Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10144 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

caution'dcautioned

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

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 64 works
Consistency: 96.3% (78 of 81)
Reach if approved: ~85 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cautioned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 81 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 64 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… knowing but that Satan might aim at ſome harm to him, as before was caution'dcautioned, he ſtaid at a Friends houſe that N…ght, and got about Ten a …
With rule
… knowing but that Satan might aim at ſome harm to him, as before was caution'dcautioned, he ſtaid at a Friends houſe that N…ght, and got about Ten a …
Thomas Jollie · The Surrey Demoniac · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… old land-marks, and enter not into the feild of the fatherleſſe. Thus Solomon caution'dcautioned thoſe times againſt this ſin. And the Prophet (Hoſea 5.10.) makes this ſinne as the …
With rule
… old land-marks, and enter not into the feild of the fatherleſſe. Thus Solomon caution'dcautioned thoſe times againſt this ſin. And the Prophet (Hoſea 5.10.) makes this ſinne as the …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 489 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeeing them in that worſe than beaſtly poſture and condition, might be warn'd and caution'dcautioned againſt the Vice of Drunkenneſs. As for Drunkards, how often is ſhameful ſpuing on …
With rule
… ſeeing them in that worſe than beaſtly poſture and condition, might be warn'd and caution'dcautioned againſt the Vice of Drunkenneſs. As for Drunkards, how often is ſhameful ſpuing on …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Vicious Courses Procuring Poverty Described and Condemned · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and are like to be the Hindrances of the Work, are with great Faithfulness caution'dcautioned and warn'd against.—Many I believe will be thankful for this Publication. Those who …
With rule
… and are like to be the Hindrances of the Work, are with great Faithfulness caution'dcautioned and warn'd against.—Many I believe will be thankful for this Publication. Those who …
Jonathan Edwards · Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God Applied · p. xvi · Open in the reader
Printed
Having thus far Pre-caution'dcautioned concerning all Things relating to the State of the 1000 Years, and the Little Space …
With rule
Having thus far Pre-caution'dcautioned concerning all Things relating to the State of the 1000 Years, and the Little Space …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
Power, men in power caution'dcautioned. 584, 585
With rule
Power, men in power caution'dcautioned. 584, 585
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Presbytry: For Beza (saith he) seems clearly to import, that Knox needed to be caution'dcautioned against Prelacy. Beza's Words are. But I would have you, my dear Knox, and …
With rule
… Presbytry: For Beza (saith he) seems clearly to import, that Knox needed to be caution'dcautioned against Prelacy. Beza's Words are. But I would have you, my dear Knox, and …
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
The beſt Saints have need to be caution'dcautioned and warn'd, and to take heed of what they are like to be moſt …
With rule
The beſt Saints have need to be caution'dcautioned and warn'd, and to take heed of what they are like to be moſt …
Vavasor Powell · The Bird in the Cage · p. 69 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.