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→Was there a good reason why you eliminated those sourced facts, SharonS?: Did she do anything other than bring capitalization into conformity with modern usage?
:Even if you prefer the archaism, it's a little dishonest to throw around terms like "changed the text" without explaining what changes she made. Many would consider them harmless.
:Even if you prefer the archaism, it's a little dishonest to throw around terms like "changed the text" without explaining what changes she made. Many would consider them harmless.
:Lewis Carroll was very insistent on spelling the words ''won't,'' ''can't'', and ''shan't'' as ''wo'n't,'' ''ca'n't,'' and ''sha'n't'' and the original editions and some modern ones honor his preference, but many just change them to the customary form without comment. Very few people think there's anything terrible about that.
:Lewis Carroll was very insistent on spelling the words ''won't,'' ''can't'', and ''shan't'' as ''wo'n't,'' ''ca'n't,'' and ''sha'n't'' and the original editions and some modern ones honor his preference, but many modern editions just change them to the customary form without comment. Very few people think there's anything terrible about that.
:[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:05, 9 May 2007 (EDT)
:[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:05, 9 May 2007 (EDT)