Original sentence: Egyptian kftı͗w but rendered by E.He noted that crucial texts dissociate Keftiu from "the Islands in the Middle of the Sea", by which Egyptian scribes denoted Crete.It is commonly suggested that Caphtor, Kaptara and Keftiu are identical and refer to none other than the island of Crete.The 19th century view suggesting that Keftiu corresponded to Caphtor, and that Caphtor was to be identified with Cyprus or Syria, shifted to an association with Crete under the influence of Sir Arthur Evans
Edited sentence: Egyptian kftı͗w (probably vocalized as  but rendered by E.Even Strange capitulates: "Taken as a whole the material does not exclude Crete as a possible identification of Caphtor/Keftiu.His examination attempted to show that Keftiu could not be identified with Crete, for crucial texts dissociate Keftiu from "the Islands in the Middle of the Sea", by which Egyptian scribes denoted Crete.It is now normally argued however that Caphtor, Kaptara and Keftiu are identical and refer to none other than the island of Crete.Strange made a painstaking argument that Keftiu corresponds geographically with Cyprus.The original thesis, that Keftiu corresponded to Caphtor, and that Caphtor was to be identified with Cyprus or Syria, shifted to an association with Crete under the influence of Sir Arthur Evans