Relata Refero wrote:
We're not talking about fixing obvious errors in subject-verb agreement, we're talking about rewording for flow and readability. That frequently causes non-trivial changes in meaning and emphasis that can lead to misrepresentation of the source in question.
Who's to say that the meaning and emphasis of the original wording was accurate? Any two people can look at the same source and derive quite different meanings from it. This is not a trivial problem. People go into courts regularly because they interpret the same law differently.
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