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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10036 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ty'dtied

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

Puritas changed it
152 times in 108 works
Consistency
97.4% (152 of 156)
Reach if approved
~164 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: tied
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
156 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (152 changes in 108 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 152)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of it as confin'd (or ty'dtied in any respect, wherein he hath not so ty'dtied it himself) are concerned to beware of running upon this rock.
    With rule
    … of it as confin'd (or ty'dtied in any respect, wherein he hath not so ty'dtied it himself) are concerned to beware of running upon this rock.

    John Howe · The Living Temple · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … phyſical manner? Neither can it be proved, that ever the Spirit of God is ty'dtied by any Promiſe, to apply himſelf to the Soul in a gracious Operation, when …
    With rule
    … phyſical manner? Neither can it be proved, that ever the Spirit of God is ty'dtied by any Promiſe, to apply himſelf to the Soul in a gracious Operation, when …

    Benjamin Keach · Gold Refined · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … times Iy in a benummed condition; and be drawn together as those that are ty'dtied Neck & Heels; and presently be stretched out, yea, drawn Backwards, to such a degree …
    With rule
    … times Iy in a benummed condition; and be drawn together as those that are ty'dtied Neck & Heels; and presently be stretched out, yea, drawn Backwards, to such a degree …

    Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Deity to performe. Misery had wrapped and entangled vs; the wicked hands had ty'dtied vs, as the Philistines did Samson with the bands of death. Here then was …
    With rule
    … the Deity to performe. Misery had wrapped and entangled vs; the wicked hands had ty'dtied vs, as the Philistines did Samson with the bands of death. Here then was …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … them, and that we might not have them had engag'd or covenanted against them; ty'dtied to our miseries so, that without perjury we could neither be without them, nor …
    With rule
    … them, and that we might not have them had engag'd or covenanted against them; ty'dtied to our miseries so, that without perjury we could neither be without them, nor …

    Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 29 May 1662 · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Denying, when the Negation coheres with the Ligament by which the ſimple Enunciations are ty'dtied together.
    With rule
    … Denying, when the Negation coheres with the Ligament by which the ſimple Enunciations are ty'dtied together.

    Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … these have altogether broken the Yoke, and burst the bonds (wherewith the Yoke was ty'dtied) the Chald. renders it, but these have altogether rebelled against the Law, these have …
    With rule
    … these have altogether broken the Yoke, and burst the bonds (wherewith the Yoke was ty'dtied) the Chald. renders it, but these have altogether rebelled against the Law, these have …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Deaths Brother, Sleep, her Senſes ty'dtied
    With rule
    Deaths Brother, Sleep, her Senſes ty'dtied

    William Gurnall · The Christians Labor and Reward · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fair Play on Both Sides A43741

  • Printed
    Ty'dTied unto him as head alone:
    With rule
    Ty'dTied unto him as head alone:

    Samuel Hieron · Fair Play on Both Sides · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

  • Printed
    … Boston, having on him a Bengale Gown, which he usually wore, with a Napkin Ty'dTied about his Head; His Countenance was very Pale, Ghastly, Deadly, and he had a …
    With rule
    … Boston, having on him a Bengale Gown, which he usually wore, with a Napkin Ty'dTied about his Head; His Countenance was very Pale, Ghastly, Deadly, and he had a …

    Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 79 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

  • Printed
    … one, which look'd like an Indian, having on a Blue coat, and his Hair Ty'dTied up behind, Standing by a Tree, and looking on them. But as ſoon as …
    With rule
    … one, which look'd like an Indian, having on a Blue coat, and his Hair Ty'dTied up behind, Standing by a Tree, and looking on them. But as ſoon as …

    Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 107 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A96524

  • Printed
    … called to witneſs for Chriſt) is neither like a Still-Born, nor a Tongue-Ty'dTied Perſon, but he will ſpeak for Chriſt, and ſtand up for the cauſe of …
    With rule
    … called to witneſs for Chriſt) is neither like a Still-Born, nor a Tongue-Ty'dTied Perſon, but he will ſpeak for Chriſt, and ſtand up for the cauſe of …

    Dean Henry Wilkinson · Two Treatises · p. 163 · Open in the reader