# Comparison with 18th-century English Latin inscriptions can rank readings by how normal their abbreviations…

> Most likely: Comparison with 18th-century English Latin inscriptions can rank readings by how normal their abbreviations are.

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# Comparison with 18th-century English Latin inscriptions can rank readings by how normal their abbreviations…

Comparison with 18th-century English Latin inscriptions can rank readings by how normal their abbreviations are.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A corpus of contemporary memorial inscriptions shows which initial-letter formulas were used.

## What would rule it out

- The surviving readings are equally conventional.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Fishwick rejects Stonor's reading on grammar and abbreviation practice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M968R3J51/fishwick-rejects-stonors-reading-on-grammar-and-abbreviation)

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## The questions it answers

[Can any reading be tested without new documents?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/questions/QST0D1M91MA24B5/can-any-reading-be-tested-without-new-documents)

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Most likelyComparison with 18th-century English Latin inscriptions can rank readings by how normal their abbreviations…

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