Is it possible to return an IOrderedEnumerable from a method without using the OrderBy or OrderByDescending methods on an
IOrderedEnumerable
OrderBy
OrderByDescending
Well, you can implement IOrderedEnumerable yourself if you want too... it's not hugely hard, depending on what you need to do. The easiest option is just to call OrderBy/OrderByDescending though :)
Why are you interested?