Preface. - Phrasing to be learned by principle, not by-rote. Study of phrasing by principle is far more interesting than the memorizing of alphabetically-arranged phrase-lists. Qualifies the learner to make phrases for himself in limitless number. When studied by principle, phrasing can be taken up much earlier than when studied from alphabetically-arranged lists. Principles of word-formation are extensively used in phrase-formation; thus the framing of phrases may be learned simultaneously with the construction of word-outlines. The book is a practical book, based on the daily practice of practical reporters... .Pages 13-18.

Chapter I (Phrases Defended, Defined And Distinguished). Phrases Defended. Defined. And Distinguished. - A convenient and familiar phraseo-gram is the reporter's godsend. Thomas Allen Reed's testimony. Phrasing especially needed in court reporting. American court reporting has developed a peculiar and highly useful phrasing system. Phrases defined. Simple or word-joining phrases. Word-blending phrases. Broken phrases. Elliptic phrases. Composite phrases. Special or irregular phrases.............................Pages 19-25.

Chapter II (The Phrasing Vocabulary. What Words May Be Phrased). The Phrasing Vocabulary. - Common speech comprises but a few thousand words, with capacity for innumerable combinations. What words may be phrased. What words may not be phrased___Pages 26-28.

Chapter III (The Requisites Of A Good Phrase). The Requisites Of A Good Phrase. - Should follow natural speech. Sense relation. Easy and fluent junctions. When may bad junctions be tolerated? Don't doubt the power of the hand. Bad junctions classified and illustrated. How may bad junctions be obviated? Lineality a requisite of good phrases. A phrase should not contain too many words. Legibility of phrases. A good phrase is spontaneous................Pages 29-39.

Chapter IV (Limitations, Cautions, Etc). Limitations. Cautions. Etc. - Phrasing principles must not be applied indiscriminately. A hurried, spasmodic style to be avoided. Adaptation of particular phrases to individual writers.......Pages 40-41

Chapter V (Position). Position. - General rule of phrase-position. Exceptions. "Initial displacement," partial or complete. When may the first word of a phrase be displaced? Exercise on "Initial displacement." When may first two words be displaced? Should initial is, his, as, and has vary from regular position? Initial I and he distinguished. How should exercises in this book be studied and practised? .......................................Pages 42-50.

Chapter Vi (Word-Distinctions - Context). Word-Distinctions. - Context an important aid. The law of safe ambiguity. "Preceding context" and "succeeding context." When may a single sign safely have several significations? Distinctions by position, by "exclusion," by difference of outline, and by vocalization. How may positional distinction be lost, and how supplied? Distinction by "exclusion" defined. Variation of outline as a substitute for position. Peculiar vocalization of phrases. Vocalization of badly-shaped outlines................................................Pages 51-5S

Chapter Vii (Variation Of Outline). Variation Of Outline. - Purposes of variation. Different classes of variation illustrated. "Reporting license." The reporter occasionally prefers contra-normal convenience and speed to normal inconvenience and slowness. Contra-normal expedients classified and illustrated ..............................Pages 59-66

Chapter Viii (. The Law Of Implication). Ellipsis: The Law Op Implication. - When may words be omitted in writing, to be supplied in reading by the sense? The law of safe ellipsis. "Implication" and "indication" distinguished. None but necessary connective words may be implied. List of allowable ellipses, with illustrations and exercises.. .Pages 67-89

Chapter Ix (The "Tick" Word-Signs). The Tick Word-Signs. - The most useful connective expressions of the language. Initial ticks of, to. or, but. he, I, etc., illustrated, with exercises. I and he distinguished. Displacement of initial ticks. The how and there ticks. Hooks on ticks. Ticks joined to ticks.............................................Pages 90-129.

Chapter X (The Circle Word-Signs). The Circle Word-Signs. - Exercises on initial is, his, as, has. Final circle for us, with exercise. Circles joined to ticks or "brief w and y" word-signs. Coalescing of circles. Exercises on double circles as-phrase-factors. Exercises on the circle following double circle, and circle following loop. Ellipsis of circles... .Pages 130-142.

Chapter Xi ("Brief W And Y" Word-Signs). "Brief W And Y" Word-Signs - Exercises on initial toe, with, were, what, would, you, etc. Junction of "brief w and y" word-signs. 8 circle on "brief w and y" word-signs. Initial w hook for we and with, and exercises thereon. You and would following a circle. Inversion of we, were, would and you. You used for your. Enlarged way and yay signs to represent we would, you were, with you, etc. You represented by quasi r hook..............................................Pages 143-171.

Chapter Xii (Proximity). "Proximity" As A Means Of Word-Indication. - Indication of of the. When of the cannot be indicated. Indication of from-to. Indication of con or com. Initial a con-, and con-, I con-, he con-, etc. Prefixes in the midst of phrases. The terminations ing-a, ing-the, ing-his, ing-their, etc. Exercises... .Pages 172-188.

Chapter Xiii ("Will" Or "All" Expressed By The "L" Hook). The "L-Hook" For "Will" And "All." - Exercises on will and all expressed by hook. All following of and with. Limitations on the use of the I hook as a phrasing factor. L hook on tick word-signs..............................................Pages 189-193.

Chapter Xiv (The "R" Hook). "Are," "Our," "Or," And "Were" Expressed By R-Hook - Principle explained, with exercises. Enlarged I and r hooks. The r hook on tick word-signs. Were expressed by the r hook........Pages 194-201.

Chapter Xv (Some Special Phrase-Signs). Some Special Phrase-Signs - May be, may have been, to be, to have been, in re-, in recon-, is it. as it, is there, as there, etc. Circle enlarged to a loon, to add there, their, or they are..............Pages 202-210.

Chapter Xvi (The Double-Length Principle - Expression Of "Their", "There" And "They Are."). The Double-Lengthing Principle. - Its application to phrasing explained. Exercises on there and their expressed by double-lengthing. Double-length ing and mb. There as part of a word. Expression of other by double-lengthing. Peculiar method of writing of their, of all their, is there, as there, etc. Double-length strokes joined without an angle. Dear and whether expressed by double-lengthing. Triple-length strokes. Double-lengthing of straight strokes................Pages 211-229.

Chapter Xvii (The "N" Hook . Expression Of "One."). The "N" Hook As A Phrasing Factor. - The use of n hook for one. Exception in the case of no one. N hook for own. Special exercises on with our own, in our own, their own. Exception in the case of my own. N hook for than and been........Pages 230-240.

Chapter Xviii (The Half-Length Principle). The Half-Lengthing Principle. - The expression of it, to, would, and had by half-lengthing, with exercises thereon. The expression of not by halving and the n hook, with exercises thereon. Expression of not by n hook only..................Pages 241-255.

Chapter Xix (The "F-V Hook."). The F-V Hook. - Expression of have and to have by v hook. Exercises thereon. Ought to have, would have, have had, or have it. Expression of of by v "hook; of it by v hook and halving. Exceptional v hook on

consonants ith and the to express of and have..................................................Pages 256-271.

Chapter Xx (The "N Curl."). "The N Curl." - Peculiar representation of in, in his, in as, with exercises. Ellipsis of a, an or the, following in. Double circle following the "in curl."...........................................Pages 272-279.

Chapter XXI (Special Methods Of Writing Particular Words Or Expressions). Special Methods Of Writing Particular Words Or Expressions.......................................................Pages 280-290.

Chapter Xxii (Invention Of Irregular Phrase-Signs). Suggestions On Construction Of Special Or Irregular Phrases. - When are irregular phrases justified? Characteristics of irregular phrases. Sometimes pre-memorized, sometimes extemporized. Irregular phrases classified. How are irregular phrases constructed? Intersection. Requisites of irregular phrases. Legibility of irregular phrases... .Pages 291-299.

Chapter Xxiii (Irregular Phrases Of General Utility). List Of Irregular Phrases Of General Utility....................Pages 300-310

Chapter Xxiv (Simple Or Word-Joining Phrases). List Of Simple Or Word Joining Phrases.............................Pages 311-339

Index..................................Pages 341-354