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con-, com-

Special thanks to Thomas Pacheco for funding this lesson.

This lesson covers how to write words with the con- and com suffixes like "control" and "compare".

When a word starts with con- or com-, there's a good chance you can write that entire sound using just K-:

• KPAEUR: compare
• KPHOPB: common
• KPOUPBD: compound
• KPWAT: combat
• KPAOUT: compute
• KPAOURT: computer
• KPHAOUPB: commune
• KPHAOUPBT: community
• KPHRAOET: complete
• KPHEUGS: commission
• KPHEPBT: comment
• KPHEUT: commit
• KPHREBGS: complex
• KPHAPBD: command
• KPWAOEUPB: combine
• KPHRAEUPBT: complaint

Out of Steno Order

This next set of entries follow a very similar pattern as above, except that the second consonant doesn't follow K- in steno order. This can be solved by "deleting" that consonant as long as the result is not a word:

• KROL: control
• KABGT: contact
• KRABGT: contract
• KEGT: context
• KERPB: concern
• KEURPL: confirm

Sometimes, you will need to add in an inversion to get the word you want due to a conflict. For example, KEPT is occupied by "kept", so if you want to write concept, you might consider a inversion of the S and K:

• SKEPT: concept

Note that you still cannot write every single con- or com- word. You will learn a few more in the briefs table, but it's not until later that we learn the generic con- and com- prefixes.

Briefs