MODERN COURSE ShorthandMODERN COURSE IN PITMAN’S SHORTHAND ‘A Complete Handbook, Using the More Frequently Used and Important Words of the English Language as the Material for Learning the Rules of Pitman’s Shorthand When the student has worked carefully through the SHORTER MODERN COURSE, he will find it extremely helpful in obtaining a fuller grasp of Pitman’s Shorthand system if he now studies MODERN COURSE IN PITMAN'S SHORTHAND. In this book, the rules are explained at greater length, bringing the student to complete mastery of the system. The principles of the SHORTER MODERN COURSE are maintained throughout, and while the method is new and direct, this does not entail any sacrifice of thoroughness in the study of theory. MODERN COURSE, 4s. KEY TO MODERN COURSE, 4s. It is necessary to use, with the MODERN COURSE, the MODERN COURSE EXERCISE AND DRILL NOTEBOOKS These contain the shorthand and longhand material for learning shorthand from the MODERN COURSE. It is essential to have these two ‘Exercise and Drill Notebooks."” since they are in fact an integral part of the book. They are, however, printed separately for three good reasons: 1, The paper is specially selected as the best for writing with pen and ink. 2. The learner is able to make his shorthand outlines in the space provided immediately below the printed examples of the best shorthand writing. 3. The learner is able to work the exercises with two pages of his MODERN COURSE open before him, which is an important help in grasping the sense of the exercises. Part Il of the Exercise and Drill Notebook takes the student to a more advanced stage. Sold separately. Part I, 1s 6d. (+ P.T.); Part Il, 2s. (+ P.T.). PITMAN, PARKER STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2 SHORTER MODERN COURSE in Pitman’s Shorthand (WITHOUT EXERCISES) NEW ERA EDITION OaacPhrarn LONDON SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD. PITMAN HOUSE, PARKER ST., KINGSWAY, W.C.2 BATH ‘MELBOURNE JOHANNESBURGOOPYRIGHT.—Turs zprni0x or Sum Isaac Prtuan's Svarau o” SuoRTHAND 16 Tu axcLUsive corvaicu o¥ Sin Isaac PitwaN & SONS, L1D., AND It REPRODUCED IN ANY PUBLICATION WITHOUT WRITTHN PERMISSION "Tue Rick ov TRANSLATION Ie RRSERVED CONTENTS 1. Consonant Signs Pee, Consonant, Vowel and Bee, Tee, Dee, CHay, Diphthong Signs. 30 Jay: Vowel Signs 12. SWay and SeZ circles. 32 Avant. 3 13. Loops STee and STeR: CON- or COM-dot 82 14, Signs half as long for the addition of Tee . 34 Signs half as long for the addition of Dee . 35 Signs twice as long for 2. Consonant Signs Kay, Gay, eM, eN, iNG! VowelSignsEandOE 7 45, 3.CircleesS. 10 4, Consonant’ Signs eF, 4g ‘Vee, iTH, THee, eSS, i Zee, iSH, ZHee, down Den ten take” 95 motion sign aR: Use ‘i of Circle eSS and Full 17. Hook aR fo Straight Signs. Vowel Signs SignesS sions 2 for these Hooked 8. First-place Vowel Signs Bors Bot See er A, AH, 6, AU . . 15 Hay (as in PERHAPS) 36 6. Third“place Vowel 18. Hook ‘eL to Straight igns 1, EE, 00, 00 Signs... 37 Signs I, BE, 00, 00: 19. Hook eN ‘to Straight logues and Contrac- Signs ss. 38 mies and Conse” a0. Hook eF/Vee to ters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 17 Straight Signs . |. 39 7. Consotaat'Sigas ek, | 2% AR and el Hooks 10 Signs uves ear SigelE PY 9 22. Hook eN to Curves 41 8. Consonant Signs Way 28. Shun Hook. 42 ‘and Yay: Diphthong 24. Addition of Circle eS$ SignOl ss. 23 toHooks. . «43 9. Consonant’ Sign’ Ray: 25. Addition of a Circle or Ray and ak: How a Loop to Hooks aR used : Diphthong Sign and eN to. Straight ow. Sims... 43 10. Consonant Signs Hay, 26. Compound’ Consonants 44 ‘Up and Down, Tick 27. WayHalfcircle. . 45 Sign: Diphthong Sign 28. Diphones.; | 48 ve * 27 29. Prefixes and Suffixes | 46 11. Table of Simpl ‘The King’s English . 48 Eo—~{S.553) a SHORTER MODERN COURSE CHAPTER ONE 1, Writing shorthand is like writing longhand, but it is a very much quicker way of writing. The two forms of writing are like one another becatise they make use of signs to put on record words which are said or which come to the mind of the writer. Again, in shorthand, as in longhand, we have later to be able in turn to put the signs back into words, and this reading back has to be possible even after a long time. 2, In shorthand, as in longhand, there are four different sorts of signs: (i) SIGNS USED AS PART OF A SYSTEM. In longhand words are made up of different parts: the sign ParD, for example, is made up of four parts—p-a-1-p—but we quickly get used to reading and writing the complete sign. In the same way, in shorthand the signs for words are made up of different parts: the shorthand form for the word parp, for example, is made up of three parts N....[l, and we quickly get used to reading and writing the complete outline 4 . (Outline is the name for a shorthand form.) (ii) SIGNS USED NOT AS PART OF A SYSTEM, BUT AS. REPRESENTATIVES OF COMPLETE WORDS. In longhand the special sign “'&” is sometimes used for the quick writing of the word anv. In the same way, in shorthand we have the special sign .~... for this word. In shorthand there are a number of words of this kind, and Grammalogue is the name given to them, (iii) SIGNS WHICH ARE A SHORT FORM OF THE COM- PLETE SIGN. In longhand, Fen. is used as a quick way of writing the word FEBRUARY. In the same way, in shorthand the short outline \..... (which is shorthand for F-2) is used for this word. Shorthand outlines of this sort are given the name Contractions. (iv) SIGNS JOINED TOGETHER FOR THE WRITING AT ONE TIME OF TWO OR MORE WORDS. In longhand, ‘risy’r is a short way of writing 11 1s Nor, In the same way, in shorthand two or more outlines may be joined together to make one sign for two or more words. For example, .b... (IT 1s Not) is used for .L. (11)... (18). (Not). In shorthand these joined outlines are given the name Phrases. 3