N and V: reaching down

The bottom row is the last of the three letter rows, and it is reached by curling the fingers down rather than stretching them up. N sits below J and V sits below F. Both belong to the index fingers. The downward reach feels different from the upward one: the finger folds at the knuckle and the fingertip drops onto the key almost vertically. Because the rows are staggered, N is slightly to the left of J and V slightly to the right of F, so let the fingertip find the key rather than aiming straight down.

N has been conspicuously absent from every drill so far, and its arrival changes everything: and, in, on, not, one, new, then, than, when. From this lesson onward the sentences read like ordinary English. V is far less common, but it belongs to the same finger and the same reach, so they are taught together; have, give, very and even will give it plenty of practice.

A downward reach has its own bad habit: the hand drops with the finger, so the wrist sags and the other fingers slide off their home keys. Keep the wrist where it was. Only the index finger should move. If you find the letters after an N going wrong, that is the sign the hand moved.

and not in on one no new never even then than know need very have give