Rule 1.—To join the auxiliary verbs, the particle not, and the pronouns together; as can be, have been, must be, cannot be, he must be, ought not to be, 4-e.
Rule join the marks in an unusual manner, in order to show that each particular mark denotes a word, and not a single letter; as in the, it is, as it is, since it is, it was, it was not to be, (S•e.
Rule substantives may be very con veniently represented, by placing a point at the end of the words from which they are derived. Derivative adjectives and adverbs may be represented also by points, distinguishable by their situation, both from the substantive and the vowel points; which may be done by placing them in a line, which, if produced, would pass through the substantive point, and would also be perpendicular to the last consonant mark; one placed before the substantive point, signifying the ad jective, one after it, the adverb; as, forgetful, gelfillness, forgetfully; reasonable, reasonableness, rea sonably; .31gicient, sufficiency, sufficiently.
No great accuracy is necessary with respect to the adjective and adverb points, provided they be placed so as to be clearly distinguished from the vowel and substantive points.
/Mc words as, either by their particular relation to the subject, or frequent occurrence, are easily discoverable, however concisely written, may be dene,ted by the first letter, if they begin with a consonant, if not, by the first vowel and consonant, with the adjective, substantive, or adverb point an nexed; as " life and immortality are brought to light by the gospel;" the " resurrection of the dead, and a future state of rewards and punishments, are plainly and positively taught in the gospel." The adjectives which usually accompany such substantives may also be denoted by their first consonant, joined to the sub stantive; as, " with humble submission to your lord ship." Most writers of short-hand accustom themselves to mark such words as most frequently occur in their own particular professions, by the initial letters only, with the substantive, adjective, and adverb points, which, through custom, easily suggest those words to them at first sight. But it must not be understood,
that those marks imply those words exclusively, and no other. They may stand for any other beginning with the same letters, which the sense of the passages necessarily requires.
Rule dot placed at the point of concurrence of two consonant marks, denotes two substantives, of which those marks are the first consonants; and also that the latter is governed of, or connected to the former by some preposition, which is omitted; as, " the love of money is the root of all evil;" " seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous ness," &c.; " the effects of gravity are visible in every part of that system to which we belong, but the cause of gravity still remains undiscovered." And if an adjective precedes either of the substan tives, they may all three be represented by their first consonants joined together, with the dot always placed at the end of the first substantive : as, " the great goodness of God is manifest in all his dealings with his creatures;" "his majesty the king of Great Britain." Rule substantive point, placed before a single consonant mark, denotes that the substantive is to be repeated, with some intervening preposition; as, "day after day;" time to time." Rule substantive, adjective, or adverb point, placed before two or more consonant marks joined together, denotes two or more substantives, adjectives, or adverbs, of which those marks are the first consonants, and also that they arc connected by a conjunction; as, " the precepts both of natural and revealed religion forbid us to do our neighbours any injury:" " what cloth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world." Rule long words, especially those in which the marks for the consonants will not join neatly, may be denoted by their first syllable, with as many points annexed as there are syllables wanting; as multitude, correspondence. And when great despatch is required, the points may be omitted, especially if the words do not begin with prepositions; as, signification, difficul ty, negligence.