with your own hands

with your own knowledge

with your own name

with your own neighbors

with your own things

443. In many cases, own is conveniently joined by the n hook to with our, thus: with our own

Exercise

444. Write the following:

with our own with our own army with our own case with our own exertions with our own imports with our own lives with our own manufactures

with our own money with our own mouth with our own receipt with our own report with our own respect with our own responsibility with our own right

445. Own, expressed by the n hook, is often conveniently joined to in our, thus: in our own

Exercise

446. Write the following:

in our own

in our own case

in our own manufactures

in our own materials

in our own regiment

in our own report

in our own reply

in our own representations

in our own respect

in our own writing

447. The n hook affords often a very convenient means of adding own to their expressed by double-lengthing. Illustrations: for their own

was their own

may be their own

Exercise

448. Write the following:

although their own

are their own

ask only their own

between their own

ca (n) have their own

for their own

for their own case

for their own government

for their own information

for their own name

for their own necessities

for their own neighbors

for their own notions

for their own reasons

for their own sake

from their own admission

from their own information

from their own names from their own necessities from their own objections from their own showing from their own testimony have their own have their own notions have their own opinions have their own reasons have their own responsibilities have their own rights I have seen their own I take only their own 1 think their own I think their own information

The "N" Hook

I think their own knowledge.

I value their own (I. D.)

I wish their own (I. D.)

in their own

in their own cases

in their own report

in their own representation

in their own reputation

in their own right

it is only their own

it was their own

know their own

know their own case

know their own reasons

may their own

nor shall their own

over their own

over their own name

over their own town

receive only their own

say their own

seen their own

shall have their own

shall their own

should know their own

so their own

they may have their own

they mus(t) have their own

think their own though their own through their own through their own fault through their own objection through their own volition value their own was never their own was their own was their own choice was their own position was their own showing we have only their own we have seen their own we have their own we think their own when shall their own whenever their own wherever their own while their own will have their own why their own why their own information why their own judgment why their own notice why their own objection wish their own worthy their own you have only their own you have seen their own

449. Exception: Own, in the phrase my own, should be expressed by the stroke n, instead of the hook, to avoid possibility of conflict between mine and my own in such sentences as it is my own and it is mine.

Exercise

450. Write the following phrases, expressing own by the n stroke:

my own business

my own confessions (con expressed by "proximity")

my own conscience (con expressed by "proximity")

my own condition (con elided and dition joined)

my own convictions (con

expressed by "proximity")

my own course

my own decision

my own duty

my own information

my own judgment

my own objection

my own position

my own showing

451. It need hardly be said that the final hook for one and own must not be used in any case where its use would cause an awkward junction or endanger legibility. But, in general, no confusion is found to result from representing one and own by the same hook, as the context usually indicates clearly the word intended.

"N" hook foR "than."

452. Than may be added by means of the n hook to the words more, other and rather, and to any word ending with er, the sign of the comparative degree. Illustrations: better than

, lower than

, higher than

Exercise

453. Write the following:

any more than

any more than enough

any more than necessary

better than

better than a

better than mine better than my own better than the better than you better than you can

earlier than easier than farther than farther than a farther than asked farther than necessary farther than the farther than was greater than greater than the greater than you greater than you can harder than harder than a harder than ever harder than necessary harder than now harder than the harder than was higher than higher than now it is better than a it is better than mine it is better than the larger than longer than a longer than necessary longer than now longer than required longer than the more than

more than necessary more than a more than enough more than now more than the mors than would be

much more than

much more than necessary

no greater than will be

no longer than

no more than

no more than can be

no more than necessary

no more than would be

no more than would answer

other than

rather more than

rather than

rather than a

rather than ask

rather than make

rather than mention

rather than receive

rather than refuse

rather than remain

rather than say

rather than the

shorter than

shorter than they

smoother than

so many more than

sooner than

sooner than a

sooner than required

sooner than risk

sooner than the

stronger than

this is better than

you know better than (you inverted)

you know more than (you inverted)

454. In three exceptional cases, the n representing than is by some reporters attached to an s circle or an str loop

thus: less than

, faster than

vaster than

455. To the n hook representing than the circle s may be added when convenient, to represent is, his, has.

Exercise

456. Write the following:

"n" hook for "beeN." 457. Been may be added by the n hook to had; have and

have there, thus: have been

had been

, have

there been

*Benn Pitman does not use the hook for this purpose; nor does •Graham, except on have.

The "N" Hook

458. Write the following:

Exercise

could have been could not have been have been have there been he had been* he may have been he may not have been he might not have been he might have been he must have been I cannot have been **I have been I have been received I had been (I. D.) I may not have been I might have been I mus(t) have been it mus(t) have been it should not have been it would have been many have been may not have been never have been

must have been nor have there been should not have been such as have been there have been there might have been there must have been they might not have been they must have been we have been acknowledged we have been ready when there have been which should not have been would have been would not have been you cannot have been you have been you have been ready you have been right you might have been you will have been you know more than enough (you inverted)

459. The use of the n hook in the expression of not will be explained in the next chapter, in connection with the half-length principle.

459 1/2. In a very few phrases, when in follows are, such as we are in, n hook is used by some writers to express in.

*He should be made downward in this particular case to guar d against confounding the very common phrases he had been and I had been. (See Paragraph 187 and note.) Or he had may be written with the half-length hay in the third position, as explained in a previous note.

**In this and the next phrase, I have is supposed to be written according to Benn Pitman.