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it ought to have it ought to have the it ought to have his it ought to have none it ought to have nothing it ought to have enough it ought to have done it ought to have been
it ought to have chosen it ought to have taken it ought to have become it ought to have gone it ought to have shown such ought to have such ought to have the such ought to have his
such ought to have finished such ought to have nothing such ought to have become such ought to have been such ought to have done which ought to have which ought to have become
which ought to have been which ought to have chosen which ought to have done which ought to have finished which ought to have his which ought to have the "would have."
489. Would have may be added to which, it and such by writing the consonant stroke in the third position and
adding the v hook, thus:
it would have
which
would have
, such would have
This rather arbitrary method of representing would have is authorized by both Graham and Benn Pitman, but is rejected in practice by many writers, even of those systems, because would have following it, which and such, can be readily and very clearly expressed by joining the ordinary word-signs for would and have.
it would have
it would have a
it would have the
it would have another
it would have been
it would have found
it would have nothing
it would have taken
it would have that
it would have them
it would have this
it would have to be done
such would have such would have been such would have his such would have us such would have taken such would have the such would have them such would have to be done such would have to be
found which would have which would have a
which would have another which would have his which would have us which would have that which would have them
which would have this which would have to be
done which would have to be made
"have had" oR "have it."
490. A full-length stroke to which an f-v hook has been attached to express have or to have may be made half-length
to add had or it; thus which have
which have had
ought to have
ought to have had or ought to have it
, it will have
, it will
have had or it will have it
it would have
it would have it or it would have had
491. In the following phrases, which have
becomes by halving which have had or which have it
which have had which have had no which have had enough
which have had information which have had knowledge
which have had nothing which have had the most which have had the resolution
which have had the recognition which have it which have its
492. In the following phrases, such have
becomes by halving such have had or such have it
such have had such have had another such have had enough such have had information such have had no knowledge
such have had nothing such have had no means such have had no time (tm) such have had notice such have it such have its
493. In the following phrases, which will have
becomes by halving which will have had or which will have it
which will have had which will have had another which will have had anything which will have had enough which will have had none
which will have had no more
which will have had no part
which will have had necessarily
which will have it
which will have its
494. In the following phrases, it will have
becomes by halving, it will have had or it will have it
it will have had it will have had the it will have had enough it will have had knowledge it will have had notice
it will have had information it will have had no notice it will have it it will have its
495. In the following phrases, such will have
becomes by halving, such will have had or such will have it
such will have had such will have had another such will have had information such will have had no time
such will have had the
pleasure such will have had various such will have it such will have its
496. In the following phrases, it would have
becomes by halving it would have had or it would have it
it would have had it would have had a it would have had another it would have had enough it would have had knowledge it would have had no information
it would have had none it would have had nothing it would have had no such
thing it would have it it would have it known it would have its
497. In the following phrases, which would have
becomes by halving, which would have had or which would have it
which would have had which would have had a which would have had
enough which would have had information which would have had the
which would have had no
more reason which would have had nothing which would have had time which would have it which would have its
498. In the following phrases, such would have
becomes by halving such would have had or such would have it
such would have had such would have had a such would have had another such would have had enough such would have had testimony such would have had time such would have it such would have its
499. In the following phrases, hove to have
becomes by halving hope to have had or hope to have it
hope to have had hope to have had another hope to have had anything hope to have had enough
hope to have had information hope to have had no more hope to have had nothing
hope to have it
hope to have it entered
hope to have it now hope to have its
500. In the following phrases, the Benn Pitman sign
for ought to have
becomes by halving ought to
have had or ought to have it
ought to have had ought to have had a ought to have had another ought to have had enough ought to have had information ought to have had knowledge ought to have had notice ought to have had testimony
501. In the following phrases, said to have
becomes by halving said to have had or said to have it
said to have had said to have had enough said to have had information said to have had no more
said to have had no such
thing said to have had time said to have it said to have its
502. In the following phrases, which were to have
becomes by halving which were to have Had or
which were to have it
which were to have had which were to have had a which were to have had another
which were to have had
enough which were to have it which were to have its
which were to have had nothing
which were to have had no which were to have had it
503. In the following phrases, such were to have
becomes by halving such were to have had or such were to
have it
such were to have had
such were to have had another
such were to have had anything
such were to have had enough
such were to have had information
such were to have had nothing
such were to have had time (tm)
"of" expressed by "v" hook. 504. Of, medial or final, may be expressed by the v hook;
thus: out of
each of
in receipt of
another side of
aware of
time of day
His or us following of may be expressed by writing a circle inside the hook, thus: each of us
much of his
out of his
505. In the following exercise, of is to be expressed by the v hook; and his or us following of is to be attached to the hook by a circle:
 
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