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Gain a working vocabulary in Pitman 2000 in clear and easy stages

Shorthand is a valuable asset to everyone, young or old, in private or business life and Pitman 2000 is a system designed for easy learning, with a speed potential to meet the demands of a modern fast-moving world. Get Started in Shorthand Pitman 2000 is a beginner's guide to the basic theory and will give you a working vocabulary in Pitman 2000 in clear and easy stages.

Each of the main sections contains a new set of sounds and rules, short forms, phrases and exercises, including audio exercises on an accompanying CD. Review exercises give you the opportunity to consolidate material already covered, and a key to the exercises enable you to measure your rate of progress throughout the book. Written to make self-tuition both simple and stimulating and based on original Pitman Publishing material, this authoritative book is indispensable to anyone seeking a first or refresher course in Pitman 2000.

Get Started in Shorthand Pitman includes:

Chapter 1: Basic strokes

Consonants

Vowels

Position of outlines

Circle S

SES circle

The suffix -ING

Tick THE

Punctuation

Chapter 2: Consonants and vowels

Seven more consonants

Stroke S

Past tense of regular verbs

The consonant R

Unstressed vowels

Chapter 3: Halving strokes

Halving to add T

Halving to add D

When not to halve

Chapter 4: Common combinations

The L hook

The final syllables -TL or -DL

L hook with circle S

Plural -INGS

Chapter 5: Third-place vowels

Dots

Dashes

Chapter 6: Complex vowel sounds

Dipthongs

Triphones

SES circle

Chapter 7: S and T in combinations

The ST loop

The -STER loop

M and N with a following T or D

S and Z

Diphones

ZH

H

Chapter 8: The R hook

R hook on straight strokes

Stress rules

Chapter 9: Hook N

Final hook N to curved strokes

Final N hook to straight strokes

Chapter 10: Suffixes and compounds

Suffixes

Compound consonants

Chapter 11: L and R hooks with curves

Initial hooks to curved strokes

Stress rules with R and L hooks

Reverse forms of initially hooked curves

Chapter 12: More hooks

-SHUN hook

F/V hook

Chapter 13: Speed strokes

Doubling

CON- or COM-

Chapter 14: Last words

Figures

Negative words

Suffix -SHIP

Disjoining

Omission of a consonant

Vowel insertion

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One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights

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Test yourself

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge

Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject.

Five things to remember

Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

Try this

Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.