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People who don’t know what capital letters are aren’t allowed to complain about punctuation.

it's a stylistic choice. when I arrange my comments in the form of a printed book i'll do a little copy editing.

This is true to the style of what it parodies. The lack of punctuation is part of the intent.

I don't think so. It's not just the simple style, which is accurately reproduced. It's missing and incorrect punctuation.

>“I like puzzles” said Toad. “Can I try them?”

Should be

>“I like puzzles,” said Toad. “Can I try them?”

That's how it's punctuated in the books, as far as I can see, and is standard for that type of dialogue. there are several of these omissions.

>“You cannot. These puzzles are for little machines, not people” said Mr. HuggingFace.

>“They could get up to mischief” said Frog.

>“Do not worry” said Toad “I have put each of them in a sandbox.

These don't seem intentional. also:

>“You must be very busy.” said Frog.

should be a comma, not a period.

Pretty sure that’s intentional