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Epub source for the Standard Ebooks edition of Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
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[Editorial] Remove extraneous comma #7

Closed mbrubeck closed 3 years ago

mbrubeck commented 3 years ago

Change "What do you think, I saw?" to "What do you think I saw?"

While the comma was used in the original printing, I believe that modernizing the punctuation makes the sentence significantly more readable.

acabal commented 3 years ago

Typically, we don't change punctuation in this manner. We try to respect the punctuation in the original printing. If you can find a different edition that has this change, then we can reconsider it.

mbrubeck commented 3 years ago

The Bantam Classic 1981 edition has this change. But most editions preserve the original punctuation, and I think it's fine if you want to do the same.

acabal commented 3 years ago

OK, I found the change in a 1922 edition to, so we'll accept it. Thanks!