Waste No Time in Get-Away
Some sage advice from Dr. Gregg himself appeared in the April 1940 issue of The Gregg Writer, and a drill to remember those R rules. Attachment: waste-no-time-in-get-away.pdf
Suggested Assignments for Anniversary Gregg
The following study plan that appeared in the September to December 1931 issues of The Gregg Writer suggests daily assignments for the regular Anniversary Gregg Manual. These assignments rely on the Anniversary edition of the Graded Readings and Gregg Speed Studies (Second Edition). The plan could be easily adapted to use with the Functional Method…
Resources for Pre-Anniversary (1916) Gregg Shorthand
If you are studying the 1916 manual, this post is especially for you. Studying the 1916 manual may seem difficult because of the dearth of reading and practice material in the book. However, there are many resources available that at the time of their publishing were designed to supplement the manual. Let me summarize the…
Military Terms in Gregg Simplified
A very good list of military vocabulary in Simplified, with some nice shortcuts. Some of these outlines can be used in other fields. Attachment: military-terms-in-gregg-simplified.pdf
Typing and Transcription Practice – June 1943
The following exercise written in Anniversary was published in the June 1943 issue of Gregg Magazine. Attachment: typing-and-transcription-practice-jun-1943.pdf
Group Abbreviations
This is a great review of analogical abbreviations in Anniversary. It appeared in the June 1943 issue of Gregg Writer. Attachment: group-abbreviations.pdf
Sentences on Similar Words
These drills from The Stenographic Expert by Willard B. Bottome were serialized in the February to April 1938 issues of The Gregg Writer. The key appears in Chapter 3 of the book, which is attached (thanks to Gregg Student!). Attachment: sentences-on-similar-words.pdf Attachment: BottomeCh3–Similar_Words.pdf
Question re: 5,000 Most-Used Shorthand Forms
I finally bought a copy of this, copyright 1931, printing June 1947. There are numbers to the left of the words, such as: 1 a 1 am … 5 ache 4 acre …. Could someone please post what these numbers mean? Thanks very much. 🙂
Proper Names and Common Christian Names
The following is a list of proper names written in Anniversary. Attachment: proper-names-common-christian-names.pdf