Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10125 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

behav'dbehaved

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

Puritas changed it: 54 times in 44 works
Consistency: 100% (54 of 54)
Reach if approved: ~57 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: behaved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 54 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (54 changes in 44 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 54)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Is not this a good while a-go? How have you behav'dbehaved your ſelf ever ſince? Have you not reaſon to look back with ſhame? If …
With rule
Is not this a good while a-go? How have you behav'dbehaved your ſelf ever ſince? Have you not reaſon to look back with ſhame? If …
John Shower · Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to watchfulneſs and reſolutions of practiſing according to ſuch examples, as have through Chriſt behav'dbehaved themſelves acceptably to God. For as one ſaid well, The lives of holy men …
With rule
… to watchfulneſs and reſolutions of practiſing according to ſuch examples, as have through Chriſt behav'dbehaved themſelves acceptably to God. For as one ſaid well, The lives of holy men …
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that so many are well, & give us the Joyful Account that our Little Army behav'dbehaved Bravely, Fought Manfully, & very Successfully; so that tho' our Loss is Great, yet our …
With rule
… that so many are well, & give us the Joyful Account that our Little Army behav'dbehaved Bravely, Fought Manfully, & very Successfully; so that tho' our Loss is Great, yet our …
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him. And long after this, when Shimei rav'd at him and curs'd him, he behav'dbehaved moſt piouſly, with a glorious Meekneſs and perfect Humility before God and Men. The …
With rule
… him. And long after this, when Shimei rav'd at him and curs'd him, he behav'dbehaved moſt piouſly, with a glorious Meekneſs and perfect Humility before God and Men. The …
Benjamin Colman · The Great Duty of Waiting on God in our Difficulties · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Drunkenneſs. They likewiſe manifeſted a Regard to the Lord's Day: And not only behav'dbehaved ſoberly themſelves, but took Care alſo to keep their Children in Order.
With rule
… of Drunkenneſs. They likewiſe manifeſted a Regard to the Lord's Day: And not only behav'dbehaved ſoberly themſelves, but took Care alſo to keep their Children in Order.
Ebenezer Pemberton · Sermon at Ordination of David Brainerd · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Dead are alſo ranked amongſt the Demons, and according as they have behav'dbehaved themſelves well or ill upon Earth, the good or evil which happens to Men …
With rule
… of the Dead are alſo ranked amongſt the Demons, and according as they have behav'dbehaved themſelves well or ill upon Earth, the good or evil which happens to Men …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… and blindeſs: Methinks I could have hinder'd this doleful accident, for if I had behav'dbehaved my ſelf otherwiſe than I have done, my Life and Soul ſhould not be …
With rule
… and blindeſs: Methinks I could have hinder'd this doleful accident, for if I had behav'dbehaved my ſelf otherwiſe than I have done, my Life and Soul ſhould not be …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
How the poor blinded Soul behav'dbehaved her now:
With rule
How the poor blinded Soul behav'dbehaved her now:
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 56 · 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.