Talk:Lectio difficilior potior

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[edit] non sequitur

"scribes tended to "correct" harder readings, and thus cut off the stream of transmission, so that earlier manuscripts would have the harder readings and later ones would not; hence they would not see the corollary principle as being a very important one for bringing us closer to the original form of the text." The simple restatement of Robinson's corollary does not lead to finding it "unimportant", whatever "unimportant" might mean in this context. I have left it unedited. --Wetman 20:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carrington

I know this was simply meant to illustrate a point, but the correct spelling has nearly 4 times as many hits as the incorrect one. A better example might be found.