StenEd Lesson 20: Possessives & Contractions

Vocabulary practice cards covering possessive formation rules, positive contraction briefs, negative contraction outlines, and optional shorthand briefs from StenEd Lesson 20.

/AOES

The steno stroke added to translate a word with a singular possessive ending ('s), such as KOURT/AOES for court's.

/-S/AOE

The steno strokes added to translate a word with a plural possessive ending (s'), such as KOURT/-S/AOE for courts'.

-NT

The stroke suffix used to express n't in negative contractions.

HAZ

The steno stroke for the word has when writing two words out instead of using a contraction.

S-

The steno stroke for the word is when writing two words out instead of using a contraction.

DUNT

The negative contraction stroke for doesn't.

D-NT

The negative contraction stroke for didn't.

DOENT

The negative contraction stroke for don't (also written DONT).

WUNT

The negative contraction stroke for wasn't.

HANT

The negative contraction stroke for hasn't.

V-NT

The negative contraction stroke for haven't.

H-NT

The negative contraction stroke for hadn't.

W-RNT

The negative contraction stroke for weren't.

WOENT

The negative contraction stroke for won't.

AINT

The negative contraction stroke for ain't.

R-NT

The negative contraction stroke for aren't.

S-NT

The negative contraction stroke for isn't.

K-NT

The negative contraction stroke for can't.

PAOEPL

The brief for the word people.

BAUF

The optional brief for the phrase because of.

V-B

The optional brief for the phrase have been.

M-RN

The optional brief for the phrase more than.

KHIRN

The brief for the word children.

TOD

The brief for the word today.

SWELS

The brief for the phrase as well as.

THARP

The brief for the phrase that were.

TOF

The brief for the phrase to have.

WER

The phrase brief for we are (we're).

UR

The phrase brief for you are (you're).

THER

The phrase brief for they are (they're).