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Originally Posted by AlexBell
4) I suggest that you do whatever makes sense for you, remembering that the people who read the ebook will be used to 'modern' punctuation. As long as one maintains the author's words and sense I see no harm in simplifying his or her punctuation. For what it is worth I detest mdashes, and never use them.
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Although punctuation is, of course, an "editorial" decision, I personally prefer to leave the original punctuation. As has been noted, mid-19th-century punctuation was not exactly the same as modern usage, and having exclamation marks without an upper-case letter following was entirely normal usage for that period.