Talk:Costermonger/Archives/2015

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Complaint!

i changed "want of education" to "lack of education" because "want" is homonymous with "wont", which has the opposite meaning. Did the costermongers reallyt want more education? I get that "for want of a shoe, the horse was lost" and all that, but it's a bit archaic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.25.82.43 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 21 November 2007

The phrase in question is part of a quotation. We don't change original quotations just because we think we could word it better – if it's in inverted commas, with a source, it has to be verbatim. Reverting. Vilĉjo (talk) 15:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)