-GT

Beyond representing the sounds G and T, the -GT chord can be used in four other situations.

Inverted -ing ending

A word ending in the -T stroke can be suffixed with -ing by adding -G, even though -G comes -T in steno order. This is an application of the inversion principle.

Examples:

• eating (AOEee [⁠Ging Tt⁠])
• hitting (Hh EUi [⁠Ging Tt⁠])
• lighting (HRl AOEUeye [⁠Ging Tt⁠])

Silent G

Plover's default dictionary provides words spelled with a silent 'g' an alternate stroking which includes the -G stroke, as long as they are never used with the -ing suffix. Usually the G can be omitted.

Examples:

• might (PHm AOEUeye G  Tt)
• bought (PWb AUaw G  Tt)
• sleight (Ss HRl AO*EUeye G  Tt) (For some reason, the G is mandatory here; arguably SHRAO*EUT should also be an acceptable stroke, but this is not currently in Plover's default dictionary.)

Misstroke for BGT

Some words stroked BGk Tt can be shortened by dropping the B stroke.

Examples:

• architect (Aa Rr BGk / Tt Ee Gk Tt or Tt Rr Ee Gk Tt)
• aspect (Aa Ss / Pp Ee Gk Tt)
• infect (EUi PBn / TPf Ee Gk Tt)

-xt ending

The common words text and next end with "-xt". This ending is pronounced BGk [⁠Tt Ss⁠]. Unfortunately, this inverted form is quite difficult to stroke. One might try to simplify by dropping the -t sound, giving BGk Ss. However, Tt Ee BGk Ss is needed for the homonym "Tex", and TPHn Ee BGSkshun is a brief for "infection".

While you can access these words by applying the asterisk, text and next are additionally briefed with the following rule: use GT to represent the "xt" sound, as in Tt Ee GTxt and TPHn Ee GTxt.

This rule applies to a few other words:

• Any word with base text, e.g. context, pretext (in fact, context has a brief Kk Ee GTxt).
• betwixt (PWb Ee / Tt Ww EUi GTxt)
• sixth, using the asterisk to modify -t to -th (Ss *  EUi GTxth)

Oddly enough, there is one exception: 'twixt isn't stroked with GT because it conflicts with twitting (Tt Ww EUi [⁠Ging Tt⁠]).