Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10261 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

had'sthadst

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

Puritas changed it: 176 times in 98 works
Consistency: 90.7% (176 of 194)
Reach if approved: ~204 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hadst
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 194 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (176 changes in 98 works, 90.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 176)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he is pleaſed to call thee to enter into a ſecond Covenant after thou had'ſthadst broken the firſt, and wer't caſt off by reaſon of that breach, God is …
With rule
… he is pleaſed to call thee to enter into a ſecond Covenant after thou had'ſthadst broken the firſt, and wer't caſt off by reaſon of that breach, God is …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Remission · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poor out of affliction, would alſo have delivered thee out of thy affl…ction had'ſthadst thou been humbled under thy affliction, had'ſthadst thou fallen down before him, hadſt thou …
With rule
… poor out of affliction, would alſo have delivered thee out of thy affl…ction had'ſthadst thou been humbled under thy affliction, had'ſthadst thou fallen down before him, hadſt thou …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 35-37 · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
… evil of thy wayes? convinc't thee? awakened thee? half-perswaded thee? and thou never had'sthadst reason to doubt, but that if thou hadst set thy self with serious diligence …
With rule
… evil of thy wayes? convinc't thee? awakened thee? half-perswaded thee? and thou never had'sthadst reason to doubt, but that if thou hadst set thy self with serious diligence …
John Howe · The Redeemers Tears Wept over Lost Souls · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them; and when I comprehend them, I ſhould be never able to believe them, had'ſthadst thou not revealed them, and aſſured them to my foul by thy boly Spirit …
With rule
… them; and when I comprehend them, I ſhould be never able to believe them, had'ſthadst thou not revealed them, and aſſured them to my foul by thy boly Spirit …
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
Under Christs Cross, till thou had'sthadst wept a flood.
With rule
Under Christs Cross, till thou had'sthadst wept a flood.
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
If Thou (therefore) 'gainst Me, All-Plagues had'sthadst bended,
With rule
If Thou (therefore) 'gainst Me, All-Plagues had'sthadst bended,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
Which had'sthadst thou liu'd, had hid their fearefull head
With rule
Which had'sthadst thou liu'd, had hid their fearefull head
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… love or mony; I tell thee truly (friend) I han't it for thee, thou had'ſthadst beſt go where ſuch is to be had; and that is all the harm …
With rule
… love or mony; I tell thee truly (friend) I han't it for thee, thou had'ſthadst beſt go where ſuch is to be had; and that is all the harm …
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented A15642

Printed
Had'stHadst vow'd and sworne, and yet perceiu'dst no signe
With rule
Had'stHadst vow'd and sworne, and yet perceiu'dst no signe
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader

The First Anniversary A20620

Printed
Had'stHadst raught her) let me wonder at thy flight
With rule
Had'stHadst raught her) let me wonder at thy flight
John Donne · The First Anniversary · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Had'ſtHadst vow'd and ſworne, and yet perceiu'dſt no ſigne
With rule
Had'ſtHadst vow'd and ſworne, and yet perceiu'dſt no ſigne
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Had'ſtHadst thou ſtaid there, and look'd out at her eyes,
With rule
Had'ſtHadst thou ſtaid there, and look'd out at her eyes,
John Donne · Poems · p. 296 · Open in the reader

The Fast Friend A91943

Printed
… or elſe faile in the condition that is to be obſerved in the obligation. Had'ſtHadst thou ever any ſeeming intereſt in Gods promiſes? that intereſt that thou had'ſthadst was …
With rule
… or elſe faile in the condition that is to be obſerved in the obligation. Had'ſtHadst thou ever any ſeeming intereſt in Gods promiſes? that intereſt that thou had'ſthadst was …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Fast Friend · p. 439 · Open in the reader

Subjection to Christ in All His Ordinances A93085

Printed
… Law of the Lord: this ſin it do's deſtroy the very will of Chriſt. Had'ſtHadst thou never been bound in Covenant; had'ſthadst thou laid by this Covenant, the will …
With rule
… Law of the Lord: this ſin it do's deſtroy the very will of Chriſt. Had'ſtHadst thou never been bound in Covenant; had'ſthadst thou laid by this Covenant, the will …
Thomas Shepard · Subjection to Christ in All His Ordinances · p. 55 · Open in the reader