2026-02-02 12:53 UTC
Honestly the question as asked *is* unambiguous: "write words in alphabetical order" cannot mean anything else than apple, fox, log, pond, pumpkin, river. If what was provided here were the expected answer, the wording should be "write each of the following words with its letters sorted by alphabetical order".
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@Michal@programming.dev 2026-02-02 13:00
Could be understood as "take these words, and write them out in alphabetical order". It's not specifically stated whether letters inside those words should also be sorted or not. We take it for granted that we have so much experience communicating, we can infer the meaning without full instruction, but children are still acquiring this knowledge and sometimes take things literally with hilarious results.