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When alphabetizing two words when one is a short word and another is a longer word that contains all the letters of the shorter word the shorter word is listed first?
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Yes, the shorter word goes first. For example:
- cam
- came
- camera
- car
- care
- caret
- ear
- earl
- early
- no
- not
- note
- noted
- noteworthy
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