What order do these words go in?

Question

How do you correctly arrange the following words in alphabetical order?
meat, Macdonald, ma, Maczewski, mace, minor and McCabe.

I wasn't sure what to do about the names.

Answer 1

ma, Macdonald, mace, Maczewski, McCabe, meat, minor

If the first and second letters of words are the same, then you move on to the third letter and so forth.

Answer 2

Ma,Macdonald, Mace, Maczewski,McCabe,Meat, Minor

Answer 3

McCabe,MacDonald,Maczewski,ma,mace,meat,minor

Answer 4

ma, Macdonald, mace, Maczewski, McCabe, meat, minor

Answer 5

Okay, since they all start with 'm'move on to the next letter. OK, there are four that start with the letters 'ma' one that starts with 'mc' and one that starts with 'mi'. since 'a' comes before 'c','e' and 'i' in the alphabet, so 'ma' words go before the rest.

Ma is first because those are the only two letters in the word. There are 3 that start with the letters 'mac', move on to the next letter. 'D' comes before 'E' and 'Z' in the alphabet so macDonald is next. 'E' comes before 'Z' so macE is next.

Ma
Macdonald
Mace
Maczewski
McCabe
Meat
Minor

Answer 6

It depends on which style manual you are using. The old system always puts Mc and Mac before other M's in filings (and this is how my office and many phone books still do it). Mc and Mac are typically used as the same interchangeably and the letter following 'c' determines the order.

Given this system, your list would read

McCabe
MacDonald
Ma
Mace
Maczewski
Meat
Minor

Without the first preference, your list would read (given that Mc and Mac are treated interchangeably):

Ma
McCabe
MacDonald
Mace
Maczewski
meat
minor

Answer 7

Ma
Macdonald
Mace
Maczewski
McCabe
meat
minor

Answer 8

ma
macdonald
mace
maczewski
mccabe
meat
minor

Answer 9

ma
Macdonald
mace
Maczewski
McCabe
meat
minor