For each relation, indicate whether the relation is a partial order, a strict order, or neither. If the relation is a partial or strict order, indicate whether the relation is also a total order. Justify your answers.
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The domain is the set of all words in the English language (as defined by, say, Webster's dictionary). Word x is related to word y if x appears before y in alphabetical order. Assume that each word appears exactly once in the dictionary.