ABBREVIATIONS FOR NOTETAKING Idaho （缩写笔记爱达荷州）.pdfVIP

ABBREVIATIONS FOR NOTE-TAKING Do not try to perfect a definite system of “shorthand.” Here we have simply brought together the various ideas we have picked up over the years. You may select one or any combination of those ideas that fit your needs. 1. Symbols. Symbols are especially helpful to students in engineering and mathematics. ≠ does not equal ∆ change f frequency 2. Create a family of symbols. 0 organism Q individual O individuals 3. Leave out the periods in standard abbreviations. cr = confer (Latin for compare) eg = exempli gratia (Latin for example) dept = department NYC = New York City 4. Use only the first syllable of a word. pol = politics dem = democracy lib = liberal cap = capitalism 5. Use the entire first syllable and only the first letter of the second syllable. subj = subject cons = conservative tot = totalitarianism ind = individual 6. Eliminate final letters. Use just enough of the beginning of a word to form easily recognizable unit. assoc= associate, associated ach = achievement biol = biological info = information intro = introduction chem = chemistry con = concentration max = maximum rep = repetition 7. Omit vowels from the middle of words, and retain only enough constants to provide a recognizable skeleton of the word.