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Chart of Gregg Shorthand Anniversary

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a, an [dot]

about ab

above abv

accept, acceptance aks

accord akr

acknowledge ak

acquaint; acquaintance aka

across akrs

address adr

advantage av

advertise avt

after aft

again agn

against agns

agent aj

agree [loop] (above the line)

all o (on its side)

allow al

already ore

also oso

altogether otu

always ols

am, more m
among m ng

and, end nd

another n o th

answer ans

any ne

appear apr

approximate aprx

are, our, hour r

arrange, arrangement ara

ask sk

attention tn sh

be, by, but b

beauty bte

become, book bk

bed, bad bd

been, bound bn

before bf

beg, big bg

behind bi

belief, believe be

between b tn

bill, built bl

body bo
bring br

business bs

call ko

can k

capital kpt

car, correct kr

care ka

carry kae

catalogue katl

cause, because k [left s]

character kak

charge ch j

children ch e l

clear kle

collect kol

come km

committee kete

communicate, communication kmu

company, keep kp (blended)

complete, complain-t kp

confidence, confident kf

consider, consideration k [right s]

copy kpe
correspond, correspondence kres

could kd

country, can't kt

course krs

cover kv

credit kre

deal, dear d [inverted e]

definite df n

deliver dl

desire ds

determine [inverted e] mn

did, date td

differ, difference, different df

difficult, difficulty df k

direct drk

dollar do

Dr., during dr

draft drf

duty dt e

educate, education edu

effect fk

effort eft

either e [under th]

else, list ls
employ mpl

enable enb

enclose nk

enough nuf

entire nd i

ever ev

every eve

excel, excellent, excellence esl

except sep

expect, especial esp

experience spe

explain espl

express espr

far, favor fa

find fi

first fes

floor, flour, flower flr

follow, fall fo

for f

force fs

friend, friendly fr

from, form fm

full fu

further f [under th]

future ft

gave ga

general jen

give ge

glad, girl gl

go, good g

gone gn

got gt

govern, goverment gv

great gr

have v

he e

house, whose h us

how, out au

hundred h u nd

I a

immediate, immediately eme

important, importance mp

improve, improvement mpr

in, not n

individual nd v

industry nd s

influence nf

inquire nki
instant, instance ns

insure, insurance n sh

into nd u

invoice nvs

is, his s

it, at t

kind ki

knowledge nol

let, letter le

light li

like la

little let

long l ng

look lu

love lv

mail m [inverted a]

market, Mr. mr

matter mat

merchandise m e ch d i s

mile m [inverted i]

mistake, mistaken mst

morning mn [dot]

most mo

move mu
much m ch

must ms

my ma

name na

nature natr

necessary n e ss

never nv

nevertheless, envelope nvl

newspaper, inspect nsp

next nes

night ni

nothing n [dot]

number num

object ob

oblidge obl

occasion k a sh

of o

office o [right s]

official o sh l

one, won un

opinion opn

opportunity opr

order od

organize, organization og
other u [over th]

over o (above the line)

part pt

particular pat

people pep

perfect, proof prf

person, personal p r [right s]

please pl

pleasure p l e sh

point, appoint oe

position p o sh

possible pos

power pau

prepare prep

presence, present pr

previous prevs

probable prb

problem prbl

progress prg

public, publish pb

purchase p ch

purpose prp

put p
quality ku

quantity k [intersecting t]

question k sh

railway, rule rl

rather r a [under th]

real, regard re

receipt rese

receive rse

recent r [right s]

record rkd

refer, reference rf

regret, regular reg

remark, room rm

remember r e mn

remit rem

reply rep

report rpr

represent rp

require rki

respect, respectful, respectfully res

response, responsible rsp

return ret

right, write ri

satisfy, satisfactory sat

send sen

serious sers

several sev

shall, ship sh

should sh d

side si

situation s e t sh

skill, school skl

small smo

some sm

soon sn

speak, speech, special sp

spirit spr

stand s tn

state st

still s t [inverted e]

stock sto

stop stp

strange stj

strength, strong str

subject [left s] j

success [right s] u k

such [left s] ch

sufficient suf
suggest, suggestion [right s] u j

suppose spo

sure sh u

system, says ss

tell, till t [inverted e]

than, then [over th] n

thank [over th] [dot] (to the right)

that [over th] a

the [over th]

their, there [under th]

them [over th] m

they [over th] e

thing, think [over th] [dot] (under)

this [over th] s (blend)

those [over th] [left s]

thousand [over th] a u

three, thorough-ly [under th] e

throughout [under th] r u t

time tm

together tug

told to

tomorrow tm o

too, to, two tu

trust trs
truth tr

unable nb

under u (over the line)

until nd [inverted e]

upon pon

use eu

usual, wish u sh

value vl

various vars

very ve

want o nd

was o [left s]

weak, week ek

well, will l

went e nd

were er

what ot

when en

where, aware ar

whether w e [over th]

which, change ch

while il

why i (counter-clockwise)
wire ir

with e [over th]

without e [over th] t

woman u mn

wonder uun

word ud

work rk

world uu

would d

yes [e loop]

yesterday est

you, your u

young u ng