GREGG

SHORTHAND
PHRASE BOOK
BY

JOHN ROBERT GREGG. S.C.D.

Anniversar.1f Edition

THE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANY

NEW YORK

CHICAGO
TORONTO

SAN FRANCISCO
LONDON

BOSTON

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Copyright, 1930, by
THE

GREGG PUBLISHING

CoMPANY

Copyright, 1902, by
JOHN R. GREGG
Copyright, 1924, by
THE GREGG PUBLISHING COUPANY

June 1947-KP-IO

SHORTHA~O

F ORMS WR ITTEN BY

HARRIET M. JOHNSON

Printed in th e United States of America

This book is intended for the student or the

stenographer who wishes to increase his speed. Obviously, no one writer will find use for all the phrases
presented. \Vhile all writers will be able to use the
phrases of a general nature, each writer should select
and learn the special phrases which will be usef ul in
his own line of work. As an example, the phrase
"Assistant General Passenger Agent" would ordinarily be of value only to one taking dictation involving
the transpo rtation business, while the phrase "as a
matter of fact" would be valuable to any writer, regardless of the nature of the matter which he might
be writing.
Phrasing in General. Intelligent phrasing increases speed, and the limit of phrase-making r ests
almost altogether upon the ability of the writer to
execute the forms correctly. But phrasing must be
based upon certain well-defined principles. In the
following pages these principles will be presented as
concisely as possible. The exposition of the laws of
phrasing, taken in conjunction with the practice afforded by the lists of phrases, should enable the
writer greatly to extend his skill in the general application of phrasing in practice. At the same time,
these principles will enable the writer to avoid the
pitfalls of both mind and hand that so often result
from an attempt to improvise phrases.
A good phrase should be and is more easily read
than if it were divided into its component parts and
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each word written separately. One reason for this is

that the eye can take in two, three, or even more
words in a phrase at a glance, and the words are read
with but one effort instead of several, as would be
the case were the words written separately.
Another reason for the increased legibility resulting from phrasing is the fact that the words usually
present a more distinctive outline when phrased, due
not only to the ability to understand a group of
closely associated words as a unit, but to the greater
executional facility secured by joining the words.
For example, the phrase "would be glad" when written at no matter how great a speed is always more
legible than the separate words would be if written
without joining, because it is easier to maintain the
correct form and proportion of the characters when
jQined than when written with a pen lift after each
word. Moreover, if one of the characters in the
phrase should become distorted, the other characters
;oined to it would be a help in reading the poorly
written one, whereas when each character is written
alone this help is not available.
Phrases which are not thoroughly mastered are
worse than useless, as they are in such cases a source
of hesit:1tion. Particular attention should be paid to
the phrases gIven in each chapter in the Manual,
as they are among the most common phrases in the
language. In practicing them it must be remembered
that a phrase must be an entity. It should be written
without a pause-as if it were only one character. Thinking of each separate word in the phrase
will cause a distinct stop at the end of each word, and
facility in execution will thus be lost. In learning
the longer phrases, however, it is sometimes necessary
to separate them into smaller units. If you find it
difficult to write some of the phrases consisting of

several strokes, practice a part of the phrase at a

time until the difficulty of that part has been removed. Then add a little more to it and so on until
the whole phrase can be written without a perceptible
stop. Several illustrations of thi s method of practice
will be found in "Gregg Speed Studies.'~
In "The Science and Art of Phrase-Making" David
Wolfe Brown says:

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"A phrase, to be of value, must be spontaneous. It should flow from the pen smoothly and
pauselessly, without perceptible mental effort.
Phrases which, while being written, require close
attention in following their intricacies, hamper
the free movement of the hand and cause hesitation. But when it is said that phrases should be
spontaneous-should indeed be written almost
automatically-we do not mean that only such
phrases are to be written as can be flung from
the pen without thought or effort by one who
has never given time or attention to the study of
phrasing as a fine art. A good phrase should be
spontaneous with those who have been educated,
so to speak. The spontaneity desired is not the
spontaneity of ignorance, but the spontaneity of
education and culture. Good phrasing habits do
not come without cultivation. Phrasing rules,
and in some cases particular phrases, are to be
studied until thoroughly familiarized. While
it is true that 'any conscious effort to make
phrases, except as a matter of mere experiment,
is a mistake,' yet the absence of 'conscious effort'
should come as the natural result of a mastery
sf the phrasing art in its principles and details.
That phrase, which to a tyro may seem difficult,
requiring him .to 'wrestle' with it letter by letter

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or stroke by strake, may be in fact not

a bad phrase, but an extremely gaod one, because
it is ane that carnes easily and naturally (that is,
spantaneously) to the writer if by study and
practice he has properly prepared himself for his
work.
"But though phrases should in general be
spontaneous, it is nat meant that all the phrases
useful to a reporter can be devised off-hand, an
the spur of the mament, during the hurry of reporting. It would be a mistake to. disparage certain highly useful special phrases which the
baaks have pravided to. be memarized ar which
the practical reparter canstructs far himself.
Thraugh the labar and experience of reparters
and authars there have been evalved, and placed
in the textbaaks to. be mastered by everyane who.
wauld be an expert, certain highly useful phrases
which-because they invalve in their canstructian abstruse rules, or camplex mental pracesses,
or arbitrary ar unique methads af abbreviatiancauld scarcely be extemparized by the mast accamplished reparter. Besides these highly useful
and almast indispensable phrases, others of
similar nature are almast daily invented by every
practical reparter to. meet his persanal and immediate needs. Same are nat invented during
the stress af reparting, but are devised deliberately befarehand, because their necessity is fareseen. Others of the same nature are gradually
evalved during actual reparting wark, being suggested by the cantinued repetitian af certain verbal cambinatians. The reparter, as a particular
group af wards is spaken again and again, gradually writes it more and mare briefly, achieving
at last a special phrase, arbitrary perhaps in its

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character-fallawing perhaps in its canstructian

no general law-but which passibly, because af
its aptness and praspective usefulness becames
thereafter a permanent part af his reporting
equipment. While insisting that phrases shauld
in general be spantaneaus, we by no. means discaurage ar disparage the memarizing ar inventian of a certain number af these highly useful
special ar irregular phrases."
It will be seen that Mr. Brawn, af caurse, had reporters in mind in writing the faregaing passage, but
all that he said is equally applicable to. every stenographer or every shorthand student.
The Four Fundamental Principles of Phrasing.
There are faur general rules which must govern the
formation of every phrase, and they are given here
so. that the student may observe how they apply to
everyone of the more definite suggestions which follow, as well as to all the examples given in this book.
1. At the outset short and common words only
should be joined. That is, until the writer has, by
experience, become capable of judging for himself of
the value of a phrase, he should be very hesitant about
phrase forms containing long or unusual words. It
is anly in exceptianal cases that such phrases are
worth while.

2. The words joined in a phrase should make

good sense when standing alone, they should constitute a natural "speech phrase." As an example, if
you have the group of wards "therefare I went" it
wauld be incarrect to. phrase "therdore-I went."
The proper phrasing would be "there fare I-went."
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3. The outlines for the words composing the

phrase should be such as will join easilv to other
outlines. To jl1ustrate: The phrase "and-will" is a
good one, because of the ease of joining; but the
phrase "and-go" would be a very poor one, because
the joining is impossible to execute with accuracy.

wordsigns, joined together without modification and

without the omission of any word or stroke. As the
majority of the phrases are of this kind, it will be
worth while to go into this classification rather fully.
The following are useful examples, illustrating principles. Hundreds more may be gleaned from the lists
in the book.

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4. Phrases which carry the hand away from the

line of writing, or unduly long phrases, should be
avoided, as they tend to break the rhythm of the
writing.
In short, the student always should remember that
phrasing should exist only for the purpose of
increasing both legibility and sp eed in writing.
Phrasing should be considered not an end, but a
means. The rules just given are only a more detailed
expression of the same thought, intended to be used
by the student as a test for any phrases which he may
formulate .
In going over his notes the beginner should apply
these four tests to any new phrases he may form . He
may remember th em briefly as:
1. Is it common!
2. I s it natural!
3. Is it easily joined!
4. Isitshort?
When he can answer "Yes" to each of these questions, he may adopt it as useful and therefore worth
learning.
Classes of P hrases. Having studi ed the principles which apply to all phrases, th e student is now
ready to take up some definite suggestions covering
the various classes of phrases.
The first and simplest class of phrases is composed
of those which are made up of short words, usually

1.

2.

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Pronoun joined to a verb:

I am

you do

I can

he will

I shall

they may

Pronoun joined to the negative form of the

verb:

they can not

woe are not

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he may not

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you would not

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I should not

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she does not

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I may be

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you have seen

he might be

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Preposition joined to its object:

fo r me

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from you ~
by the

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on which
to them

Combinations of the forms just given:

by which it is

at that

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I have your
letter

to which you refer

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writing the infinitive form of the verb :

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to go

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to give

to cr eate

to care

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to continue

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to send

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Verb joined to its object:

give me

,,-

told yo u

tell me

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ask m e

take that

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gives them

as the case
may be
during the
year
in a position

at such a
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on the other side
at a loss
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Omission of Non-essential Words. The next

simple method of phrasing is to omit unessential
words which naturally must be restored in transcribing in order to make sense. The most common
omission is a, an or the :

great man

Another word frequently omitted in phrasing is the

conj unction and:
h ere and there

good time

common people

many daY3

all my attention

c--6

back and fo rth

heaven and
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Other examples which will give the student an idea

of the flexibility of this principle are:
look into the
matter
one of the
most
we are of th e
opinion
many of these
in addition
to that
one of the best
with or without
with reference
to the matter

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take into
consideration
form of
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agreement
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law
as a rule
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fo r a number
of years

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about how many

balance of the
account

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line of credit

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out of stock

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in the first
instance
two or three

for a day or two ~

hope to hear
from you
free of charge

according to my cr---v
in order to
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so far as I
know
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thank you
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one or two

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Modification of Forms. Some combinations

occur with sufficient frequency to make it worth while
to modify slightly the original outline of one or more
words in order to make the phrase possible. T his
practice is not generally to be recommended. Some
examples of this principle are given in the Manual.
A few additional instances are:

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above day

above date

above mentioned
anti above all

above named
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against the

against th at

against them ~

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all over tne
country
all over the
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kingdom
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world

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and assure
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I can assure
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we assure you

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I am aware
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on account
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in point
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well-known fact

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expression. The regular use of an intersected b for

boo.r d is an example of the first kind :

Extent
t o a certain
extent
to a considerable extent
to some extent

"Y1

to a great extent

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to a large extent

to such an extent

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great deal

all alone

all along

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we always

at any rate
at first sight

day or so

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whole lot

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once in a while

in other words

in my opinion

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in my judgment

life msurance

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day's sight

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Intersect ion. Many useful and distinctive phrases

are formed by using the principle of intersection.
There are two classes of intersected phrases-those
formed according to a regular principle and those
especially composed for some frequently recurring

school board

board of
managemen t

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Federal Reserve
Board
Board of Education

The irregular phrases are not worth while unless it

is fairly certain that the expressions which they represent will recur with a reasonable degree of frequency. A few typical examples, chosen from different lines of work are:
Treaty of
Versailles
atmospheric
pressure

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Muscle Shoals

or

Liberty Bond

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METHODS OF USING THE BOOK

There are two ways in which a phrase book may
be helpful to a pupil.

1. He may use it to look up phrases which he

meets in his dictation practice, the outlines for which
he is not certain of. In this way it serves merely
as a reference book. It will be noted that the words
have been arranged in strict alphabetical order to
facilitate quick reference.
2. The more profitable way of using it is as a
textb?ok, organizing t~e work. and studying it systematIcally. After havmg studIed the principles and
the phrase lists given in the introduction, the pupil
should go through the book, page by page, practicing
all the phrases that may be of value to him.
The pupil in school should practice only the general
phrases unless he is preparing for some definite future
~osition, in which ca~e he should also, of course, practIce the phrases whIch would be applicable to that
field of business. After finishing a page, writing each
outline four or five times or more if necessary to be
able to execute it fluently, the writer should have
the phrases dictated to him several times at gradually increasing speeds. This is for the purpose of
developing ability to write a phrase from hearing it
rather than from seeing it. The phrases should be
reviewed from time to time in order to fix them in
the mind.
The teacher may have the class use the "Phrase
Book" in the manner just described. In addition he
may find it interesting and profitable to assign, say,
o~e page a day to be studied in this way and then
dIctate a short passage of connected matter containing
as many of the phrases on the page as can be worked

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into the dictation. These passages may usually be

composed as they are dictated, although the dictation
would be improved if the notes were prepared beforehand. This practice may be begun as early as
the t~nth or eleventh lesson in th e Manual, as by
that tIme the students are able to take simple dictation. By having these dictations transcribed by the
students, and preserving a copy of each, in a short
time the teacher can build up a large collection of
such matter.
If this method of using the book be employed, the
phrases may be taken up as drills in execution. It
will be. f~)Und tha~ penmanship drills on the phrases
-practIcmg for hIgh speed and accuracy on the easily
executed. phrases! and drilling .on the harder phrases
pr?gres sIve~y-wIll develop a hIgh type of executional
skIll that WIll favorably affect all the writing.
A second plan is to take the dictation material to
be used for the day, run through it and underline
every phrase. The outlines for these should be looked
up !n the "Phrase ~ook" by .the pupil, and practiced
untIl they can be wntten readIly and legibly before the
dictation is begun. The teacher may prefer to place
th~ phrase fo~ms on th~ board for drill purposes. In
thIS way specIal attentIOn can be given to analogous
phrases, or phrases that illustrate principles. In fact,
this work on t~e phrases-and perhaps also the unusual words-Is a preparation for dictation. The
plan may be applied to all dictation material letters
as well as literary matter. The advantages' of this
method are. that ~he P?rases are applied in a natural
way, there IS vanety m the work, and the pupil acquires facility in recognizing words that should be
phrased.
References. So much has been written on the subject of phrasing that it is now practically impossibl e

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to present anything new. For a more detailed and

advanced treatment of the subject than is given here
we would refer the student to the following books,
which have been consulted in preparing the material
given here:
Gregg R eporting Shortcuts. By J ohn R obert
Gregg. This contains a discussion of the phrasing
principles applicable more particularly to court reporting, as well as a classified list of shortcuts suitable for such work.
The Stenographic Expert. By Willard B. Bottome
in collaboration with John Robert Gregg. This offers
not only a section on phrasing possibilities and a generous list of examples, but also articles on the general
features of a repor ter's work, together with practice
matter in longhand and shorthand.
The Factors of Shorthand Sp eed. By David
Wolfe Brown. Although written in the first place
with the particular needs of another system in mind,
the student will find much helpful material in this
book relating not only to phrasing but, as the title
indicates, to all the other factors entering into the
attainment of hi gh speed in shorthand. The amount
of space devoted to phrasing is, in itself, an indication of the importance which the author placed on
proper phrasing as an aid to speed.

The Gregg Shorthand Manual and Gregg Speed

Studies. Both of these contain a great deal of very
valuable assistance to those wishing to acquire the
"knack" of phrasing. We mention them particularly
because frequently the student overlooks the material
in these two books, feeling that after having been
through them once or twice he should go on to pastures new. As a matter of fact, in most cases more::

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benefit could be obtained by a thorough review of

what had already been covered than by going over
other books in a superficial way.
In conclusion we want to impress upon the student
that half-learned phrases, like half-lea rned wordsigns
are more a hindrance than a help. I f a phrase is
worth learning at all, it is, as a rule, worth learning
well.
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ought to be

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prompt attention

proof of claim

pro rata

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that time

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