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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10147 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cherish'dcherished

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

Puritas changed it
71 times in 55 works
Consistency
97.2% (71 of 73)
Reach if approved
~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cherished
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (71 changes in 55 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 71)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … one of the Tribes of Iſrael. No, it appears that this peaceful retir'd Tribe cheriſh'dcherished Learning, and yielded many learned perſons. One of the Caldee paraphraſts reads the Text …
    With rule
    … one of the Tribes of Iſrael. No, it appears that this peaceful retir'd Tribe cheriſh'dcherished Learning, and yielded many learned perſons. One of the Caldee paraphraſts reads the Text …

    Benjamin Colman · The Blessing of Zebulun and Issachar · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … over them in the Lord. Let every thing that is good in them be cheriſh'dcherished and encouraged, and at the ſame Time prudent Methods be uſed that the Good …
    With rule
    … over them in the Lord. Let every thing that is good in them be cheriſh'dcherished and encouraged, and at the ſame Time prudent Methods be uſed that the Good …

    Joseph Sewall · The Holy Spirit Convincing the World of Sin of Righteousness of Judgment · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to, (if there be no improbity within to trash their efficacy, no fensual inclination cherish'dcherished that must hinder their admittance, as not being able to endure to lodge in …
    With rule
    … to, (if there be no improbity within to trash their efficacy, no fensual inclination cherish'dcherished that must hinder their admittance, as not being able to endure to lodge in …

    Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to preserve an intire World of living Creatures; the meanest Worm or Herb is cherish'dcherished by its Heat, as if all its Influences were confin'd for their preserving. And …
    With rule
    … to preserve an intire World of living Creatures; the meanest Worm or Herb is cherish'dcherished by its Heat, as if all its Influences were confin'd for their preserving. And …

    William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 193 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … way of severity to be used to an Infant-Prince: whose Generosity must be cherish'dcherished. He must be made sensible of Honour as the greatest Reward, and Dishonour as …
    With rule
    … way of severity to be used to an Infant-Prince: whose Generosity must be cherish'dcherished. He must be made sensible of Honour as the greatest Reward, and Dishonour as …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Directions for the Education of a Young Prince · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … have been forward to provoke, we had not now been begging thy mercy, or cheriſh'dcherished with the hopes of it, but had in vain lamented the bloody and ſevere …
    With rule
    … have been forward to provoke, we had not now been begging thy mercy, or cheriſh'dcherished with the hopes of it, but had in vain lamented the bloody and ſevere …

    John Meriton · Forms of Prayer for Every Day in the Week · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … that ſin, which is the vileſt thing in the World, ſhould be eſteemed and cheriſh'dcherished, and accounted a piece of gallantry, and reckon'd amongſt the excellencies and accompliſhments of …
    With rule
    … that ſin, which is the vileſt thing in the World, ſhould be eſteemed and cheriſh'dcherished, and accounted a piece of gallantry, and reckon'd amongſt the excellencies and accompliſhments of …

    John Tillotson · Discourses Upon the Attributes of God · p. 385 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    R eviv'd and cheriſh'dcherished, in ſome hope doth ſtand:
    With rule
    R eviv'd and cheriſh'dcherished, in ſome hope doth ſtand:

    Edward Calver · Englands Fortress · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.