700 Common Words Exercise No. 36
We considered recently a few points regarding
shorthand writing, and it may be of interest if we now deal with those points
in a little more detail. You may remember that our first point was that you, as
shorthand writers, should not regard any sort of paper as good enough for
shorthand notes. If the paper you use is of poor quality you are making it less
easy for yourself in your attempts to write at a higher rate. Your writing
materials should always be of the best quality, both in your school work and at
the office. Also, you must train
yourself to turn over a page very quickly. Otherwise you will find that by the
time you have turned the page the reader will be too many words in front of
you. It has been found that many shorthand writers fail to pass shorthand tests
simply because they have taken too long to turn over the page, and so have lost
several words. It is easy to understand this when you consider that when you
are writing one word a second; the rate of 60 words a minute you are writing
one word a second; when you are writing at 120 words a minute you are writing
two words a second. It I quite clear, therefore, that you must not waste 5 or
more of your valuable seconds on turning over a page. It must be turned without
the waste of one second. Our next point was that the writer should develop a
light and easy touch, passing very quickly from one outline to the next and
from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. We very often see
shorthand writers in the early days of their training, writing much too
heavily. Every attempt should be made to overcome this, and it is never too
soon to begin. You can find out in the following way whether you yourself are
writing too heavily. When you have written a page of shorthand turn to the back
of the page and see whether any marks of your writing not writing lightly
enough to get the best results. The notes of the good shorthand writer can
never be seen on the back of the paper. The third point was that you should
have a really good knowledge of the rules of the system and of the special
Short Forms, as you cannot hope to build up a high rate of writing if you do
not know the rules of the system. The Short Forms, by the way, represent a
large part of any matter which you are likely to be called upon to take down in
shorthand, and it will be of great value to you if you can write them easily
and quickly, without trouble. Read and copy well-written shorthand. In this way
you will form in your mind pictures of the outlines for a great many words.
When matter is read out to you these pictures will come at once to your mind
and you will be able to put the outlines on to paper without loss of time. If,
when taking down, there is a doubt in your mind as to what is the right outline
for a word, write something which represents the sound of the word. Afterwards,
take steps to find out what the outline should be and write it until you feel
certain that you know it and will in future be able to write it quickly.
Finally, never let yourself think of other things while you are taking
shorthand notes. Think only of what you are writing. At the end of a take you
should be able to give a short account of the subject matter without looking at
your notes. If you cannot do this, it shows that you were not thinking of the
sense of the matter while you were writing 668 Words.
Ghulam Mustafa
Personal Assistant (BS-16)
Punjab Civil Secretariat Lahore.
Official Contact: 03034399996
Gmail ID: gmpa61@gmail.com
Official Address: Mustafa Shorthand & Computer
Institute Near Nagina Masjid Kale Ki Puli Bagh
Munshi Ladha Opposite Madni Academy and Unique
Bakery Mohni Road Lahore.
Official Timings: Monday to Saturday Regular Classes.
From 06:00 P.M to 09:00 P.M.
Official Facebook Account Page: gmpa61@gmail.com
Mustafa Shorthand & Computer Institute Lahore
Username: GMShorthandInstituteLahore:
Official Whatsapp Group: GM Shorthand Institute
Official Telegram Group: Mustafa Shorthand &
Computer Institute Lahore
Official Twitter Account: Ghulam Mustafa
Username: @MustafaPAGAD
Official Link: https://twitter.com/home
Official Blog: Mustafa Shorthand & Computer
Institute Lahore
https://gmshorthandinstitute.blogspot.com/
Official YouTube Channel: Mustafa Shorthand &
Computer Institute Lahore
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRm7aMo-Y5RXtKPeGlWD3w:
Official Instagram Account: ghulammustafapa5
https://www.instagram.com/ghulammustafapa5/
Official Zoom Account: Ghulam Mustafa PA S&GAD
https://zoom.us/profile Pronoun: BabaGShorthand
Prepared according to the Standards of PPSC,
FPSC, NTS, BTS, UTS and other prominent
Testing Services in Pakistan
Special Classes of Sir Isaac Pitman New Course, Old
Course, 700 Common Words, Shortforms, English
Typing, Urdu Typing,
No comments:
Post a Comment