Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10270 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

heap'dheaped

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 41 works
Consistency: 98.2% (56 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: heaped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 41 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Captain of his Guard, and his own Sons Rulers, v. 18. Which Honour being heap'dheaped upon them, likely put Abſolom and Adonijah upon ill deſigns, an over-kind Father …
With rule
… the Captain of his Guard, and his own Sons Rulers, v. 18. Which Honour being heap'dheaped upon them, likely put Abſolom and Adonijah upon ill deſigns, an over-kind Father …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 358 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I remained very confident of my self, that when I sent to him I heap'dheaped so many untruths about matters of fact I knew, that he durst not answer …
With rule
… I remained very confident of my self, that when I sent to him I heap'dheaped so many untruths about matters of fact I knew, that he durst not answer …
John Tombes · A Forerunner to a Large Review of the Dispute Concerning Infant Baptism · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now lie confus'd, and heap'dheaped in ru'nous piles.
With rule
Now lie confus'd, and heap'dheaped in ru'nous piles.
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fully as this of darkness. For as in darkness all things lie confus'd and heap'dheaped up together, as in the chaos; when light was created, every thing was put …
With rule
… fully as this of darkness. For as in darkness all things lie confus'd and heap'dheaped up together, as in the chaos; when light was created, every thing was put …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 565 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rather a Ielly, then an heart. Wherein there is a tumultuous, promiscuous, turbulent throng, heap'dheaped and amaz'd together, like a wine-drawers stomacke; full of Dutch, French, Spanish, Greeke …
With rule
… rather a Ielly, then an heart. Wherein there is a tumultuous, promiscuous, turbulent throng, heap'dheaped and amaz'd together, like a wine-drawers stomacke; full of Dutch, French, Spanish, Greeke …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
In Numbers heap'dheaped on Numbers They are told,
With rule
In Numbers heap'dheaped on Numbers They are told,
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
That thou haſt heap'dheaped ſuch mercies up in ſtore?
With rule
That thou haſt heap'dheaped ſuch mercies up in ſtore?
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when he came to Whitehall, what Favours the Greatest Men in the Kingdom have heap'dheaped upon him, 'tis not proper for me to tell. Whereas our Caviller now says …
With rule
… when he came to Whitehall, what Favours the Greatest Men in the Kingdom have heap'dheaped upon him, 'tis not proper for me to tell. Whereas our Caviller now says …
Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Faiths Victory Over Nature A45546

Printed
Heap'dHeaped up and pil'd together: on this Biere
With rule
Heap'dHeaped up and pil'd together: on this Biere
Nathaniel Hardy · Faiths Victory Over Nature · Open in the reader