Excerpt from Standardized Reporting Shorthand (Pitmanic): Principles, Commonest English Words, Word Signs and Contractions C. Adopted outlines. Lists in Class B were to be issued to members for personal test and report; lists in Class C were to be published as early as possible. This was done in 1916, and the present list Of word signs and contrae tions is the result of the actual testing of that crude collection and the reaction thereon by practical reporters in the United States and Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.