quenya_grammar1-1  Exercise 2: Layers of Evidence
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Most to least reliable:
  1. Published texts (Tolkien published them)
  2. Edited notes (Vinyar Tengwar, Parma Eldalamberon; from different phases)
  3. Scholars' reconstructions (Eldamo, grammars; scholars disagree)
  4. Fan extensions (not Tolkien's)

Before trusting:
  - a reconstruction: check which source and phase it rests on, and compare
    with a second scholar or the original note
  - a fan extension: find out whether the word or form appears in anything
    by Tolkien; if not, treat it as built by rule at best