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Halfway home.
Phrasing; the phrasing that you use to take down your shorthand can be used to quicken your writing speed if you can edit it appropraitly, in that you don't lose the meaning of the sentance due to missing out too many words, or rearranging them so the original meaning is lost.

Firstly there is the combining of outlines to reduce a whole phrase into a one. However there are rules to this, although you can of course make your own, so long as you remember them, but best advice learn the rules first then, when your comfortable try writing your own; the first and formost rule you should know is that you should only group words that fit together naturally, that is common phrases. Secondly, don't group together phrases of more than four words maximum, thats when things get a little too confusing as the outline will mostly unrecogniseable.

Joining pronouns and verbs;
"I am" is a single outline, using the 'I' indicator and removing the 'a' of  "am" to reduce writing time, whilst keeping it similar to longhand; the contraction "I'm" although when translating back use the full "I am."


Other for example;
< I know    
                                                                                 it is >       
   


< I do             
                                                                                                                       i must

Phrases with 'to'
you can add any small word to the end of the word "to" to avoid lifting the pen.

For example;
< to see      

  


Phrases with "that"

That the

The second 't' cuts across the 'h' of "that", which includes the advantage that the next word can often be joined onto the end of this outline. Note that the second 't' is used as both the ending of 't' in "that" and the first 't' in "the", to appropriately follow the rule of no double letters.

Other examples;
<that some          
                                                                                    
                                                                                    that we>        


that this





phrases with 'the'
For example;
<of the                
                                                                                              and the>  
              

<about the                  
                                                                                            in the>
          

<to the



The 't' is omitted from "the" and the 'h' is tacked on the end Although 't' can and should be included if you find the outline too sparse for your liking, which is perfectly acceptable: as a 'h' does not a "the" make. Although the addition of a 't' can help remove doubt about the 'h' if it is drawn below the line, making it look like a 'p'.

Phrases with "be"
For example;
must be
"be" is a prime example of words that can be joined up, as the 'b' that represents "be" can be added to pretty much any outline.
A variation of must be
The 'b' can be turned on its side like so. 
Other examples;
<have been/has been
By moving the first curve of the 'b' into a slope of 'h' it can represent the 'h' of "has" for example, although it is only two letters, the context will dictate what it indicates.
More examples;

<to be
                                                                           would be>
   

Should be>

Phrases with "have"
As with longhand if "have" is the second word of a phrase it can be reduced to 've' of in shorthand 'v'.
For example; <ould have




Phrases with "not"
for example; do not>
"not" can be joined to the previous word to avoid lifting the pen, although it should be noted that even if it is seconf in a phrase it should never be lifted to the 't' position.

‘not’ can joined to the previous word to avoid lifting the pen, although t should be noted that even if it is second in a phrase it should never be lifted to the ‘t’ position.