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ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Special cases The English alphabet is based on
Organizing words according to their initial letters does the Latin alphabet of the Romans.
not always work. For example, abbreviations, capital
letters, and numerals need to be treated in special ways.
In all cases, however, it is important to be consistent.
Arrange any
abbreviated
Sacramento terms as if they
Treat capitalized Hague, The St. (Saint) Helier were spelled out.
king cobra
words in exactly Salzburg
kingfisher the same way as Hamburg
king penguin lowercase words. High Wycombe
Names of people are ∏ (Pi)
arranged by surnames, 101 Dalmations
so the first name comes
after the comma. Toy Story
If a phrase contains
If terms consist of more blueberry an article, such as
than one word, treat them Coconut Island the, ignore it and sort
as if they were written by the second word. Dahl, Roald
without the space. In this date Meyer, Stephenie Collect terms with
example, the list is arranged Twain, Mark symbols or numerals
by looking at the fifth letter. at the beginning.

The dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of The first three letters begin with the
words and their definitions in letters han, but the fourth letter d in
alphabetical order. The words writing done by hand, not typed handwriting comes before the letter g
are arranged this way to make in hang.
it easier for somebody to find or printed
a word and check its spelling
or definition.
REAL W OR L D
to support something from above Indexes

This word appears after the
four-letter word hang because
it has a fifth letter, a.
a very large building where aircraft
are stored

Ignore the hyphen (-) and
arrange the word by the
fifth letter, g. a huge kite that a person
can hang from
An index is a list of important
The third letter p topics in a reference book that
comes after the
third letter n to take place is arranged in alphabetical order.
in hang-glider. Next to each key topic, a page
number (or several page numbers)
refers to the location of that key
pleased and content topic in the book. This makes it
The fifth letter y comes after
the fifth letter e in happen, so quicker and easier for the reader
this is the last word. to find specific information.