my request. I want to learn shorthand for Optometry school. In September, I’ll start a full-time pre-optometry undergraduate program. It seems to me that I need a shorthand…
Basically, my situation is as follows:I need to be able to take *very* rapid notes, faster than normal speech. These don’t need to be preserved for posterity or anything, in fact I only need to be able to read them for up to an hour after I write them. I hate writing with a pencil…
I’m confused about the formation of the past tense. In my Simplified manual, some words seem take a ‘d’ (e.g. received), others a ‘t’ (e.g. placed). I realise if I stop and think about it that the received ends in more of a ‘d’ sound, and placed in a ‘t’ sound, but stopping and thinking…
Can anyone tell me if there are differences between the versions (Anniv; Simplified; DJS, S90, Centennial) other than the number and spelling of brief forms? Someone mentioned that pre-Anniv and Anniv had principles for making your own short forms; are their different ways of joining letters, or any other items that are different in the…