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    How do you attack KN?

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    • Registered: 06-Jul-2011
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    there are many words that start with KN (ie: "know", "knife")

    it feels strange to keep my three fingers on eio and then use my index on the k and then the n.

    do any of you use your index on the k and then use your middle on the n?

    or do I need more practice?

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    Alternative fingering is what I use in that case. Just hit the K with the index and N with the middle. I do that for a few other cases which I can't remember at the moment :) It's actually really easy to get used to also. I didn't even bother with special trainings. It just came with the typing. I tried it once and then just started using it...

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    When pressing k, the other fingers should rest on ,./.

    Otherwise, you will twist your wrist, which will brings RSI in the long run.

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    Tony are you saying that you move all four of your fingers every time you move up or down a row?

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    No, you can type it any way you want. But you should be aware how your wrist are twisted each key, or just your fingers. Usually it is a mixture of both, but if the wrist is twisted too much, then you will have RSI symptoms.

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    • From: Sofia, Bulgaria
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    So in the long run it's better to stretch the index and the middle fingers that much than twisting your wrist a little?
    Btw, I do the same thing I mentioned before for DG and BG but mirrored ofc.

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    I go for alternate fingering in this case as well. K with the index, N with the middle finger. I do the same for nk (as in "think").

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