Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10039 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

urg'durged

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

Puritas changed it: 331 times in 195 works
Consistency: 96.5% (331 of 343)
Reach if approved: ~360 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: urged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 343 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (331 changes in 195 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 331)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Societies for Reformation, hath with a commendable Zeal, and many unanſwerable Arguments, urg'durged this Religious Deſign upon all ſorts of Men; and there ſeems not to be …
With rule
… of the Societies for Reformation, hath with a commendable Zeal, and many unanſwerable Arguments, urg'durged this Religious Deſign upon all ſorts of Men; and there ſeems not to be …
Richard Gilpin · An Assize Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… notwithſtanding his ſeeming acknowledgment of being tied by the major part; yet being further urg'durged to declare whether he did not from that additional expreſſion in our Statute of …
With rule
… notwithſtanding his ſeeming acknowledgment of being tied by the major part; yet being further urg'durged to declare whether he did not from that additional expreſſion in our Statute of …
Charles Hotham · The Petition and Argument of Mr Hotham · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſuch is the caſe of health drinkers. What ſaid Calliſthenes to one that urg'durged him to drinke at Alexanders Feaſt, as others did? I will not, for who …
With rule
… and ſuch is the caſe of health drinkers. What ſaid Calliſthenes to one that urg'durged him to drinke at Alexanders Feaſt, as others did? I will not, for who …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
There is another Objection vehemently urg'durged, that the imputation of Adam's sin to all his posterity who were not existent …
With rule
There is another Objection vehemently urg'durged, that the imputation of Adam's sin to all his posterity who were not existent …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… notoriouſly known to have come into uſe after Conſtantine, as elſewhere ſhall be farther urg'durged, and moſt evidently characterizing this Time.
With rule
… notoriouſly known to have come into uſe after Conſtantine, as elſewhere ſhall be farther urg'durged, and moſt evidently characterizing this Time.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… under a ſenſe of your Duty; for tho' the ſenſe of Duty may be urg'durged upon us by an enlightned conſcience, which will leave us ſhort of a willing …
With rule
… under a ſenſe of your Duty; for tho' the ſenſe of Duty may be urg'durged upon us by an enlightned conſcience, which will leave us ſhort of a willing …
John Bush · The Necessity and Reward of a Willing Mind · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Yea, let the will and command of God to engage 'em to Obedience be urg'durged and pressed upon them never so much, all is one, they will do as …
With rule
… Yea, let the will and command of God to engage 'em to Obedience be urg'durged and pressed upon them never so much, all is one, they will do as …
John Conant · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions Volume 2 · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… abate mens zeal against it? And what more certain? or could be more reasonably urg'durged? But how doth he answer it?
With rule
… abate mens zeal against it? And what more certain? or could be more reasonably urg'durged? But how doth he answer it?
Henry Danvers · Second Reply to Baxter · p. 235 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Urg'dUrged to confeſs before her end begins,
With rule
Urg'dUrged to confeſs before her end begins,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 191 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A44438

Printed
Practical Chriſtianity, RECOMMENDED, Urg'dUrged & Encourag'd, In working out our own SALVATION: OR, A DISCOURSE ON Philippians ii. 12, 13.
With rule
Practical Chriſtianity, RECOMMENDED, Urg'dUrged & Encourag'd, In working out our own SALVATION: OR, A DISCOURSE ON Philippians ii. 12, 13.
Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 4 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Urg'dUrged them behind; headlong themselvs they threw
With rule
Urg'dUrged them behind; headlong themselvs they threw
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Reason of Church Government A50949

Printed
THE REASON OF Church-governement Urg'dUrged against PRELATY By Mr. John Milton.
With rule
THE REASON OF Church-governement Urg'dUrged against PRELATY By Mr. John Milton.
John Milton · The Reason of Church Government · Open in the reader

The Great Salvation Revealed and Offered N01633

Printed
… endeavour to get a right underſtanding, and thorow conviction of their need of Salvation. Urg'dUrged,
With rule
… endeavour to get a right underſtanding, and thorow conviction of their need of Salvation. Urg'dUrged,
William Williams · The Great Salvation Revealed and Offered · p. 1 · Open in the reader