575. The words composing the following phrases are written just as they would be if standing separate, except where, in the midst of phrases, they necessarily lose their normal position. The correct execution of these phrases calls for no knowledge of phrasing principles as expounded in the previous chapters of this book. Nothing more is required than that the student, giving each word its accustomed form, shall keep his pen on the paper till the phrase is finished. Hence these phrases afford excellent exercises for the learner at any stage of his shorthand study, after he can write correctly the separate forms of ordinary words. As soon as he begins the study of this book, these phrases should be practised upon in convenient portions from day to day, in order that the habit of extempore phrasing may be acquired as quickly as possible. (See note to Paragraph 65.)

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