Misleading Strokes in Plover's Dictionary

The theory used in Plover's dictionary applies some best practices for stroking certain words. There are some misstroke entries in the Plover dictionary that are very nice (and short), but may cause issues later on. For example, with word boundaries.

What is a word boundary, and why is it an issue?

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And

The best practice for "and":

• Use SKP✓

This was chosen arbitrarily, because it is comfortable and there is little chance of a word boundary issue. "and" is a common word ending, so stenographers find it easy to remember to stroke SKP.

There are some other strokes in the dictionary for "and". However, they are only to serve as a phonetic alternative when you are writing under pressure, and you can't remember SKP.

Con- words

In Plover's theory, the best practice for con- words is:

• Use KAUPB to start words beginning with con. ✓
• Only use KOPB for the word "con".

However, when you look up a con word in Plover, it will only return misstrokes that contain the KOPB stroke. The reason for this is because the con- prefix doesn't require a dictionary entry.

For example, for the word "conquer":

• Use KAUPB/KER ✓
• Do not use KOPB/KER ✘

Other words are not easy to write phonetically because they are to be briefed. For example: T-PB for "continue".

Hyphen (-)

The best practice for "-":

• H-PB, which is H-N for hyphen.

There are a set of misstrokes that use H-B instead. These are OK to use.

Was

The best practice for "was":

• WAS or
• WAZ.

The default dictionary has WA → was, which is most of the time all right. However it can conflict in some cases. For example: WA/TKPWOPB → wagon (not "was gone") and WA/TPHA/SA → wanna sa (not "was NASA").

Your

The best practice for "your":

• UseKWROUR ✓
• Do not use KWRUR ✘

This is because KWRUR is a word ending. For example: KHROES/KWRUR → closure versus KHROES/KWROUR → close your.