Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10160 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

convinc'tconvinced

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

Puritas changed it: 154 times in 75 works
Consistency: 98.7% (154 of 156)
Reach if approved: ~164 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: convinced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 156 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: convincit (2)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (154 changes in 75 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 154)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… you neuer hear the outcries of a dyeing ſinner, after an impenitent wicked Life, convinc'tconvinced of ſin, & ſenſible of Eternity, expecting within a few hours to appear before his …
With rule
… you neuer hear the outcries of a dyeing ſinner, after an impenitent wicked Life, convinc'tconvinced of ſin, & ſenſible of Eternity, expecting within a few hours to appear before his …
John Shower · The Present Correction and Reproof of Sin · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. §. Now to winde up all with a word of exhortation, if thou beest convinc'tconvinced, and resolvest upon a new course, let thy resolution be peremptory and constant, and …
With rule
1. §. Now to winde up all with a word of exhortation, if thou beest convinc'tconvinced, and resolvest upon a new course, let thy resolution be peremptory and constant, and …
Richard Younge · The Whole Duty of a Christian · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he may be convinc'tconvinced of all, and judged of all; and thus the ſecrets of his heart may …
With rule
… if there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he may be convinc'tconvinced of all, and judged of all; and thus the ſecrets of his heart may …
John Gaule · Admonition Moving to Moderation · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore the Ungodly cannot stand in the Judgment. Hence the enquiry of every one convinc'tconvinced of Immortality, and the Judgment to come is, concerning the Righteousness to appear before …
With rule
… therefore the Ungodly cannot stand in the Judgment. Hence the enquiry of every one convinc'tconvinced of Immortality, and the Judgment to come is, concerning the Righteousness to appear before …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before he goes out of the Church, and ſays, Lord this day thou haſt convinc'tconvinced me of the evil of ſin, and thou haſt this day ſhewed me the …
With rule
… before he goes out of the Church, and ſays, Lord this day thou haſt convinc'tconvinced me of the evil of ſin, and thou haſt this day ſhewed me the …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Remission · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… said to have some advantage by his folly; because he is, or may be convinc'tconvinced out of his own experience, of the Emptiness, vexation, and dissatisfaction of the wayes …
With rule
… said to have some advantage by his folly; because he is, or may be convinc'tconvinced out of his own experience, of the Emptiness, vexation, and dissatisfaction of the wayes …
James Davies · Sermon on Psalm 119:57 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus let us get our judgements clearly convinc'tconvinced of the Vanity, Inanity, Mutability and Dagner of Riches; then will not our hearts …
With rule
Thus let us get our judgements clearly convinc'tconvinced of the Vanity, Inanity, Mutability and Dagner of Riches; then will not our hearts …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his great friend, was by him at ſeveral times fervently diſuaded from Idolatry, and convinc'tconvinced at length to forſake it, was there baptiz'd; on his return home taking with …
With rule
… his great friend, was by him at ſeveral times fervently diſuaded from Idolatry, and convinc'tconvinced at length to forſake it, was there baptiz'd; on his return home taking with …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 156 · 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.