Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10110 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ascertain'dascertained

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

Puritas changed it: 79 times in 48 works
Consistency: 100% (79 of 79)
Reach if approved: ~83 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ascertained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 79 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 48 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſo as to fall foul upon him that is inform'd againſt, untill I am aſcertain'dascertained that it is true: I may ſafeguard my ſelf, leaſt a pretended friend ſhould …
With rule
… ſo as to fall foul upon him that is inform'd againſt, untill I am aſcertain'dascertained that it is true: I may ſafeguard my ſelf, leaſt a pretended friend ſhould …
Faithful Teate · Sycophancy is a Sin · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prove that he is mine; for certainly if I have a title to him ascertain'dascertained, if I be made one with him, I may well call that mine to …
With rule
… prove that he is mine; for certainly if I have a title to him ascertain'dascertained, if I be made one with him, I may well call that mine to …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… live in wantonneſs and eaſe; and whilſt others dye with Hunger, their Revenues are aſcertain'dascertained to them. But this hinders not the Body of the Eſtate to ſuffer, both …
With rule
… live in wantonneſs and eaſe; and whilſt others dye with Hunger, their Revenues are aſcertain'dascertained to them. But this hinders not the Body of the Eſtate to ſuffer, both …
Jean Claude · Account of the Persecutions of the Protestants in France · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with Jeruſalem, that ſo her feares, doubts, and diſputes may ceaſe, and ſhe be aſcertain'dascertained thereof.
With rule
… with Jeruſalem, that ſo her feares, doubts, and diſputes may ceaſe, and ſhe be aſcertain'dascertained thereof.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 368 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should be the less solicitous to know intermediate things, when we are so fully ascertain'dascertained of the glorious end of all things. And let us reflect upon the solemn …
With rule
… should be the less solicitous to know intermediate things, when we are so fully ascertain'dascertained of the glorious end of all things. And let us reflect upon the solemn …
John Howe · The Much Lamented Death of Queen Mary · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in hope, and reſtrained both from flight, and delivering the city, and ſo more aſcertain'dascertained to all ſad diſtreſs, and deſtruction finally.
With rule
… in hope, and reſtrained both from flight, and delivering the city, and ſo more aſcertain'dascertained to all ſad diſtreſs, and deſtruction finally.
Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… declare that he hes rejected them (which I humbly think we cannot be infallibly ascertain'dascertained of… especially as to particular persons, without divine Revelation) or else give such clear …
With rule
… declare that he hes rejected them (which I humbly think we cannot be infallibly ascertain'dascertained of… especially as to particular persons, without divine Revelation) or else give such clear …
Robert McWard · The Banders Disbanded · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſuch as they thought Favourites of the King; but the Rewards muſt be aſcertain'dascertained before any Application could be made: Divers Liſts being ſent up, and the Rewards …
With rule
… to ſuch as they thought Favourites of the King; but the Rewards muſt be aſcertain'dascertained before any Application could be made: Divers Liſts being ſent up, and the Rewards …
John Tutchin · The Protestant Martyrs · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.