Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10162 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couch'dcouched

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

Puritas changed it: 59 times in 45 works
Consistency: 90.7% (59 of 65)
Reach if approved: ~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: couched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 65 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (59 changes in 45 works, 90.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 59)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… I could like it. But becauſe many truths lie ſo deep, and ſo cloſely couch'dcouched, as all cannot eaſily diſcern or extract them, it is neceſſary to give the …
With rule
… I could like it. But becauſe many truths lie ſo deep, and ſo cloſely couch'dcouched, as all cannot eaſily diſcern or extract them, it is neceſſary to give the …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
(And, from the truth) the more he couch'dcouched his mind
With rule
(And, from the truth) the more he couch'dcouched his mind
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Arithmatick in muſick couch'dcouched you'l find;
With rule
Arithmatick in muſick couch'dcouched you'l find;
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · Open in the reader
Printed
Lies couch'dcouched in this one Adverb holily.
With rule
Lies couch'dcouched in this one Adverb holily.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſecond particular in this Eighth word of Comfort, is, The Certainty of his coming couch'dcouched in the Verb here, He … ſhall deſcend from Heaven. He ſhall: i.e. moſt …
With rule
… ſecond particular in this Eighth word of Comfort, is, The Certainty of his coming couch'dcouched in the Verb here, He … ſhall deſcend from Heaven. He ſhall: i.e. moſt …
Thomas Case · Mount Pisgah · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what may be the meaning of it? There be divers things which may be couch'dcouched in it.
With rule
… what may be the meaning of it? There be divers things which may be couch'dcouched in it.
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 410 · Open in the reader
Printed
That neater, this compleater couch'dcouched than it;
With rule
That neater, this compleater couch'dcouched than it;
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cor. 3. 13, — 15. The enlighten'd fleshly, first-Covenant Jews, or Lawyers, saw nothing of Gospel-mysteries, couch'dcouched under Moses's typical Law-writings; by which, even he, they trusted in, condemned them …
With rule
… Cor. 3. 13, — 15. The enlighten'd fleshly, first-Covenant Jews, or Lawyers, saw nothing of Gospel-mysteries, couch'dcouched under Moses's typical Law-writings; by which, even he, they trusted in, condemned them …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 472 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… and Conſternation with it, even in the very firſt Propoſal of it; but yet Couch'dCouched and vayled under ſuch terms and Expreſſions, and Metaphors and alluſive Reſemblances as doe …
With rule
… and Conſternation with it, even in the very firſt Propoſal of it; but yet Couch'dCouched and vayled under ſuch terms and Expreſſions, and Metaphors and alluſive Reſemblances as doe …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 128 · Open in the reader