184. The Ticks

The articles the, a, an, and the conjunction and are frequently written in phonography by means of a short tick joined to the outline of the next preceding or the next following word. The ticks are unshaded and are about as long as a vowel dash; that is, about one-fourth the length of the stroke t. The ticks should be used only when they make convenient joinings. A tick can never be joined when it makes an angle of more than ninety degrees with the stroke to which it is attached (unless a circle intervenes between it and such stroke), nor can it be joined on the concave side of a curve.

185. Tick-The

The tick which represents the may be joined to the preceding word and is written downward in the direction of ch (see lines 1 to 5) or upward in the direction of r (see lines 6 to 8), as may be most convenient.

186. Tick A-An-And

The words a, an, and and are all represented by the same tick. When joined to the preceding word the tick may be written in the direction of t (see lines 9 and 10) or of k (see lines II and 12), as may be more convenient; it is, however, preferably written to the following word, when it is invariably written in the direction of k. See lines 13 and 14. When it follows it is written irregularly, as shown at the beginning of line 12.