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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I prefer the original wherever possible, myself. But I take no issue whatsoever with others making these types of modified Public Domain books available. That's what Public Domain is all about; and I wholly support the concept.
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It's also an entirely normal part of the editorial process. Editors have always changed spelling and punctuation. Look at a dozen published versions of Austen or Dickens, and you'll find amongst them probably at least 3 or 4 different variants of spelling, hyphenation and punctuation.