Learn English – Is it correct to put “the” at the end of a title, after a comma

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The title here is "ELDER SCROLLS III: MORROWIND GOTY EDITION, THE".

I think "THE" should be the first word in the title, but it's the last (separated by a comma).
I've seen this with names (contact list in old phones), but I guess that was correct.

Is this correct? What's the name of this form, and why would anyone use this?

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I don't know if the form has a name, but usually 'The' is moved to the end of titles when they're in an alphabetically sorted list, so that it sorts by the first meaningful world of the title.

This is because sometimes people don't realize the official title has a 'The' in it, or they assume it does when it does not.

Some systems, like Steam, leave 'The' in place, but ignore it when sorting.

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Learn English – “Last thing I’d do is” or “last thing I do would be”

The common usage would be as follows:

Person A: I challenge you to a race!
Person B: Ha! You won't even make it halfway before I finish.
Person A: If I were you, the last thing I would do is laugh.

I think this is more of a sort of idiom. This is the way it is said, and it has a particular connotation associated with it. While other options may be grammatically correct, the idiom needs to be said this way.

Learn English – place a comma after a conjunction beginning the sentence

A comma after a coordinating conjunction (and, or, but) is only acceptable when the comma is the first of a pair of commas bracketing a ‘supplement’—a phrase or clause which lies outside the main structure of the sentence and interrupts the flow of thought.

  And, as if that were not enough, he went on to sneer at the victim.
     ^---------------------------^  

  But, as you said, there is no point in trying too hard.
     ^------------^

In other circumstances the comma is effectively ‘disjunctive’ and subverts the joining effect of the conjunction.

This counterproductive comma is becoming very common in contemporary business writing; I suspect it represents a hypercorrection by people who have misunderstood the need for commas bracketing supplements, or think it lends formal ‘elegance’ to their writing.

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