Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10008 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ransom'dransomed

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 60 times in 50 works
Consistency: 82.1% (60 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ransomed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (60 changes in 50 works, 82.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 60)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
For we, O Lord, thy ransom'dransomed Ones shall come
With rule
For we, O Lord, thy ransom'dransomed Ones shall come
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… crown'd him; Yea, and in reſpect of us too, Heb. 2.9. who were to be ranſom'dransomed by his death, before we could be bleſs'd by his reſurrection, deliver'd from the …
With rule
… crown'd him; Yea, and in reſpect of us too, Heb. 2.9. who were to be ranſom'dransomed by his death, before we could be bleſs'd by his reſurrection, deliver'd from the …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 526 · Open in the reader
Printed
… King upon the Flood, doth often divide these Waters, to make way for his ransom'dransomed ones, to pass through.
With rule
… King upon the Flood, doth often divide these Waters, to make way for his ransom'dransomed ones, to pass through.
Matthew Mead · The Vision of the Wheels Opened and Applied · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
His ransom'dransomed soule aeternall ioyes shall win
With rule
His ransom'dransomed soule aeternall ioyes shall win
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
With those who ransom'dransomed are from Death and Hell
With rule
With those who ransom'dransomed are from Death and Hell
John Bunyan · The Building Nature Excellency and Government of the House of God · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Devil is a captiv'd damned Enemy: his Captives are ranſom'dransomed, redeem'd, reſcued out of his hands, and he himſelf become Captive; rage he may …
With rule
The Devil is a captiv'd damned Enemy: his Captives are ranſom'dransomed, redeem'd, reſcued out of his hands, and he himſelf become Captive; rage he may …
Francis Fuller · A Treatise of Faith and Repentance · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
And unto Christ that ransom'dransomed us,
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And unto Christ that ransom'dransomed us,
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with such a debasement and such a pollution as sin is, himselfe so highly ransom'dransomed and enobl'd to a new friendship and filiall relation with God. Nor can he …
With rule
… with such a debasement and such a pollution as sin is, himselfe so highly ransom'dransomed and enobl'd to a new friendship and filiall relation with God. Nor can he …
John Milton · The Reason of Church Government · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Forty Sermons A23717

Printed
… Israel. Lastly, If we that were the distinctive Character of Israel, that of a Ransom'dRansomed, Purchas'd People (for sure our Rescues rise unto the number and the rate of …
With rule
… Israel. Lastly, If we that were the distinctive Character of Israel, that of a Ransom'dRansomed, Purchas'd People (for sure our Rescues rise unto the number and the rate of …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… his Goodneſs hath granted? He hath ſought us out when we were loſt, and Ranſom'dRansomed us when we were Captives: He hath Pardon'd us when we were Condemn'd, and …
With rule
… his Goodneſs hath granted? He hath ſought us out when we were loſt, and Ranſom'dRansomed us when we were Captives: He hath Pardon'd us when we were Condemn'd, and …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 617 · Open in the reader