or.

was not

have not

were not

we will

not

we may not.

we are not,

they

will not

I think not

why not.

(This useful phrase may be thus represented by "reporting license." (See Paragraphs 111-112.)

Exercise

474. In the following exercise, not is to be expressed by halving the preceding stroke and adding an n hook:

Half-Length Principle

am not

am not to be

am not responsible

I am not

I am not to be

I am not responsible

I am not going

I am not attempting

are not (are upward or downward) are not now (r downward) are not known are not asked are not assumed such as are not who are not those who are not you are not (r upward) which you are not if you are not you are not ready you are not received you are not recognized be not

be not deceived if it be not if it be not necessary if it be not known if it be not so much if there be not do not do not think do not know do not now do not ask do not usually do not possess

I do not (I. D.)

I do not know

I do not now

I do not possess

I do not think

I do not say

I do not see (vocalize see)

we do not (I. D.)

we do not ask

we do not know

we do not say

we do not think

we do not wish

do not

you (inverted) do not (I. D.)

you do not ask

you do not intend

you do not know

you do not now

you do not possess

you do not think

they do not. (They had not would take a different form, as explained later in Paragraphs 475, 477, and they did not would be distinguished by writing did not separately.)

if they do not

if they do not know

had not

had not been

had not asked

had not thought

had not time

had not known

had not intended

*I had not (I. D.)

I had not asked

I had not time

I had not the

I had not necessarily

we had not (I. D.)

we had not asked

we had not known

we had not intended

we had not so many

have not

have not received

have not now

have not asked

have not so much

I have not

I have not been

I have not observed

I have not received

you have not

you have not been

you have not now

may not

may not be

may not ask

may not receive

may not go

may not have

we may not

we may not be

we may not be able

we may not be sure

we may not have the

we may not have their

it may not

it may not be

it may not have

which may not

I fear you may not

as it may not be

as it may not go

such as may not

such as may not receive

such as may not be aware

he may not

he may not go

he may not come

you may not be

you may not know

you may not attempt

there may not be

you may not know

you may not attempt

there may not be

all may not be

all may not have

all may not have their

they may not come

they may not go

they may not be able

they may not be sure

they may not have

think not

I think not

I think not now

was not

was not shown

was not taken

*He had not must be distinguished by writing the he tick downward or by adding the ordinary sign for not to half-length hay in the third position, which, although not recognized by Graham or Benn Pitman, is a safe and useful sign for he had.

was not doing

was not thinking

he was not

who was not

I was not (J downward in the direction of chay) we are not we are not to be we are not received we are not recognized we are not many if we are not I think we are not when we are not where we are not were not

were not received were not making were not many were not going we were not if it were not all were not ready they were not if they were not right why not why not ask why not do why not have why not insist why not now why not say why not take will not (always written in the first position) will not attempt will not ask

will not be

will not be ready

will not become

will not do

will not have

will not obtain

will not receive

will not remain

will not say

will not say so

will not make

will not be supposed

all will not

all will not be

all will not say

all will not ask

we will not

we will not be

we will not be responsible

we will not have

I will not say

I will not ask

I will not do

I will not receive

I will not remain

I will not say

you will not

you will not be

you will not have

you will not make

you will not ask

if you will not be

for you will not be

but you will not be

I fear you will not be

I think you will not be

of which you will not be

all will not receive

they will not (express will

by the l hook) they will not be I know they will not be

(See Paragraph 110)

this will not be (will not downward) this will not do it will not be (express will by the l hook) you will not be