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Top 1,000 Briefs and Top 1,000 Words: Two Invaluable Lists for the Stenography Student or Professional (Shastay Way) Paperback – November 20, 2015

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The Top 1,000 Briefs and Top 1,000 words is an invaluable tool for the stenography student and those in the professional ranks. The vast majority of the words that are encountered in depositions, in court, and on stenography tests are contained in these two lists. The Top 1,000 Words contains much more than half of all words that any student or pro will need. The Top 1,000 Briefs contains the most popular multi-syllabic words that reporters love to brief or use a shortcut stroke. Master these terms, and your career will take off.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 20, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 129 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1519464231
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1519464231
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
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Stephen Shastay is a semi-retired stenography teacher, woodworker, history buff, and all-around good guy. Invite him to your next barbecue.

As to stenography, Mr. Shastay offers several great books. The Top 1,000 Briefs and Top 1,000 Words is a wonderful book for beginning students or mid-range students. The Steno Finger Drills book is for all levels, including those speed demons who go to speed contests for fun. His Steno Test Strategy book has been a game-changer for those who have test nerves.

For the lighter side of stenography, try Razzmataz from the Shazz: Favorite Steno Stories and Essays. Each story concerns court reporting and how to improve, but he has an interesting storytelling style. You'll like it. Guaranteed.

And if you do invite him to your next barbecue, You can tell him what major changes he should make to his books. He'll like that.

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Peter
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect starter list for steno
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020
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If you're a student of machine stenography/court reporting, you'll understand this: The steno theory I'm using is different from this book, but this is a solid list to start with of common briefs and words. By comparing these briefs and words to my theory, it gives me a better understanding of my theory and an opportunity to see if there is a better brief/stroke to use. This isn't going to give you all those legal/medical terms, but it is a good start for the top 1000 list.
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sophie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2018
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Love this book of briefs. It's not too many to be overwhelming, but just enough for me to learn the basics. Just what I wanted.
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Ellen Dahl
4.0 out of 5 stars Great supplement and reference
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017
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A one-page intro puts power in the steno student or professional court reporter wanting to incorporate more briefs: “Feel free to change any that you wish”, because the entries in this book are suggestions, drawn from a variety of steno theories and briefing methods. The book is a little over 100 pages. Briefs for common words of 2 or more syllables take up the first half; the second half is frequent words. It is not intended to be a manual on briefing principles or on how much to brief.

Margins are nice and wide for writing in, wide enough to get punched and bound at a copy shop. I’ve color-coded most of the outlines I am considering, want to practice, or have other opinions on (tip: use erasable colored pencils or a regular pencil). After more than a year, I’m still making notes in it.
A small sampling of ones I liked and adopted: (this is where the value lies)

FET forget / POLS policy / AERL early /
KWAR quarter / JENGS generalization /
OFS offense / HAED ahead /
FLART familiarity / DAOENT decent /
JIRBL judicial / SPERBZ specialize /
R-MD remind / MAOEG meeting /
FLO fellow / LOEL local /

JIS for justice came naturally, as I use initial J for “just”. LO*EBGS for “location” suggested VA*IBGS for “vacation”. N*S for “insist” and R*S for “resist” helped me create A*IST for “assist”. The vast majority of suggested briefs and outlines resemble the words they represent, which makes them easy to remember. A few are too simple: JA, JER, LAR, MER, REN are word parts to me, so I don’t use them as briefs. Everyone is different and will likely find some they don’t care for (SFER works better for me as “severe”, not “officer”), and just as likely a much bigger list of good ones. If a particular entry makes a stenographer think of a different word than that listed or otherwise does not fit with one’s writing style, it probably points them in the right direction. Changing a letter or using the asterisk will often do the trick. Hundreds of entries are either ones I’m already using or very similar.

As to the second half, I would’ve preferred 1,000 phrases rather than 1,000 frequent words. For one, there are duplicates with the first half. However, this material is difficult to proofread, and including phrases would make it even more so. Plus, the writer would then need to decide whether to keep phrases separate or alphabetize them by the first word in the phrase, which kind of defeats the purpose of having a list of briefs (generally meaning one word = one stroke). He makes a good case for emphasizing the frequent words: Because they are so common, they are even “more important” than the often-briefed words. But since steno students tend to like briefs, putting them first helps draw attention to the book.

Some of the words I’m surprised aren’t in either list: address, advance, challenge, communicate, counsel, deposit, normal, positive, project, release, remain, reply, veteran. They’re more common than these from the so-called top 1000 words (part 2 of the book): sheep, coal, insect, garden, crop, farmer, cotton, liquid. (Funny how most of those relate to farming…) I’ve seen several of them on other frequent-word lists and they might reflect regional differences, so they’re not worth quibbling about. It’s a solid list and includes one-syllable words. Some words have 2 suggestions -- options are a good thing.

I believe Mr. Shastay has taught StenEd (which is not especially consistent or thorough with its presentation of briefs; some squish the word, others lop off the end, while similar words aren’t briefed the same way), yet quite a few entries in the book are non-StenEd. Four and a half stars and highly recommended.
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J M
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it!
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020
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Great reference book
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Ms. P.G.H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2017
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Needed it for class. Grab it before everyone at Plaza College does!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
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Lots of options for updating my dictionary
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