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CHAPTER IX.

MISCELLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS AND VERBATIM
REPORTING.

Omission of Words.-The preceding signs and contractions leave little further to be desired to secure the speed necessary to the most rapid writing. In reporting, many words which are obvious from the context are omitted, and again supplied in reading or transcribing. When any word is omitted, the space left may be greater than between other words, to indicate an omission, which, with the context, will assist to supply the omitted word or words. What words may thus be omitted, the experience and thoughtfulness of the writer will best determine.

A repetition of a phrase or sentence may be indicated by drawing a line underneath the one already written, or by a long dash after it.

In writing up special or technical cases it sometimes occurs that technical terms, or proper names, or other words of inconvenient length, are frequently repeated. In such cases, after writing them once or twice, the writer may suggest them by using the first letter followed by a dash, or may extemporize a brief suggestive outline from the principal elements of the words.

Punctuation. All the marks common to punctuation

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