# No internal test can separate the grammatical readings; only documents can.

> Most likely: No internal test can separate the grammatical readings; only documents can.

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# No internal test can separate the grammatical readings; only documents can.

No internal test can separate the grammatical readings; only documents can.

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## 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

- At least two grammatical, period-appropriate readings survive any corpus test.

## What would rule it out

- A corpus test leaves a single reading.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Mitchell concedes his own reading cannot be proven from the stone.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M96RC6T7J/mitchell-concedes-his-own-reading-cannot-be-proven-from-the)

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## The questions it answers

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

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