Complex sentence: It was developed in 1970 by James Hill, a teacher of Pitman Shorthand, as a streamlined way to transcribe the spoken word quickly by removing unnecessary letters from words and making the letters themselves faster to write.
Split into simpler sentences: It was developed in 1970 by James Hill, a teacher of Pitman Shorthand. It is a streamlined way to transcribe the spoken word quickly by removing unnecessary letters from words and making the letters themselves faster to write.