The principles of Phonography and the methods of abbreviation explained in the Manual, and in the preceding pages of this work, will enable the student to express all the words of the language with exceeding brevity, and yet with a distinctness that will leave no room for hesitancy in reading. Many of the abbreviations which will be found in the Vocabulary, depend for their legibility upon the connection in which a word is used, and upon our assumed acquaintance with the language, and the customary forms of speech.

When we learned that we must not say a oblong book an hobbling gait, we also learned that nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs, performed certain specific duties in the verbal expression of thought, and that a distinct terminology was for the most part assigned to each class of words. Our habitual speech is assumed to be the recognition and practice of these laws. If, in the phrases, "it is our interest to do so," "I was greatly interested," "I shall interest you," "it was an interesting performance," the italicised words were indicated by the same mark, any one who used our language as " to the manner born," would not hesitate in reading the sentence correctly.

The form of the present and past tenses of many verbs, in like manner, cannot be interchanged: when there is a possibility of doing so, and where it would lead to confusion, different signs are provided, and in no case are primitives and derivatives represented by the same sign, unless there is a certainty that the intended word would be understood.

Happily, there is no abiding necessity for all the abbreviations here provided, but it is a great convenience to the reporter to have them at his fingers'ends, ready for use, when an unusual burst of feeling fires the speaker's heart, and loosens his tongue, and his words flow with unwonted fluency. It is then that the amazing resources of the Phonographic art, and its adaptability to the most rapid utterance, are as surprising to the reporter, as the philosophy, and rigid accuracy of the corresponding style, were once a satisfaction and delight to the learner.

P

1 Weep 2 up 3 hope, happy, (in law ) party

1 Comply 2 people-d 3 apply practiced

1 Appear 2 principle-al-ly 3 practice, practical-ly

2 Upon, open 3 happen, punish-ed-ment 2 Poverty 3 hope to have

1 Option 2 compassion 3 passion

2 Complain 3 plan 1 completion

1 Perfect-ed 2 proof, prove 3 approve-al 1 Perfection 2 operation 3 oppression

1 Speak, speech, spoke 2 special1 spoken

2 Suspension2 suspense 2 Suspicion

1 Peace 2 pays, oppose 3 pass, hopes

2 Possesspossessed possessor possessive 1 Weepest z post 3 passed, past, happiest

1 Compliance 2 complains 3 appliance, plans

2 Spiritual-ity spiritualism 1 Express 3 suppress 2 surprise

1 Expressed 2 surprised 3 suppressed

1 Expression 2 separation 3 suppression

2 Experience 2 experienced 2 Inexperience, in (the) experience, inexperienced

1 Opposition, 2 position 3 possession

3 Put

1 Complete, complied 3 applied

1 Particular-ly, appeared, pride 2 opportunity 3 proud

1 Point 2 opened, upon it 3 happened

1 Plaintiff 2 complaint, complained 3 plant, planned

1 Profit-ed-able 2 proved 3 approved

2 Suspend

1 Spirit 2 spread

B

1 By 2 be, object 3 to be

1 Belong-ed 2 able

1 Liberty 2 remember, member 3 number-ed

1 Combine-ation 2 been 3 boon

2 Above

2 Objection-able objective

2 Belief, believe believed

2 Remembrance

1 Brief 2 brave

2 Subject 3 is to be

1 Buys 2 a-base, objects 3 abuse

2 Subjective 3 about

1 Built, build-ed-ing 2 able to, bold, blood [brute 1 A-broad, brought 2 remembered, bread 3 brood, 1 Behind, combined, be not 2 bent, bend 3 bound

2 Above it

1 Blind 2 blend, blunt 3 bland

T

1 Time 2 it 3 at, out

2 Tell, till, it will 3 at all, until

1 Internal, try 2 truth 3 true

2 Contain attain, ten 3 at one, town, at-tune

1 (it) ought to have 2 whatever 3 it (would ) have,

3 At length [out of

2 Twelve, it will have 2 Eternal, eternity 1 Contrive

1 City, sit 2 set 3 suit, sat, satisfy-fied-actory

2 Consist system this system 2 State ( sometimes ? in phr.) 3 stout

1 Times, ties, toss 2 it is, its, tis 3 itself, at his 1 Tossed 2 taste, test 3 At first

Contains attains, tens 3 at once, towns, at-tunes

1 Set off 2 set forth

2 Station 3 satisfaction 2 Constitution 2 Circumstance circumstances

1 Strength 2 external-ity

2 Construction 2 Instruct-ed instructive