Excerpt from Lightning Phrases: Applicable to Pitmanic Phonography Not many stenographers realize the great importance and value of phrasing, i.e., the ability to combine entire sentences in symmetrical, graceful, and perfectly legible outlines. I do not mean the phrasing of words that do not naturally com bine, and where the connection is not obvious, but rather the uniting in phrases of words that are constantly occurring together. There are thousands of expressions in the English lan guage in daily use in the various departments of commercial and professional life which, by the frequency of their occur rence, become known by the term stereotyped, and the stenographer who memorizes these expressions, together with the shortest possible phonetic outlines for the same, will invariably attain a higher rate of speed than he who, lacking such knowledge, writes the full outline for every word. The reporting of trials, references, and the taking of testi mony is not the onerous task that it is reputed to be, provided the stenographer has thoroughly mastered the various ex pressions peculiar to court work. Likewise the reporting of sermons, speeches, and even the medical lecture - the bane of the most expert stenographer - becomes also an easy task when the various expressions, together with the briefest pos sible outlines for the same, have been mastered. Each phrase and contraction in Lightning Phrases is peculiarly different from the general outlines of regular words and sentences, therefore, being more readily distinguished, and by reason of these characteristics will be indelibly fixed in the minds of those memorizing them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.