Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10129 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bottom'dbottomed

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

Puritas changed it: 176 times in 113 works
Consistency: 98.8% (176 of 178)
Reach if approved: ~187 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bottomed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 178 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (176 changes in 113 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 176)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… tis only Chriſt that can give me peace. The peace that Chriſt gives, is bottom'dbottomed upon his blood; upon h…s imputed righteouſneſs; upon his Interceſſion, and upon a …
With rule
… tis only Chriſt that can give me peace. The peace that Chriſt gives, is bottom'dbottomed upon his blood; upon h…s imputed righteouſneſs; upon his Interceſſion, and upon a …
Thomas Brooks · Londons Lamentation · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in believing, ere he can abound in hope . And that hope ſo built and bottom'dbottomed will never make aſhamed .
With rule
… in believing, ere he can abound in hope . And that hope ſo built and bottom'dbottomed will never make aſhamed .
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… experience [in the case of the Earl of Strafford] that this Bishops Conscience was bottom'dbottomed on Piety not Policy, the reason that from him he received the Sacrament, good …
With rule
… experience [in the case of the Earl of Strafford] that this Bishops Conscience was bottom'dbottomed on Piety not Policy, the reason that from him he received the Sacrament, good …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being without the warrant of God's will. This is ſuch Doctrine, which is plain, bottom'dbottomed, and irrefragable; He is the Miniſter of God for thy good, ſaith St. Paul …
With rule
… being without the warrant of God's will. This is ſuch Doctrine, which is plain, bottom'dbottomed, and irrefragable; He is the Miniſter of God for thy good, ſaith St. Paul …
John Humfrey · The Obligation of Human Laws and the Authority of the Magistrate · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Wife, the top of worldly Friendships, coveted to add a Nobler Friendship still, that bottom'dbottomed upon likeness of Souls and virtuous Grounds, and was design'd to serve the most …
With rule
… Wife, the top of worldly Friendships, coveted to add a Nobler Friendship still, that bottom'dbottomed upon likeness of Souls and virtuous Grounds, and was design'd to serve the most …
John Kettlewell · Funeral Sermon for Lady Frances Digby · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a lively Hope, for a working Faith, and for fervent Prayer, which are all bottom'dbottomed on the Covenant of Promiſe, and without it none of theſe (aforeſaid) could be.
With rule
… a lively Hope, for a working Faith, and for fervent Prayer, which are all bottom'dbottomed on the Covenant of Promiſe, and without it none of theſe (aforeſaid) could be.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purpoſes and reſolutions, for believing, truſting, loving, hoping, all acting, all enduring ſtrongly; be bottom'dbottomed in ſtrong mindings and conſiderings: The fuller the conſideration, the better the actings of …
With rule
… purpoſes and reſolutions, for believing, truſting, loving, hoping, all acting, all enduring ſtrongly; be bottom'dbottomed in ſtrong mindings and conſiderings: The fuller the conſideration, the better the actings of …
Nathanael Ranew · Solitude Improved by Divine Meditation · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man into the depth of the Sea, into the huge Deepes which cannot bee bottom'dbottomed, and there is but little hope of ſuch a mans life. But yet ſuch …
With rule
… man into the depth of the Sea, into the huge Deepes which cannot bee bottom'dbottomed, and there is but little hope of ſuch a mans life. But yet ſuch …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 167 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

A Sort of Believers Never Saved N01282

Printed
… Faith of the Stony Ground Hearers: they had a Faith; but not being well Bottom'dBottomed & Rooted, it was not Sound & Saving: they fell away & miſſed of Heaven, in the …
With rule
… Faith of the Stony Ground Hearers: they had a Faith; but not being well Bottom'dBottomed & Rooted, it was not Sound & Saving: they fell away & miſſed of Heaven, in the …
Jeremiah Shepard · A Sort of Believers Never Saved · p. 4 · Open in the reader