Most of us learn the alphabet at kindergarten, singing our way from 'A for apple' through to 'Z for zebra' without ever stopping to wonder why the letters are arranged in that particular sequence ...

My husband’s initial question — is the alphabet in the right order? — was about the relationship between organizational structure, learning, and meaning.

Growing up we learn the alphabet song to become familiar with our ABC's, but the number of letters in the alphabet wasn't always 26 as people online have been finding out. There were actually 27 ...

Why not change the order in which we teach the alphabet to the QWERTY keyboard layout, Linda Phillips asks (Letters, 29 February). Well, not every language that uses the Latin alphabet uses that ...

Alphabetical order We often sort letters and words in alphabetical order. This means to order them as they appear in the alphabet.

The practice of having the letters in an established order makes sense: It’s easier to teach and to learn. Why some ancient people put them in that specific order, though, is unknown.

The alphabet regulates how we learn the English letters (to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”), organize books on library shelves and line up students for a graduation procession ...

What is the military alphabet, and how do you use it? This military phonetic alphabet solves what can a major problem with real combat impacts.

My husband’s initial question – is the alphabet in the right order? – was about the relationship between organizational structure, learning, and meaning.

The principal benefit of traditional alphabetical order is felt in reference material. Although the corpus of reference texts available and searchable electronically grows ever larger, many of us ...