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Gregg Shorthand Dictionary
Hardcover
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ISBN13: 9781025402871
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 276
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Gregg Shorthand Dictionary is an essential reference guide designed for students, secretaries, and stenographers utilizing the world-renowned Gregg system of rapid writing. Created by John Robert Gregg, this comprehensive volume provides the shorthand outlines for thousands of the most commonly used words in the English language, serving as a definitive authority for those mastering the art of stenography.
The work is organized alphabetically, making it an efficient tool for looking up correct forms and refining speed and accuracy in transcription. By standardizing the symbols used in the Gregg system-a phonetic method based on elliptical figures and the slope of longhand-this dictionary played a pivotal role in the professionalization of business communication during the early twentieth century.
Whether used for historical study, professional development, or the revival of manual shorthand techniques, Gregg Shorthand Dictionary remains a foundational text in the field of language arts and secretarial training. It offers a fascinating look at the evolution of office technology and the linguistic precision required for high-speed documentation before the digital age.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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