STUMPERS CCI

The two phrases below each contain something unusual. Can you determine what it is?

FILM NOMINATION
FORMER STUDENTS

HINT:
It has to do with the letters.

Answer:

Each phrase contains an "alphabet quartet" - four letters of the alphabet in consecutive order:

fiLM NOmination
formeR STUdents 

Credit: NY Times Crossword
December 25, 2006
Adam G. Perl