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		the_duke on Aug 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Standard Ebooks: Free public-domain ebooks, carefu... "Modernizing" is a very questionable thing to do IMO. Fixing typos is fine I guess, but books are the result of an era and grammar or writing style is an inherent part of a book that should not be altered.

robin_reala on Aug 3, 2019 | [–]

We’re pretty light touch. For an example, the biggest change a typical novel gets is amending “to-day” to “today”.

stavros on Aug 3, 2019 | [–]

That's true, it changes the book materially, I think.

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