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Old 09-08-2017, 03:52 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
If a name in that form will be correctly sorted under "M", why would a name in the form "Le Carré, John", not be sorted under "L"?
Because "Jr." is one of the special forms the algorithm recognises, but "Le" isn't (at least, not in the English UI. I haven't tested how other languages work.)
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