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Certainly when it comes to the "classics", many editors will choose to use "modern" punctuation rather than that which was prevelent at the time the book was written.
Eg, until the early 20th century, "today", and "tomorrow" were normally written "to-day" and "to-morrow". Some editors of, say, Dickens, will keep the original spelling (with the hyphens), others will remove the hyphens to conform to modern usage.
Is that what you were asking?
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