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Standard practice for alphabetization in English is that if one word is longer than another but the shorter word forms the start of the longer one, the longer one comes after the shorter one. For example:
"alphabet" precedes "alphabetical"
"luck" precedes "lucky"
and so on.
One way to think of this is to consider the shorter word to be padded on the right with spaces. Rules of alphabetization consider a space to come before any letter; e.g. if ^ stands for a pad space,
CAR^^^ comes before CARPET ("CAR" matches, ^^^ comes before "PET")
just like
CARPET comes before CARTON ("PET" comes before "TON")
The simply rule is that 'nothing' comes before something.
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Are initialized words first alphabetically?
yes
What group of words comes first alphabetically?
What are the words?!
Does Hear or heard come first alphabetically?
When words are organised in alphabetical order and the first letters are the same, the shorter word will always go first. The answer to your question therefore is 'he'. For example: Haze He Hear Hearer Hearing Hears
What word would come first alphabetically all ready or already?
All ready would come first because L comes before R in the alphabet. If you had something such as acorn and a corn, a corn would come first because a space comes before any letter.
What word comes first alphabetically disclaim disclose or disciple?
Disciple comes first, then disclaim, and then disclose.
Are initialized words first alphabetically?
yes
Which come first alphabetically friend's or friends'?
both
Which of the 7 dwarves would come first alphabetically?
The seven dwarfs are fictional characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The dwarf that would come first alphabetically is Bashful.
What word would come first alphabetically what or whale?
whale
Which group of words comes second alphabetically?
When arranging words alphabetically one will list words beginning with the letter first letter of the alphabet then progressively moving through the alphabet. Arranging words alphabetically will put all words starting with the letter b in the second position.
What group of words comes first alphabetically?
What are the words?!
What of these words comes last alphabetically?
In the sentence you have typed, the word "words" comes last alphabetically.
Would bears or bear conservation come first alphabetically?
bears.
Which group of words cines first alphabetically?
Words that start with A
Which of these words comes second alphabetically curt curricle or currish?
Which of these words comes last alphabetically?
Which of these words comes first alphabetically noun nougat or nought?
The noun that comes first is nougat.nouga tnough t
Whose name would come first alphabetically by last name of presidents?
beauty and the beast
