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Rules in Alphabetic Filing Part 9

In the previous post we have learned how to file business names that are made up of two or more surname. In this post, we are going to learn how to  file names with hyphen (-).

Rule 9

I. A hyphenated name is filed as one unit. Consider the following examples:

Up-and-Down Resto Bar
Fit-and-Right Gym
Laugh-n-Love Girls Club

They are filed by unit as:

FitandRight Gym
LaughnLove Girls Club
UpandDown Resto Bar

II. A hyphenated word is also filed as one unit. Consider the following examples:

Pro-active
Anti-aircraft
Ultra-magnetic

They are filed by unit as:

Anti-aircraft
Pro-active
Ultra-magnetic

Now, try these following exercise:

Exercise 1

Up-and-Above Convenient Store
Do-or-Die Question
Come-and-Go Fastfood Inc.
Pick-n-Fit Apparel
Munch-Crunch Snack Store

Exercise 2

Pre-Employment
Post-Test
Anti-Hazing
Pre-Historic
Semi-Conductor

Exercise 3

Wash-n-Wear Laundry Shop
Fix-it Repair Shop
Pop-or-Flop Game Show
Top-2-Bottom Skin Clinic
Back-to-Back Printing Press

Answer to Exercise 1

ComeandGo Fastfood Inc.
DoorDie Question
MunchCrunch Snack Store
PicknFit Apparel
UpandAbove Convenient Store

Answer to Exercise 2

Anti-Hazing
Pre-Employment
Pre-Historic
Post-Test
Semi-Conductor

Answer to Exercise 3

BacktoBack Printing Press
Fixit Repair Shop
Pop-or-Flop Game Show
Top-2-Bottom Skin Clinic
WashnWear Laundry Shop

Rules in Alphabetic Filing Part 8

In the previous post we have learned how to file business names. In this post, we are going to learn how to file business names that are made up of two or more surname .

Rule 8

When a business name is made up of two or more surnames, it is filed as written – write each name considered as a separate unit. Consider the following examples:

Remegio Trinidad Manufacturing
Mendoza Aquiler Trading
Uyecio Go Financing Corp.

They are filed by unit as:

Mendoza Aquiler Trading
Remegio Trinidad Manufacturing
Uyecio Go Financing Corp.

Now, try these following exercise:

Exercise 1

Estrada Marquez Trading Corp.
Andaluz Cortes Law Firm
Junio Dela Cruz Mfg. Corp.
Rivera, Florida, and Sotto Construction Firm
Edrada Yapchingco Wedding Co.

Exercise 2

Lorenzo Bautista Review Center
Dela Vega Enriquez Laboratories
Velasquez, Casem, and Alattica Travel Agency
Miller Potter Bookstore
Nieva Capendit International School

Exercise 3

Salonga Lim Pasalubong House
Palloran Cruz Company
Santos Ulayan Recording Studio
Balderama Cruz Law Office
Apable Mercado

Answer to Exercise 1

Andaluz Cortes Law Firm
Edrada Yapchingco Wedding Co.
Estrada Marquez Trading Corp.
Junio Dela Cruz Mfg. Corp.
Rivera, Florida, and Sotto Construction Firm

Answer to Exercise 2

Dela Vega Enriquez Laboratories
Lorenzo Bautista Review Center
Miller Potter Bookstore
Nieva Capendit International School
Velasquez, Casem, and Alattica Travel Agency

Answer to  Exercise 3

Apable Mercado
Balderama Cruz Law Office
Palloran Cruz Company
Salonga Lim Pasalubong House
Santos Ulayan Recording Studio

Alphabetizing Quiz 2

Alphabetizing Quiz 2

File the following correctly.

Item 01

1) Kilo
2) Kite
3) Kangaroo
4) Kit
5) Kindness

a) 3-1-5-4-2
b) 3-1-5-2-4
c) 3-5-1-4-2
d) 3-5-1-2-4
e) None of the above.

Item 02

1) Llama
2) Looking
3) Louder
4) Loath
5) Loudly

a) 1-4-3-2-5
b) 1-4-3-5-2
c) 1-4-2-3-5
d) 1-4-2-5-3
e) None of the above.

Item 03

1) Mumble
2) Mankind
3) Mindset
4) Mouth
5) Merry

a) 2-3-5-4-1
b) 2-5-3-4-1
c) 2-5-3-1-4
d) 2-3-5-1-4
e) None of the above.

Item 04

1) Nibble
2) Nips
3) Nightingale
4) Nerd
5) Nuisance

a) 4-1-5-3-2
b) 4-1-5-2-3
c) 4-1-3-5-2
d) 4-1-3-2-5
e) None of the above.

Item 05

1) Outrage
2) Ostracize
3) Opening
4) Orthodox
5) Optimistic

a) 3-2-5-1-4
b) 3-4-5-1-2
c) 3-5-2-1-4
d) 3-5-4-1-2
e) None of the above.

Item 06

1) Perfection
2) Prefecture
3) Pressure
4) Plagiarism
5) Practice

a) 1-5-4-3-2
b) 1-4-5-3-2
c) 1-4-5-2-3
d) 1-5-4-2-3
e) None of the above.

Item 07

1) Quince
2) Quake
3) Quiver
4) Qatar
5) Quarter

a) 4-2-1-5-3
b) 4-2-5-1-3
c) 4-2-5-3-1
d) 4-2-1-3-5
e) None of the above.

Item 08

1) Redemption
2) Rusty
3) Receptacle
4) Reusable
5) Roll

a) 3-1-4-5-2
b) 3-1-4-2-5
c) 3-1-5-4-2
d) 3-4-1-2-5
e) None of the above.

Item 09

1) Sugary
2) Statement
3) Swindle
4) Spontaneous
5) Swine

a) 4-1-2-5-3
b) 4-1-2-3-5
c) 4-2-1-5-3
d) 4-2-1-3-5
e) None of the above.

Item 10

1) Triumphant
2) Tasty
3) Trustworthy
4) Trainee
5) Treatment

a) 2-4-5-1-3
b) 2-4-5-3-1
c) 2-4-1-5-3
d) 2-4-1-3-5
e) None of the above.

Answer key:

1) a – 3-1-5-4-2
2) c – 1-4-2-3-5
3) b – 2-5-3-4-1
4) d – 4-1-3-2-5
5) e – 3-5-4-2-1
6) c – 1-4-5-2-3
7) b – 4-2-5-1-3
8) a – 3-1-4-5-2
9) d – 4-2-1-3-5
10) a – 2-4-5-1-3