Meaning of short-hand | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“There is a Notion prevails among many People, to yͤ prejudice of all kinds of Short-hand; which is this. That when a Person sets down a Memorandum in his pocket Book in Short-hand, it is lost, in caſe of Death or any other accident, to yͤ rest⟳ of yͤ World, though it may contain⟳ things of great Consequence to other People. [...] I affirm, [...] that if any Person makes use⟳ of my long Short hand, which he will certainly do, in caſe he deſigns that what he writes should be read⟳ by another Person, it will be as legible to any one acquainted with this Art, as if it was writ in Round Hand.”

“A is denoted by a dot at the top of the Short-hand line; [...] The vowel a, in Short-hand, is used for the article a, or ah; [...]”

“[...] I was soon convinced, that our articles a an the should also be omitted: especially as the two former are comparatively infrequent, and the latter a perpetual incumbrance in other Short-hands.”

“A good Short-hand must be easy, swift, and legible.”

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