80. The learner should be especially warned against writing initial I tick so low as to be mistaken for he, and initial he tick so high as to be mistaken for I. For certainty of distinction, as well as convenience of phrasing, the author prefers to assign he to the second position, according to Mr. Graham, rather than to the first, according to Benn Pitman. Although some writers give to both these ticks the first position, undertaking to preserve a distinction by writing them in different directions (the I tick, when struck in the direction of chay, always upward, and the he tick always downward), the demands of the reporter would appear to be more fully met by allowing some latitude in respect to direction, while constantly and strictly preserving distinction of position. If the I tick, when struck in the direction of chay, is never to be written downward, and the initial he tick never upward, such useful phrases as I would

he thinks

are impracticable.