This section is from the book "The Science And Art Of Phrase-Making", by David Wolfe Brown. Also available from Amazon: The science and art of phrase-making.
309. You may be enlarged to add were or would, as in the phrases you were ready
you would go
In accordance with these examples, write the following phrases:
you were
you were always
you were among them
you were going
you were mistaken
you were rather
you were received
you were receiving
you would acknowledge
you would carry
you would come
you would get you would go you would keep you would make you would rather you would receive you would render you would respect you would therefore you would write you would wrong
310. In order to facilitate phrasing by avoiding awkward junctions, you were and you would may, when convenient, be expressed by the enlarged you inverted, as in the phrases when you were
and you would be
In the following phrases you were and you would are to be thus expressed:
you were admitted you were going you were forced you were indisposed you were interested you were known you were never you were not you were observed
you would admit you would attempt you would deny you would discuss you would endeavor you would never you would not you would observe you would possess
311. The enlarged forms of with, were, what and would may be written in an oblique direction (corresponding with the inclination of the consonant chay or ray) to indicate the addition of you. Illustrations: with you
what you
would you
In accordance with these examples, write the following exercises:
with you agree with you go with you reason with you speak with you take with you talk with you were you were you engaged were you interested were you never were you not were you thinking what you
what you ask what you give what you make what you may what you obtain what you say would you would you ask would you be would you go would you rather would you receive would you retain would you write
312. As you, for convenience of phrasing, may be used for your, so with you may be used for with your; were you for were your; what you for what your; would you for would your.
with your information with your necessities with your objections with your testimony were your demands
were your necessities were your objections were your visits what your life what your many
what your mistakes would your mos(t) important
would your money would your reasons would your receipts
313. Where two word-signs of the "brief way and yay" series can be conveniently phrased in the ordinary method, the enlarged forms need not be resorted to. Thus we may write
we were
, were we
what would
* This arrangement makes several of the
enlarged characters more readily legible by reducing the number of phrases which they represent. In accordance with these examples, write the following exercise:
we were chosen we were decided we were doing we were then we were thinking were we chosen were we decided were we doing were we then were we thinking
what would be what would never what would not what would not be what would not do would we ask would we be would we go would we make would we say
314. The student who wishes to have at his command the methods herein explained of indicating, instead of writing, some of the most common word-signs of the "brief way and yay" series, should not pass from the lessons thereon until he can write without hesitation the following
agree with you reason with you
what you say when you were
*(See Paragraphs 288-9.)
we would judge we would think were you never were you not what we expect what were essential what were remaining what you make
when you would be would you go would you expect you were always you were disposed you were receiving you would receive you would take
 
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