Context: Whereas Greg had limited his illustrative examples to English Renaissance drama, where his expertise lay, Bowers argued that the rationale was "the most workable editorial principle yet contrived to produce a critical text that is authoritative in the maximum of its details whether the author be Shakespeare, Dryden, Fielding, Nathaniel Hawthorne, or Stephen Crane. The principle is sound without regard for the literary period." For works where an author's manuscript survived – a case Greg had not considered – Bowers concluded that the manuscript should generally serve as copy-text. Citing the example of Nathaniel Hawthorne, he noted:

Question: Is the idea formed by Greg limited to a specific time period?
Answer: The principle is sound without regard for the literary period.

Question: What will an editor do in the case where an author's work was not wiped out?
Answer: the manuscript should generally serve as copy-text

Question: What where the limitations of Greg's analyses?
Answer: English Renaissance drama

Question: What is the main criticism of Greg's work?
Answer: works where an author's manuscript survived

Question: Who limited their examples to French Renaissance drama?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Greg was a novice in which period of drama?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: According to Bowers, the manuscript should not serve as what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: The principle of copy-text is sound with regard to what?
Answer: Unanswerable