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Other blends;
Admittedly I find the blending awkward and a little useless unles you are going for an exam in shorthand or to otherwise claim you have a confident grasp on reading and writing in shorthand. Although the blends have their uses; they help your writing speed, and help make some awkward outlines that much easier to write.

Starting easy; Double length consonants:
There are some strokes, both curved and straight, thatcan be doubled to some that an 'r' follows them. Although between the 'd' and 'r' a vowel of any kind can appear between them, meaning that this can be used anywhere in a word or phrase so long as there is a 'd' then an 'r' after it.

When doubling the stroke to indicate the 'r' blend: its often used for is simplicity in writing and the fact it speeds up writing time, and avoids the need to change direction. Although this fact increases the need to keep your letters to the appropraite size consistantly. Which, in spite of the last statement, you may exagerate the length of a stroke of the consonant that preceds the 'r'.

Other consonants that appear in the 'r' blend: 'd', 't', 'm', 'w' and 'l', and all are treated the same way.

Some examples of the 'dr' blend:
(a double-length 'd' is read as 'dr' or 'd + [unknown vowel] + r')

 dread
                                                                                  during
                                                                                               
 children
                                                                                    drive


moderate


                                                                                outsider

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Word endings; 
"-ever": when writing "ever" in shorthand you write a 'v' underneath the ending of the ending of the previous outline, ensure you remove the pen from the page, as the 'v' is disjoined.
whenever
                                                                              
                                                                                                                                wherever


never

                                                                                                            however

Special outlines;

It should be nted that the '8' can be substituted for any number, and that all numbers are written as their figures, although if you preffer you can spell them out, but hte figures are easier to read back and quicker to write.

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Other simple suffixes;
The word "would" may be reduced, and fitted at the middle or at the end of a word grouping. It can be reduced to 'w' written underneath the previous outline.
I would
                                                                                                        you would



he would

                                                                                              we would

you should keep note of the difference to:
we will




The reduction of the word may be used on any word or word ending that sounds like "would"
towards



                                                                                      crossword

last word




The "-ship" ending;
Which is represented by the 'sh' is joined at the end of the word.

kinship
                                                                                       hardship


The "-self" ending;
represented by the 'sl' as the 'f' is removed, due to the fact that self would take too long to write.

myself
                                                                                                 herself

 yourself
                                                                                          
                                                                                                       itself




himself

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Words ending in "-tial"
The 'sh' is used to form the word "shall", although when you have it disjoined from the outline it can represent the phonetic sound of "-shl" as an ending, actually spelt as "-tial" or "-cial". Although the positioning of "-tial" is not precise, just write it as close as you can to the previous ending of the outline.
social


                                                                                special

official

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Words ending in "-tion"
the "-tion" in written with a disjoined 'n' in the 't' position.
mention    

                                                                                        suggestion
    

education     
                                                                                             
                                                                                                motion    

The phonetic ending of the word can be spelt in other ways, it is otherwise known as the "-shun" ending.
ocean 
                                                                                            patience


fashion
                                                    
                                                                                               cushion



Special outlines
attention

                                                                                              intention

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Words ending in "-ent" or "-ant"
The 'n' within the ending and the 't' is disjoined from the outline.
different          
                                                                                                  incident



Special outlines;



recent
                                                                                                                      recently

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Suffixes:
You have already seen how disjoined vowel indicators can represent common word endings, although you should now take note that other letters can also be used as disjoined additions, for common suffixes.

Words that end in "-ment";
the use of the suffix "-ment", which is shown as a small disjoined 'm' in the T position that follows the preceding outline.

argument   
                                                                                                         moment



agreement  
                                                                                                  statement


Although the 'm' is most commonly used to signify "-ment", any vowel may appear in the space between the 'm' and the 'n'.
paramount



You can write "-mental" through adding an 'l' to the end of the 'm'.
                                                                                                                     fundamental
When a word ends in "-ly" the 'l' is removed.
fundamentally




The addition of 'ri' for "-mentary"                                                                elementary