Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10238 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fasten'dfastened

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

Puritas changed it: 120 times in 61 works
Consistency: 97.5% (120 of 123)
Reach if approved: ~129 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fastened
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (120 changes in 61 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 120)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Saviour long, and had been the fittest instrument, if any guilt could have been fasten'dfastened upon him, to have managed the accusation against him; but the anxiety of his …
With rule
… Saviour long, and had been the fittest instrument, if any guilt could have been fasten'dfastened upon him, to have managed the accusation against him; but the anxiety of his …
Edward Stillingfleet · Six Sermons · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… acknowledging the common (though I think unjuſt) reproach of his Calling cou'd not be faſten'dfastened on him.
With rule
… acknowledging the common (though I think unjuſt) reproach of his Calling cou'd not be faſten'dfastened on him.
Edmund Trench · The Life and Death of Reverend Edmund Trench · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the view of the Pale Horſe and H…ll following. When …re Hypocrites are faſten'dfastened to the Bed of Languiſhing, bound with the cords of Affliction, and hang by …
With rule
… the view of the Pale Horſe and H…ll following. When …re Hypocrites are faſten'dfastened to the Bed of Languiſhing, bound with the cords of Affliction, and hang by …
Thomas Foxcroft · Cleansing our Way in Youth · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… these are Eternal Foundations; but to secure a Building, the Superstructure must be strongly fasten'dfastened to the Foundation, or it cannot resist a Storm. If we are not united …
With rule
… these are Eternal Foundations; but to secure a Building, the Superstructure must be strongly fasten'dfastened to the Foundation, or it cannot resist a Storm. If we are not united …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her wickedness, and shook off all that remorse which might otherwise have siez'd and fasten'dfastened upon her. This is very evident in the case of the Jews during the …
With rule
… her wickedness, and shook off all that remorse which might otherwise have siez'd and fasten'dfastened upon her. This is very evident in the case of the Jews during the …
Timothy Cruso · The Duty and Blessing of a Tender Conscience · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conquer—That which was every where spoken against Christianity, was like the Viper which fasten'dfastened upon St. Paul's Hand, it gave people occasion to think very ill concerning it …
With rule
… conquer—That which was every where spoken against Christianity, was like the Viper which fasten'dfastened upon St. Paul's Hand, it gave people occasion to think very ill concerning it …
Matthew Henry · Meekness and Quietness of Spirit · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtupidity or intoxication from it. The word, ſaith Theophylact, properly ſignifies foreign being nailed and faſten'dfastened to any thing, and ſo denotes foreign, an incurableneſs and immutableneſs of mind. But this …
With rule
… ſtupidity or intoxication from it. The word, ſaith Theophylact, properly ſignifies foreign being nailed and faſten'dfastened to any thing, and ſo denotes foreign, an incurableneſs and immutableneſs of mind. But this …
Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereof hee put into his Helmet, to beare off blowes in battell, others he fasten'dfastened among the studds of his bridle, to fulfill (as he thought, or his Court …
With rule
… whereof hee put into his Helmet, to beare off blowes in battell, others he fasten'dfastened among the studds of his bridle, to fulfill (as he thought, or his Court …
John Milton · Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline · p. 27 · 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.