16 different word endings in two days!

This week’s homework assignments were grueling. We worked on two chapters this week; both were about word endings. In total, we learned 16 different endings for words.

The theories for these endings are not carved in marble either. It seems like there are exceptions to every rule and it was never more obvious than in these two chapters.

We’ve been using the audio takes that have been provided with this course; which is Real-time StenEd Court Reporting. But, for some reason, this week’s audio recordings were done by one of our instructors. I think she forgot that we’re still writing at approximately 40 words per minute. If I had to guess the speed at which she spoke, I’d say 60 w.p.m. At first, I was stopping the tape in order to catch up and write all of the words. Then I thought to myself, well, that’s just cheating, just write what you can – drop words if you have to. It was stressful and it was awful. I’m not ready to write fast yet. I’m still learning the theory for Pete’s sake!