Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10247 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

for'tfor

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

Puritas changed it: 164 times in 85 works
Consistency: 97.6% (164 of 168)
Reach if approved: ~177 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 168 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: forit (4)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (164 changes in 85 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 164)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… I, but not the ſame. I am reſolved to ſerve God if I dye for'tfor; I ſhall dye the worſt of deaths if I do not; I am ſure …
With rule
… I, but not the ſame. I am reſolved to ſerve God if I dye for'tfor; I ſhall dye the worſt of deaths if I do not; I am ſure …
Andrew Parsons · Seasonable Counsel to an Afflicted People · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Spiritual Bride-groom) is Scorn'd, Hated, contradicted, Blasphem'd; and they, Persecuted and kill'd for'tfor (by none, so much as) by their envious Brethren, in Holy Flesh, restor'd Law …
With rule
… a Spiritual Bride-groom) is Scorn'd, Hated, contradicted, Blasphem'd; and they, Persecuted and kill'd for'tfor (by none, so much as) by their envious Brethren, in Holy Flesh, restor'd Law …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
And you shall have the price of Malt fall for'tfor.
With rule
And you shall have the price of Malt fall for'tfor.
Robert Wild · The Benefice · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
I may be stung, but n…re be sorry for'tfor.
With rule
I may be stung, but n…re be sorry for'tfor.
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
… the confirmation of his promiſes. 'Tis confirm'd by purchaſe; he hath bought and paid for'tfor; he went and ſold all to get this pearl; he parted with his Life …
With rule
… the confirmation of his promiſes. 'Tis confirm'd by purchaſe; he hath bought and paid for'tfor; he went and ſold all to get this pearl; he parted with his Life …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to take his fill of Revenge, though he makes the whole Body Politick ſhake for'tfor, and hurles the world into confuſion; or at leaſt he will ſeek to mend …
With rule
… to take his fill of Revenge, though he makes the whole Body Politick ſhake for'tfor, and hurles the world into confuſion; or at leaſt he will ſeek to mend …
Nicholas Clagett · A Persuasive to Peaceableness and Obedience · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… B. an Imputation of Chriſts Righteouſneſs to a Believer, tho' there be no text for'tfor, but I with him explain it. Our Explication is, that it is imputed no …
With rule
… B. an Imputation of Chriſts Righteouſneſs to a Believer, tho' there be no text for'tfor, but I with him explain it. Our Explication is, that it is imputed no …
John Humfrey · Letters Between Humfrey and Clark · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must be a higher good must make you happy, while you labour and sweat for'tfor in any thing under the Sun, your pains runs all to waste, you seek …
With rule
… must be a higher good must make you happy, while you labour and sweat for'tfor in any thing under the Sun, your pains runs all to waste, you seek …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 2 · p. 113 · 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.