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.
291. The initial w hook, which the rules of word-writing authorize upon five alphabetic strokes (el, lay, n, m and ray), may in phrasing be prefixed to any of those strokes to represent we or with. Illustrations: we listen
we always
we never,
, we may
we enjoy
we receive
with my
or with me
with many
we must
we will
We and with, when represented initially by the w hook, are best written in the first position, the position of the word-signs to which in form they so closely approximate; but under the law of "initial displacement," their position is sometimes accommodated to that of the second word of the phrase.
292. In the following phrases, we is to be represented by the w hook, and if it begins a phrase, should occupy the first position:
we also
we always
we answer
we are (are upward)
we are able
we are acquainted
we are better
we are called
we are certain
we are clear
we are determined
we are doing
we are entering
we are entitled
we are found
we are glad
we are giving
we are indebted
we are never
we are in the way
we are informed
we are known
we are necessarily
we are never
we are now
we are receiving
we are right
we are said (to) be
we are then
we are understood we are very glad we are very sure we are wrong all we are because we are because we are able I know that we are if we are if we are able if we are now that we are where we are when we are when we are bound while we are we embrace we employ we enjoy we inquire we intend we like we may
we may as (w)ell we may also we may always we may have we may go we may never
we may perhaps
we may probably
we may think
if we may
when we may
whenever we may
we might have done
we might have taken
we might make
we might not
we might not be
we might not do
we might not decide
we might not determine
we might not have
we might not say
we might not think
we might not take
we must
we mus(t) observe
we mus(t) receive
we mus(t) say
we mus(t) take
we mus(t) therefore
we mus(t) understand
we mus(t) write
we mus(t) always
we mus(t) be
we mus(t) do
we mus(t) go
we mus(t) have
we mus(t) have done
we mus(t) have known
we mus(t) have taken
we mus(t) make
we mus(t) mention
we mus(t) never
we mus(t) not
we mus(t) not be
we mus(t) not have
we mus(t) now
if we must
when we must
whenever we must
where we must
wherever we must
we necessarily
we neglect
we never
we never think
we now
we rather (I. D.)*
we receive
we reply
we require
we repeat
we report
we request
we resolve
we respect
we write you
we will
we will ask
we will be
we will become
we will call
we will do
we will find
we will have
we will have none
* We accommodates itself to the position of rather, in order that the phrase may not go too far above the line.
we will have observed
we will have taken
we will judge
we will know that
we will make
we will mention
we will never
we will now
we will only
we will proceed
we will try
we will take
when we will
where we will
where we will have
where we may
wherever we may
we mean
we mean to
we mean (to) be
we mean (to) do
we mean (to) go
we mean (to) have
we mean (to) say
we mention
we might
we might as (w)ell
we might as (w)ell be
we might as (w)ell have
we might go
 
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