NOTES ON OUTLINES � “being” “doing” “going” Do not use diphones, as the first vowel is deemed to be part of the non-vocalised short form, and therefore only the dot is required against the stroke Ing. � “coming” “giving” take dot Ing (not the normal stroke Ing for horizontals) to maintain legibility, as the short form does not contain the middle consonant. � “into” The stroke En is deemed to be the short form “in” and so that stroke is not vocalised. � “tick the” and the short vertical sign for “he” used only in middle or end of a phrase. Write “tick the” at sharpest angle. � “on” and “but” are vertical, but are written with a slight right slope when “tick the” is added, to distinguish from “I”. � “oneself” omits the hook N. � “woman” and “women” are positioned according to the 2nd vowel, to provide distinction between them. � “can’t” Such abbreviations for negatives with an apostrophe in longhand are always written as full outlines and fully vocalised, regardless of whether t