Reply To: Need for Grade 1 indicator with Shortform Home › Forums › Braille Formats/Textbook › Need for Grade 1 indicator with Shortform › Reply To: Need for Grade 1 indicator with Shortform April 25, 2019 at 2:10 pm #33414 AnnaModerator Yes. The shortform can be part of a larger word when it's at the beginning of a word and followed by a consonant (except y), so "llc" would be read as "littlec" (doesn't matter that the latter is not a word).