January 1 2013

Practive Video: Baseball ABC

This is great moderate lit practice. It is also great for people just starting speed. It incorporates writing letters of the alphabet along with a quick, elementary story about baseball…Fun writing with a bit of a challenge for people at a moderate speed level.

Here are some briefs from the video:
baseball= BAIBL
diamond= DAOIMD
on the ground= OG
cannot= KWOT
at all= TA*UL
must be= MUB
error= ROR

This dictation also contains a good word boundary test for your dictionary. When the story gets to the letter, “u,” and says “for umpire,” you should check to see if a conflict exists in your dictionary.

For me, I had to d-define, “for umpire” because it translated as “forum PAOEUR.”

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December 28 2012

Friday Phrases


arrest warrant= ARNT
mandatory minimum= MAMD
power of attorney= POERN
police force= PLORS
course of action= CORX
cause of action= CAUX
his or her= HIRZ
his or hers= HIRSZ
him or her= HIRMZ
he or she= HAOERZ
muscle spasm= MUFM
neurological examination= NAOURLGS
personal property= PORP

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December 26 2012

Rules Of Grammar: Capital vs Capitol

Capital is used in reference to the following:
1) A city or town.
2) A capital letter.
3) Wealth, whether in money or in property.
4) Any type of a source of profit.
5) Capitalists as a group or a class.
6) Principal; something of the highest importance.
7) Excellence, or something that is first-rate.
8) An act punishable by death. (For example, “capital punishment.”)
9) Something fatal or extremely serious. (For example, a “capital error.”)

Capitol is used in reference to the following:
1) The building in Washington, D.C., used by the United States Congress for its sessions.
2) A building occupied by the state legislature.
3) The Capitoline in Rome.

Machine Briefs:
capital= KPAL
capitol= KPOL

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December 21 2012

Friday Phrases


grand larceny= GR-LS
Hispanic female= HAIF
Hispanic male= HAIM
human being= HAOUB
if the Court please= KLAOES
involuntary manslaughter= VOIM
justice of the peace= J-P
malpractice insurance= M-PS
malpractice lawsuit= M-PT
we, the jury= WAOEJ

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