172. Logogram for "Read."-The word read in the foregoing table is the present tense of the verb. The past tense and participle are written

173. Position Of Half-Length Logograms

Half-length logo-grams are written both on and above the line in accordance with the principle explained in paragraphs 70 and 71. A half-length logogram marked * is so written that its highest point may be exactly as far above the line as the top of a stroke-t.

Exercise on the Half-Length Logograms.

Half-Length Logograms

Concluded.

174. Omitted Consonants

In many words an explodent immediately follows a continuant produced in the same position of the articulating organs (see Appendix A) and is itself immediately followed by some other consonant. In such cases the explodent may generally be omitted without lessening the legibility of the word. The following are the only important instances of such omission :

Though such license is not to be encouraged in pronunciation, it actually exists in the unconstrained, colloquial speech of most persons. The phonographic outlines which result from such omission are in a practical sense so much superior to the full forms, that for all ordinary purposes they should be written.

Note - For graphic convenience n may be omitted from the prefix trans.

Thus transmit may be written . instead of Tras may be substituted for trans with perfect safety as to legibility, since there is not a single word in the English language which begins with the syllable tras.

Exercise on Half-Length Logograms-II.