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Key to Course

in

Isaac Pitman Shorthand


NEW ERA EDITION


TORONTO : CANADA

THE COMMERCIAL TEXT-BOOK COMPANY


SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD.

70 BOND STREET, TORONTO
and at London, Bath, Melbourne, and New York


NOTE.

In the separate word exercises through¬
out this Key it will be obvious that
in some cases a shorthand outline
might be given more than one render¬
ing in the ordinary spelling. It has
been considered simpler, however,
to give one spelling only for each
shorthand word.


PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
AT THE PITMAN PRESS, BATH


KEY TO EXERCISES


Exercise 1

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Exercise 3


1. Pack, peck, pick, deep, dip, check, cheek, jig.

2. Debt, keg, patch, batch, page, cage, gape, deck.

3. Baby, beat, kicked, package, decade.


Exercise 4

1. Bat, batch, back, tap, catch, bet, peg, adage.

2. Bait, tape, eddy, jet, gate, gauge.

3. Attach a big tag to the bag of tea.

4. Pack the baggage and take it to the deck.

5. The date ought to he put on the back of the pad, too.

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Exercise 5

Fag, ask, gash, dash, shack.

Death, shed, ace, fade, shave, vague.
Pith, ship, thick, busy, sheath, sheathe.


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Exercise 6


Safe, safes, saves, face, sieve, sieves, fees, seethe, says,
cease.

Sip, sips, space, base, sad, said, seeds, days, chess, sage.
Sack, sick, case, six, gaze, guess, sags, shades, sheaves,
sheaths.

Shakes, asks, dashes, shaves, shapes, checks, bathes,
sashes, dizzy.

Bask, task, desk, exceed, casks, discs, excess.

Deceit, beset, access, tacit, sixty, facet, visit.

Exercise 7


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Exercise 8

1. They have io fix these sixty casks ^-day.

2. It is an easy task to pick the different discs.

3. Ask if they have paid for the dishes.

4. All of these shades and sashes have different shapes.

5. Thanks should he given for the large sacks and bags of

feed which have come.


Exercise 9


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Exercise 10

1. Ale, names, seal, silly, lass, zeal, aim, team.

2. King, way, away, witch, slip, axle, bang, shield.

3. Myth, missing, facing, mills, wing, nasty, needy, lake.

4. Wisp, massive, valid, enemies, cease, dismay, insane,

yap, pink.

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1. Palm, palms, minute, minutes, farm, farms, lacing.

2. Knee, knees, listening, annals, name, names, nails.

3. Silk, silks, sleeps, facile, pencil, slay, slays, slake.

4. Arks, sir, sirs, airs, era, erase, fears, appear, appears.

5. Rate, raids, rages, rake, service, arena, remedy, remedies,
rims, aware.

6. Ways, career, careers, lesser, dancer, cashier, revere,
risen, arisen.

7. He, hack, hacks, hackney, heaps, heavy, hasty.


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Exercise 14

1. We wish to sell these basins to him at the usual retail
rates.

2. It was an easy thing to ship these big packages and get
receipts for them.

3. Whose vessels carried these bales of hay ? We shall
have to pay the usual indemnity /or the missing bales.

4. They think it is silly of him to risk his own name in any
of these schemes.

5. The business pays him a large salary each year, but
he wishes to make a change,

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Exercise 15


1. Paw, sought, sauce, talk, shop, docks, hop, lock.

2. Robe, oar, both, hopes, hub, gum, dusky, shove.

3. Lose, roots, jute, loop, rook, shook, pulley, nook.

4. Roam, rogue, lung, policy, discuss, hug, honey, narrow.

5. Oatmeal, unlucky, enough, shadow, hockey, arrow,

ashore, robbery, aware.


Exercise 16


1 . Taste, tastes, taster, tasters, tasty, fast, faster.

2. State, stores, stories, stormy, star, stars, stun, nests.

3. Wrists, burst, roadster, foster, texts, invests, statistics,

pasty, sixty.

4. Deposit, analyst, mixed, stencils, ceased, artist, artistic,

vista, visit.


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Exercise 17


1. Bell, belt, billet, jay, jade, jaded, weigh, weight.


weighted.


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2. Rapt, sifts, stopped, reached, tickets, insert, noted,

knelt.

3. Wait, waits, merit, merits, remit, remits, result, results,

resulted.

4. Risked, start, starts, accept, accepts, urged, arched,

stock.

5. Invade, invades, received, moved, removed, state,

states, stated.

6. Good, goods, succeeded, rigid, visited, instead, receipted,

limited.

7. Rapidly, deserted, copied, debit, debits, date, deeds,

surveyed.

8. Debates, staged, posted, resent, resents, resented, listed,

enlisted.


Exercise 18

1. They must have received our notes relating to the bank

deposits.

2. They urged the investors not to sell the stocks for some

davs.

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3. Our first and foremost policy must he to give service.

4. They say that they can give no rebates on the rates

charged on these bales.

5. Messrs. Stone and Webster, the famous chemists, en¬

dorsed the notes which Mason himself accepted.

6. Should the large car come ^o-day much of the stock may

he sent to the city.

7. We are certain that our “Stainless Polish” removes

all marks without any damage to the goods.

8. The officers arrested both of them, hut the judge dis¬

missed the case the next day.

9. Without your aid we could not have influenced them to

accept these charts.


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Exercise 20

1. Swear, swans, sallow, swallow, swallows, Swiss, sweetly,

sweetness.

2. Switch, switched, stitch, sweetsmelling, swelling, swelled,

swarming, sweat, sweated.

3. Gases, gazes, taxes, chases, deposes, exposes, supposes,

sixes, fixes.


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4. Sauces, fences, novices, palaces, bases, basis, lances,

romances, analysis.

5. Desist, desisted, necessary, excessive, accessible,

mysticism.

6. Resists, resistless, ceased, swayed, sway, successive,

essences.


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Exercise 21

1. Hum, hums, ham, hammock, hem, hemlock, hamlet,
homestead, homing.

2. Hail, hallow, heals, healing, hulls, hole, healer.

3. Hair, hairless, hears, heart, hearts, hearse, hermit,
horses, hurls, horror.

4. Harm, harmless, home, homely, health, healthy,
wholesale, wholesome.

5. Haul, halt, halted, help, helped, hill, hilt, hilts.

6. Manhood, leasehold, upholsterer, unhealthy, unhappy,
unharnessed.

* 7. Unhooked, adheres, cohere, Mohawk, hisses, hesitates,
heritage, mohair.

Exercise 22

1. As ts tisual in such cases, the losses on these stocks
are heavy, and Harley insists that all the resources
of the firm are swept away.


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2. Beca^ise of the many injuries to her hull, the steamer

“ Mississippi ” had to he docked for repairs. She
does not sail until the tenth of next month.

3. Onr services are at your disposal if they can he of any

help in the taking of the census in' this city.

4. We hear that they themselves have chosen your successor

in this business, because they felt it was necessary
to have an investor to insure success.

5. On several successive days we sent her notices to the

effect that the disposal of our leasehold was an absolute
necessity, hut we received no answers.

Q). We ourselves are ready to admit that Smith influences
our reports to Messrs. Swan and Hart, hut that does not
affect the veracity of these reports.

7. The officer, whom we resisted, was offended evidently

at something we said. That, in itself, is an offence
for which we must answer.

8. It is thus only that we can successfully oppose those

excessive charges or else bear the whole loss ourselves.


Exercise 23


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Exercise 24

1. Spy, spice, spiced, spices, types, typed, tires, tiresome,

excites, excited, licenses.

2. Fire, fires, revised, revises, desires, desirous, exercise,

exercises, emphasize, emphasizes.

3. Boils, spoils, toils, voice, voiceless, annoy, anno^^s,

coinage, boilers, enjoys, rejoices.

4. Rout, county, rouses, arouses, stout, stoutly, allows,

bounty, pouches, cowls, howls.

5. Beauty, puny, purity, purify, humility, humanity.

ridicule, demure, pursuit.

6. Idle, idleness, idler, item, itemizes, ire, Irish, icy, eyes,

oil, oiling.

7. Stew, argue, cue, rescue, new, renew, sinew, value,

endow, deny.

8. Rescued, feud, refute, reviewed, endowed, about,

argued.


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Exercise 26

1. Biology, diagnose, dialect, diary, riot, riotous, denial,

diet, piety.

2. Annoyance, annoying, buoyant, power, shower, towers,

annual, manual.

3. Week, weekly, wigs, womanhood, warm, warmly,

wear, wary, woke, awoke.

4. Weakness, wicks, wicked, wag, wags, warmth, worry,

worth, worthy.

Exercise 27


Exercise 28


1. To-the best of-our knowledge Messrs. Powers 6- Dawson,
of Albany, are now selling at reduced rates, highly
valued, genuine chinaware of \musual beauty.


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2. W e-think-y oil-arc certainly fortunate to socwre-the ser¬

vices of so widely reputed an authority ^o-revise your
book.

3. He-//as acknowledged iJiat-this state of affairs existed

for a long-time, despite the fact that-we-\vere-not
satisfied with-it.


4. IVe hope yow-will enjoy your voyage to Europe, a7id

would suggest that-you visit our offices in Paris when
vou reach that city.

5. ir^-were-not worried about-//ze denial of-the failure

hy-the head of-the firm. They owe us nothing for-the
wireless sets we shipped them last July.

6. He-//«s verified the accuracy of-our reports sever al-iimes,

and-l-can see no reason lohy he should refuse to vouch
for-thcm now.

7. Our “ Digest ” is issued weekly. Many of-the items

discussed ought to appeal to-you.

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Exercise 30

Sirs :

l-have-had quite a long chat with Messrs. Hurley and Wiggs
about-i'A^ vests and coats that-you sent to-them some time
last week. Although they decided to accept them, they
did not seem to be entirely satisfied with-the wa}^ in-which-
the sleeves of -some of -the coats were inserted. Why-do-you
not write to-them and suggest that-you-vj'A\ remedy the
fault, instead o/-making-/^d usual excuses ? It-woidd
certainly relieve them of-the annoyance that-is now felt,
and-l-have-no-donhi it-would also result in added business
for-you. Yours,

Exercise 31

1. Assail, acid, ask, asks, aspire, aspiring, assassin, ice,

icily, eyes, Isaac.

2. Sap, sapling, Sabbath, spar, sparrow, sat, satisfy, satire,

sad, sadly, sadness.

3. Pass, past, pasture, pasturage, Bess, best, bestow, haste,

hasty, hastily.

4. Day, days, daisy, leg, legs, legacy, lay, lays, lazy,

laziness.

5. Tack, tacks, taxi, gauze, gauzy, top, tops, topsy, sliced,

solicit.

6. Sue, suet, cease, ceasing, unceasing, ease, easily,

uneasily, uneasiness, zeal.

7. Rob, orb, bar, barrow, ark, rack, fall, folly, royal,

royally.


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8. Lame, elm, lung, along, roll, Roley, successful, success¬

fully.

9. Relay, relate, relates, related, elect, elects, elected,

vault, vaults, vaulted.


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Exercise 33


1. What-is-the reason for-the \mexpected rise in-the insurance

rates on our establishment here ?

2. They-have worked together incessantly and-have success¬

fully established themselves in-this city.

3. At five or six dollars apiece for-those hats, yow-may

expect your entire stock to sell rapidly vX-the special
sale.

4. Messrs. Storey & Russell,

King’s Avenue, Windsor, Canada,

Sirs :

We wrote yesterday to-the buyer at Lacey and
Riley’s that-the ice chests would, without doubt, reach

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them in-the regular way by November 2X-the latest.
This necessitates quite a rush on our part, hut-ive-are
happy to hurry things along so-that any annoyances
or disputes may-6^ avoided. Yow-will note that-the
insurance rates are higher this year, hut that-is no fault
of -ours. We ourselves admit that-the rate is altogether
too high, but-iae hope it-will-be reduced next January
or February.

Sincerely yours.


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Exercise 35


1. Blow, block, apply, class, classes, blast, club, plucky.

2. Pupils, simple, replace, gamble, rumbles, tackle, single,

miracle.

3. Implicit, entitles, employers, simplicity, splash, seclude,

supple, supplies, seclusive.

4. Susceptible, reclaim, clock, classify, terrible, duplex,

pleasant.


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Exercise 36


1. Tray, probe, press, oppress, oppressed, oppressor, drill,

crack, crafty.

2. Slipper, jobber, rubber, wider, voucher, reproach,

embracing, decreasing,

3. Spruce, strayed, stride, suppressed, supervize, seeker,

cedar.

4. Swagger, stagger, sitter, crackle, older, proper, grocer

trader, triple, glider.


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Exercise 37


1. Display, displace, displaces, displeased, disable, possible,

feasible, physical, exclaims, discloses.

2. Noticeable, explosive, pastry, obstruct, express,

expresses, abstract, grasper, distrust.

3. Prosper, industry, mastery, destroy, destroys, disgraces,

disgraceful, described, discriminate.

4. Rebel, rebel, ripples, repulse, disciple, dispel, radical,

ridicule, recoil.

5. Poles, apples, gales, eagles, seeker, secure, charm,

charms, target, texture.

6. Colony, curtail, depart, church, challenge, culprit,

record, tolerate, tolerates.


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Exercise 39


1. The leaders of -the strikers were surprised during-the

progress of-the strike dX-the strength displayed
hy-the strike breakers.

2. Dr. Strong, the celebrated cartoonist, illustrates special

newspaper articles that are read by an increasing
number of-people.

3. Despite the bitter struggle they are making, many

of-our principal industries are unable to cope with-
these excessive taxes.


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4. J-believe that a large number of -the members of -our literary

society were a little surprised and displeased d^X-the
extremely radical views presented during-the delivery
of an address on ''The Liberty of -the Press.”

5. Messrs. Clyde S' Grundy,

54 Spring Street, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Dear-Sirs :

IP^-are-pleased to-tell you that-we-are-the makers

of-the famous Parmley Brakes. 'By-all who use them

these brakes are acknowledged to be-the most reliable

and-the safest of all at-present on-the market. During-

the month of July we delivered them hy -the gross to

dealers in all-the principal cities of Canada. To-tell-

the truth, our local sales are increasing with such

Surprising rapidity that-we-shall soon have /o-place a

limit on-the number allotted to certain dealers. If-

yo^t would care to test the brakes please call at our

show-rooms and-giermii a member of-our sales staff

to-tell you all about them. , ,

Y owrs-truly.


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Exercise 41

1. Offer, offered, suffer, sufferer, suffering, suffered, ever,

sever, deceiver, other, otherwise,

2. Tougher, duffer, diver, driver, drover, favor, favorable,

endeavor, endeavored, reviver.

3. Shrew, shrewd, shriek, shrill, shrub, shrubbery, shrink,

measured, treasured.

4. Push, pusher, pressure, enclosure, rumours, strainer,

prisoner, finger, personal.

5. Flayed, playful, stifle, stifling, stifled, joyful, grateful,

gratefully.


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6. Baffler, trifier, trifled, muffler, develop, developer,

privilege, privileged.

7. Listen, listener, poisoner, designer, decipher, decipher¬

able, deciphered, fastener,

8. Bunker, bunkered, drinker, drunkard, conquer,

conquered, tinker, tinkered.

9. Veneer, engineer, ignorance, normal, philosophy, sharp,

moral.

10. Safer, sphere, severe, sinner, sneer, reveal, revere,
smiles, fails.

Exercise 42


Exercise 43

1 . Buffer, briefer, offering, France, baffles, muffles, actively.

2. Leather, gather, gathered, throng, thrill, frame, flock.

3. Free, freeze, ether, throw, through, fry, thrust.

4. Ruffle, weevil, rifles, gruffly, cavalry, gavel, rivalry.


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Exercise 45

1. Mr. Frank North is preparing a very remarkable article

for-the “ Labor Journal.” It deals with-the factory
worker as a social problem.

2. They expect a reply from-you to-their offer to he delivered

personally by next Thursday, /^fs-necessary for-
you, therefore, /o-reflect careinWy before you decide.

3. A number of-those who-'weie listening to-the lecture

remarked that-the speaker’s philosophy o/-life displayed
a shrewd knowledge of-the virtues and vices of humanity
as a whole.

4. Dear Sirs :

It-is with much-pleasure that -we offer you our
entire stock of reefers and jackets at surprisingly
low-prices. There-is a^ noticeable decrease in-our
business for-the-monih. of February — nearly thirty
per-cent — and-that-is-the reason for-this nnusual offer.
Our enormous stocks must be moved ^o-make room
for next season’s goods. Our designer tells us the
new styles are very pleasing to-the eye, and-that they-
are sure to-mpet with favor. lF >>>