513. The initial n hook (otherwise called the "in hook" or the "in curl") is used in word-writing to express the syllables in, un, or en at the beginning of such words as instruct

unstrung

and enslave

In phrase-writing the "in curl" or "in hook" represents only the word in. The circle following the "curl" expresses

sometimes the s beginning the next word, as in sober

in strong

In other phrases, the hook and accompanying circle may represent the words in his or in as;

thus: in his life

in as many

The initial n hook, as its name implies, is never used in phrases except at the beginning.