Editing Alphabetical order (section)

====''St'' prefix====
The prefix ''St'' or ''St.'' is an abbreviation of "Saint", and is traditionally alphabetized as if the spelling is ''Saint'' in full. Thus in a gazetteer ''St John's'' might be listed before ''Salem'' (as if it would be if it had been spelled out as "Saint John's"). Since the advent of computer-sorted lists, this type of alphabetization is less frequently encountered, though it is still sometimes used.