Some critics believe that a clear-text edition gives the edited text too great a prominence, relegating textual variants to appendices that are difficult to use, and <answer>suggesting a greater sense of certainty about the established text than it deserves</answer>. As Shillingsburg notes, "English scholarly editions have tended to use notes at the foot of the text page, indicating, tacitly, a greater modesty about the "established" text and drawing attention more forcibly to at least some of the alternative forms of the text".
Can a reader be certain of the validity of information found in a clear-text edition?
suggesting a greater sense of certainty about the established text than it deserves