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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh
the copy I received was spelt and punctuated in American English throughout, including phrases actually being altered to modern American idiom, such as "sweets shop" to "candy store".
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As a reader, I don't care much about spelling and punctuation (after having read a book, I usually couldn't tell you whether they had been British or US), but I'd be seriously troubled by the tought that the text may have been tampered with. If a publisher finds the need for doing this (for which they'd need a very good reason), they should at least document the changes they have made.