4,994
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 150:
Line 150: + +
→Was there a good reason why you eliminated those sourced facts, SharonS?
: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.
: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.
:If all Sharon did was change capitalization it's not very honest to use phrases like "changed the text" and "which is the correct text," as if she had made a substantive change that altered the meaning.
:[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:05, 9 May 2007 (EDT)
:[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:05, 9 May 2007 (EDT)