Exercises On "He" Tick
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Exercises On "He" Tick
186. In the following phrases, he is to be made upward, except where otherwise indicated:
*he calls he claims
he finds
he has another
*It is strongly recommended that initial he be always written on the line, thus distinguishing it clearly, by position, from initial "I," written above the line and expressed frequently by the upward tick. This arrangement allows he to be written either upward or downward, and thus makes possible many useful phrases otherwise impracticable.
he has been he has come he has not he intends he judges he knows he never
he now he shall he shall be he shall not he supposes he takes he took
187. In the following phrases, he is made downward:
he accepts he acknowledges he addresses he asks he asserts he assumes he came he ca (n) he ca(n) be he ca(n) make he ca(n) never he ca(n) take he ca(n) therefore *he ca(n)not he cannot be he cannot do he cannot have he cannot know he cannot say he cannot take he cannot understand he comes he embraces
he gave
he goes **he had **he had not
he has had
he has not had
he is having he is not known he is not (to) be he is doing he is saying he keeps he made
*In the opinion of the author, cannot is best written by using k for can, as already recommended, and joining the ordinary form for not.
**Tick made downward to distinguish he had from I had, and he had not from I had not. As an absolutely sure method of distinguishing he had from I had, (a most important distinction),Mr. Dement recommends that he had be represented by hay half length, in the third position; that is, just under the line. The suggestion is well worthy of consideration.
he maintains
he may
he may always
he may never
he might
he might as well
he might not be
he mus(t) be
he mus(t) come
he mus(t) go
he mus(t) not be
he mus(t) not do
he mus(t) not have
he mus(t) probably
he mus(t) recollect
he mus(t) remember
he mus(t) say
he mus(t) see (vocalize
see) he mus(t) not take he mus(t) not think he only knows
he rather
he receives
he receives them
he recollects
he regrets
he renders
he replies
he represents
he requires
he respects
he says
he seems
he seems (to) be
he seems (to) have
he should
he should never
he should not be
he sure(ly)
he trusts
he values
he wants
he wants (to) be
he was
he would be
188. Before words beginning with the stroke l, where a tick in the direction of ch would be inconvenient, Mr. Graham authorizes a he tick in the second position, in the direction of p; thus, he will
, he loves
In spite of the similarity of this tick to to, no conflict or ambiguity appears to result. In these cases, most Benn Pitman writers make the he tick in the ordinary direction, as nearly as the junction will permit. For writers who wish to adopt the Graham expedient, the following exercise is inserted:
he also
he always
he always may
he likes
he loves
he loves them
he will
he will ask
he will be
he will do he will find he will have he will make he will never he will probably he will receive he will understand he will wonder
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