364. To a few stroke word-signs - at, for, in, which, by, and possibly some others - our is added by prefixing the r

hook. Illustrations: at our

, by our

Exercise

365. In the following phrases, our is to be expressed by the r hook:

at our church at our expense at our many at our mos(t) important at our pleasure at our reception at our refusal at our reply at our request at our respectful by our

by our custom by our excellent by our friends by our judgment by our leave by our legislation by our legislature by our many by our mentioning by our mistake by our permission

by our promises

by our receiving

by our suggestion

by our system

by our testimony

in our*

in our answer

in our calculation

in our case

in our circumstances

in our desires

in our haste

in our house

in our hurry

in our judgment

in our part

in our position

in our sight

in our sorrow

in our times (tms)

in our understanding

in our way

*By Graham and Pitman, in our is written in the first position; but an exceptional resort to the third position, (not necessary in the opinion of the author,) is supposed by some writers to insure greater legibility.

"foR our."

366. In the Graham system (not the Pitman) our Is added to for by prefixing to f the r hook, and the hooked stroke is written in the third position, in order that for our may not be confounded with from, in the second position. Illustration: for our case

Exercise

367. Write the following:

for our case

for our course

for our imports

for our legislation

for our legislature

for our life

for our love

for our manufactures

for our many for our readiness for our reasons for our reputation for our request for our recent for our respect for our revision

"self" and "selves."

368. When our has been added to a stroke by prefixing an r hook, self may be added by affixing a circle, and selves by affixing a double circle, as in the phrases by ourself

, by ourselves