of advantage

of course

of course it is

of course they will

of course they will be able

of course this

of everybody

of God

of honor

of importance

of law

of life

of many

of me

of men

of my

of my opinion

of one

of one thing

of several

of some men

of something

of some

of some kind

of such as have

of such people

of such things

of that

of that day

of that which is

of them

of themselves

of this

of this act

of this age

of this bill

of this country

of this generation

of this work

of this world

of which

of which you are

of which you will

of which you must

of which you mus(t) be

of yours* of yourself

of you

of your

of yourselves

*Throughout these exercises, wherever two phases are represented in the same way, they are connected by a brace.

Tick" Word-Signs

174. Exercise On "To" Tick (Initial) *to believe to blame to bring to church to claim to come to (con)sider to-day to do to do good to do right to do so to do something to do that to do their to every to every man **to have

to it

to love

to make

to make them

to make this

to many

to many such

to mention

to-morrow to one another + to our to place to receive to reply to some to some degree to strike to strike out to such

to such as are (r downward) to such as may to such persons to suppose that to take

to that which you to their to them to think that to this to those who to which you are to which you will to write to you to your to your honor to your many tick.

*See Paragraph 175.

**Represented, according to Graham, by attaching the v hook to the

+ Represented, according to Graham, by prefixing r hook to the tick.

175. In certain cases, including many of the phrases in the foregoing list, initial to or to the is omitted by Mr. Graham, and implied by writing the succeeding word below the line, in what is called "the fourth position." As this is a principle of word indication rather than of phrasing, no exercises upon it are required by the plan of this book.

176. Exercise On "Or" Tick (Initial).*

or can

or is

or many

or one

or perhaps

or probably

or rather

or some

or something

or something else (else downward, and vocalized to distinguish it from less, which in a similar case is written down but unvocalized.)

or such or sure(ly)

or the

or this

or themselves

or we have

or w(h)ether

or w(h)ether you are

or with

or you

or you can

or you have

or you may

or you will

or your

or yourself

177. Exercise On "But" Tick (Initial).**

but has no

but is not

but lately (or little)

but may

but must

but mus(t) be

but once

but one

but one such

but only

but rather

but some

but somebody (smb) else

but something

but sure(ly)

but tell me

but that

but that is not

but themselves

but there (their)

*See Paragraph 199. **See Paragraph 199.

but there has been but when but whenever but you are but you will but your