Phrases try to, trying to, and tried to

 

 

 

I've been exploring a new set of briefs that I spied on Facebook.  I've put some tweaks on them so they work for me.  Sharing...

TRAO is try to.

These are my "try to" briefs with various endings.  It's a work in progress, and there may be some older attempts at "trying to" phrase.   "Tried to" is DRAO.  "Trying to" is GRAO.  I know it seems a little backwards, but I think this is a Clay or Chase Frazier concept with some Mark Kislingbury thrown in for good measure.

Briefs with the word "paper"

 Spied these in the last few days and think they'll work...

sheet of paper SHAOERP
sheets of paper SHAOERPZ

piece of paper PAOERP
pieces of paper PAOERPZ

sandpaper SPAEURP

newspaper NUP (from RWG theory so this is pretty much automatic)

paperwork PAEURBG

New phrases with evidence

I recently purchased a book written by Ed Varallo.  It was mind blowing!

I'm developing more strategies for keeping pace with all these fast speakers. 

I write "evidence" EFDZ -- some people use EFD, so you can obviously adapt this concept to what works for your writing style.

Hopefully, in school, you were taught some basic phrases with the word evidence.

direct evidence DREFDZ
circumstantial evidence SEFDZ
preponderance of the evidence PREFDZ
greater weight of the evidence GREFDZ

I then developed a couple of additional phrases due to my work exposure to these:

tampering with evidence TWEFDZ
credible evidence KREFDZ
competent evidence KPEFDZ

Ed's book expanded the possibilities.  He writes evidence EFD, so mine is just a tad different. 

Phrases with the word evidence:
any evidence NEUFDZ
best evidence BEFDZ
some evidence SMEFDZ
clear and convincing evidence KLEFDZ
in evidence NEFDZ
received in evidence SNEFDZ
forensic evidence FREFDZ
convincing evidence KWEFDZ
weight of the evidence WEFDZ

Yesterday's hearing, the magistrate started using a new phrase -- admissible evidence - ARGH!

So...my brief for admissible evidence...DMEFDZ

I'm still debating whether I'll incorporate a couple of the others that are in Ed's book.

Is there any evidence  STHREUFDZ
is there evidence STHREFDZ
was there any evidence STHR*EUFDZ
was there evidence STHR*EFDZ

I highly recommend getting his book.  Edvarallo.com is where it you can find it.  It's temporarily reduced in price -- a COVID special.  :) 

"Work" in phrases

A new idea -- to the Steno Wizard anyway -- is adding -RK to phrases for the word WORK. 
I spied it originally when watching a Dee Boenau webinar, and THEN the book I just purchased that is written by Ed Varallo also had a list of phrases for -RK/work.   Of course, you can also add -RK to create a compound word that contains work. 

I'm sharing in case you'd like to explore this concept.  So amazing!

Do you work TKOURK
did you work TKURK
where do you work WROURK

going to work GOEURK
I'm going to work SGOEURK

paperwork PAEURK
framework FRAEURK
blood work BLAORK
fireworks FAOEURKZ
network NERK

I didn't work KWREURK
I don't work KWRORK
you didn't work SKWREURK
you don't work SKWRORK

Con- prefix words

Steno Wizard recently began exploring new ways to write words that start with "con."   My original theory pretty much had all "con" words being written KOPB as the first stroke and then writing the rest of the word in the next stroke.   There were a few briefs, but not as much as I'd like for high-frequency words.

Often SK- for cons-/conc- is working for me when inserting an asterisk -- which is helping me to avoid conflicts.  :)

SK*EPT concept
SK*EPGS conception
SK*UR concur
SKAO*EF conceive
SK*ERT concert
SK*EPBT consent
SK*EUFT consist
SKO*RM consortium
SKAO*ED concede
SKO*LT consolidate
SKPA*ERT co-conspirator (SPAERT - conspirator -- definitely needed something!)
SK*EUF consecutive
SK*EUFL consecutively
SK*URPBT concurrent
SK*URPBL concurrently
SKAO*UPL consume

I may not need to use an asterisk for these in the future, but for now that's a path I'm following.

K*EFPLT context
K*EPLT contempt