Chart of Gregg Shorthand Pre-Anniversary Brief Forms/Wordsigns

Word	Brief Form (Text)	Brief Form (Image)
a, an	[dot]
about	a b
above	a b u
accept, acceptance	a k [left s]
accord	a k r
accordance	a k r n s
acknowledge	a k
acquaint; acquaintance	a k a
advantage	a v
advertise	a v t
after	a f
again	a g n
agent	a j
agree	[loop] (above the line)
all	o (on its side)
allow	a l
always	o l s
am, more	m
and, end	nd
any	n e
are, our, hour	r
arrange, arrangement	a r a
ask	s k
assist	ss t
attention	tn sh
avoid	v o e
be, but	b
beauty	b t e
become, book	b k
been, bound	b n
before, behalf	b f
behind	b i
belief, believe	b e
better	b t [reversed e]
between	b tn
beyond	b o n
bill	b l
body	b o
bring	b r
business	b s
by	b a (In the 1916 edition, it was changed to b)
call	k o
can	k
capital	k p t
car, correct	k r
care	k a
carry	k a e
cause, because	k [left s]
certificate	s e tf
character	k a k
charge	ch j
check	ch k
clear, clearly	k l e
clerk	k l r
collect	k o l
company, keep	kp (blended)
consider, consideration	k [right s]
copy	k p e
corporation	k r p
correspond, correspondence	k r e s
could	k d
course	k r s
cover	k v
credit	k r e
custom	k us
date, did	td
definite	df n
deliver	d l
desire	d s
determine	[inverted e] mn
devote	df t
differ, difference, different	df
difficulty	df k
direct	d r k
dollar	d o
draft	d r f
Dr., during	d r
duplicate	d u p
duty	td e
educate, education	e d u
effect	f k
either	e [under th]
else, list	l s
endure	nd r
enough	n u f
ever, every	e v
exist, existence	e [reverse ss]
experience	s p e
fall, follow	f o
far, favor	f a
fault	f o t
find	f i
firm	f e m
first	f e s
for	f
friend, friendly	f r
from, form	f m
full, fully	f u
future	f t
gave	g a
give, given	g e
glad	g l
go, good	g
God	g d
gone	g n
govern, government	g v
got	g t
great	g r
hand	[dot] nd
have	v
he	e
house, whose	h o s
how, out	a u
I	a
immediate, immediately	e m e
important, importance	m p
improve, improvement	m p r
in, not	n
inclose (enclose)	n k
influence	n f
industry	nd s
instant, instance	n s
insure, insurance	n sh
invoice	n v s
is, his	s
it, at	t
judge	j j
jury	j u
kind	k i
let, letter	l e
light	l i
little	l e t
long	l ng
like	l a
look	l u
love	l v
market, Mr.	m r
Messrs.	m ss
mortgage	m o r
most	m o
move	m u
much	m ch
must	m s
name	n a
never	n v
new	n u
newspaper	n s p
next	n e s
object	o b
oblige	o b l
occasion	k a sh
occupy, occupation	o k p
of	o
office	o [right s]
official	o sh l
one	u n
opinion	o p n
order	o d
organize, organization	o g
other	u [over th]
part	p t
particular	p a t
please	p l
point, appoint	o e
principal, principle	p r
public, publish	p b
publication	p b sh
pupil	p p l
put	p
quality	k u
quantity	k [intersecting t]
question	k sh
railroad	r r
railway	r l
real, regard	r e
receive	r s e
recent	r [right s]
record	r k d
refer, reference	r f
regret	r e g
remark	r m
remit, remittance	r e m
reply	r e p
represent	r p
report	r p r
respect, respectful, respectfully	r e s
return	r e t
right, write	r i
satisfaction	s a t sh
satisfy, satisfactory	s a t
season	ss n
send	s e n
shall, ship	sh
should	sh d
side	s i
significant, significance	s g
sir	[left s]
small	s m o
society	[reverse ss]
some	s m
soon	s n
speak, speech	s p
spirit	s p r
stand	s tn
state	s t
stock	s t o
strange	s t j
strength, strong	s t r
such	[left s] ch
suggest, suggestion	[right s] u j
sure, surely	sh u
system, says	ss
teach	t ch
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)
three, thorough-ly	[under th] [inverted e]
those	[over th] [left s]
thousand	[over th] a u
throughout	[under th] r u t
time	tm
told	t o
tomorrow	tm o
trust	t r s
truth	t r
typewriter	t p r i
until	nd [inverted e]
upon	p o n
use	e u
usual-ly, wish	u sh
value	v l
very	v e
vowel	v l (unblended)
want	o nd
was	o [left s]
wealth	l [under th]
week	e k
went	e nt
were	e r
what	o t
when	e n
where	a r
which, change	ch
while	i l
why	i
wife	i f
will, well	l
wire	i r
with	e [over th]
without	e [over th] t
wonder	u u n
word	u d
work	r k
world	u u
would	d
yes	[loop]
yesterday	e s t
you, your	u
young	u ng

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