Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10017 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scap'dscaped

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 41 works
Consistency: 98.2% (56 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scaped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 41 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſatisfaction to Abraham, and reſtore his wife to him againe, ver. 7. and well he ſcap'dscaped ſo; and tels him alſo that he muſt be beholden to Abrahams prayers for …
With rule
… ſatisfaction to Abraham, and reſtore his wife to him againe, ver. 7. and well he ſcap'dscaped ſo; and tels him alſo that he muſt be beholden to Abrahams prayers for …
Thomas Goodwin · The Great Interest of States and Kingdoms · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both sides, and the Indians fell amain, but the English (most, if not all) 'scap'dscaped the first Shot, and drove the Indians several Rods, both sides Firing three or …
With rule
… both sides, and the Indians fell amain, but the English (most, if not all) 'scap'dscaped the first Shot, and drove the Indians several Rods, both sides Firing three or …
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. vi · Open in the reader
Printed
… was young, as I have done ſince, I am not ſure it would have ſcap'dscaped an overthrow.
With rule
… was young, as I have done ſince, I am not ſure it would have ſcap'dscaped an overthrow.
Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thief, Cui damnari ad tempus expedivit, that had a good bargain of death, that ſcap'dscaped by being condemned, and was the better, and longer liv'd for being hang'd; (for …
With rule
… thief, Cui damnari ad tempus expedivit, that had a good bargain of death, that ſcap'dscaped by being condemned, and was the better, and longer liv'd for being hang'd; (for …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for nothing but to know the Faſti by his Name, this man ſhould have ſcap'dscaped the Laſh, it may be, had the good word of our common Jeerers; but …
With rule
… for nothing but to know the Faſti by his Name, this man ſhould have ſcap'dscaped the Laſh, it may be, had the good word of our common Jeerers; but …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
'In such as scap'dscaped sm…ll Reformation hath
With rule
'In such as scap'dscaped sm…ll Reformation hath
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sakes; nay, even the least (as those Children that mocked the Prophet) have not scap'dscaped free, yea, to misuse them in body, goods, or name, and offer them indignity …
With rule
… sakes; nay, even the least (as those Children that mocked the Prophet) have not scap'dscaped free, yea, to misuse them in body, goods, or name, and offer them indignity …
John Rogers · Exposition Upon 1 Peter · p. 633 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can be no great doubt. For what can tempt Men that have ſo narrowly ſcap'dscaped the Dangers and Temptations of a wicked world, and are poſſeſt of ſo great …
With rule
… can be no great doubt. For what can tempt Men that have ſo narrowly ſcap'dscaped the Dangers and Temptations of a wicked world, and are poſſeſt of ſo great …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 5 · p. 393 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.