Original sentence: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (C.Commander of the Order of Military Merit (C.Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (L.Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (M.Member of the Order of Military Merit (M.Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (O.Officer of the Order of Military Merit (O.Within the order of preference for the Canadian honours system, each grade of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces succeeds a similar grade of the Order of Military Merit, while each precedes a similar grade of the Royal Victorian Order:
Edited sentence: <font color=white>Preceding  <font color=white>Grade of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces  <font color=white>Succeeding.Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM).Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).Member of the Order of Military Merit (MMM).Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).Officer of the Order of Military Merit (OMM).Order of precedence in regard to the Order of Merit of the Police Forces:.Within the order of preference for Canadian honours, each grade of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces precedes a similar grade of the Royal Victorian Order and succeeds a similar grade of the Order of Military Merit: