GREGG SHORTHAND DICTIONARY

vi GREGG SHORTHAND DICTIONARY
1. After abbreviated words, a disjoined t is placed close to the preceding
character to express the past tense. This includes:
a. Brief forms, as in changed.
b. Words written in accordance with the abbreviating principle,
as in established.
c. Words written with a suffix, as in insulted.
d. Words in which the last letter of the primitive form is omitted:
as in demanded.
2. A disjoined t is used to express the past tense after words written in
full when the joining of the t or d would not give a distinctive or
facile outline, as in fancied, glared, neared.
3. The past tense is expressed by joined t or d:
a. After words written in full, as in printed, checked, except in
the few cases coming under the preceding paragraph.
b. Ih derivatives ending in ct, as in contracted.
c. In verbs ending in I, the special method described in paragraph
136 in the Manual is used, as in killed.
d. After suffixes that give a facile and legible joining, as in
mentioned. stipulated.
e. After many brief forms containing the last character of the
word. as in asked. charged. worked.
PLURALS. The formation of plurals is clearly explained in paragraphs
55, 74, and 83 in the Manual.
NEGATIVE FORMS. The·vowel is omitted in the prefixes en. in. un.
em. im. um when the prefix is followed by a consonant, as in unseen. impossible,
unmask, uninvited. unimportant.
When a vowel follows a prefix, the initial vowel is written, as in uneasy,
unless the vowel that follows belongs to another prefix or to a brief form, in
which case it is not necessary to insert the vowel in the negative prefix, as in
inexpensive. unorganized.
Negative words beginning with un or im in which the n or m is doubled
are distinguished from the positive forms by omitting one of the doubled
consonants and inserting the initial vowel, as in unknown. immodest.
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS. The comparative form of an adjective
is usually written by simply joining an r to the primitive form, as in