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SHORTHAND I (ENGLISH) 2. POSITION OF VOWELS, PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMALOGUES In the last lesson, you learnt about the consonants, vowels and their joining to form an outline of the words. Some more styles and signs of representing the consonants and vowels are described in this lesson. Positioning of vowels differ according to the sound and are placed accordingly in between the consonants.

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Objectives After going through this lesson, you will be able to know –

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how to represent the vowels in between the consonants;

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positioning of outline;

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different punctuation marks;

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grammalogues / Logograms; and

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alternative signs of R & H.

Introduction

In this lesson, the students are made familiar with representation styles of vowels in between the consonants. The words which are mostly represented by fixed symbols, called logograms or grammalogues, are taught in this lesson. There are two signs representing consonant R & H, rules for using each sign are also given in this lesson.

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Intervening Vowels

The vowel sign which is made in between two consonant strokes is called an Intervening vowel. The vowel in between the strokes is made at three different places along with consonant strokes. These vowel signs should not touch the stroke. 1. (a). First place vowel sign is always placed at the beginning of the first stroke (b). It can be on the left or the right side of the stroke. If the vowel is preceding, the vowel sign should be made on the left side of the stroke. For example:

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