Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10272 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

help'dhelped

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

Puritas changed it: 218 times in 148 works
Consistency: 96.4% (218 of 226)
Reach if approved: ~237 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: helped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 226 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (218 changes in 148 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 218)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… So that in brief (to uſe the language of their own Author) the Devil help'dhelped their Church to ſome of them, and covetous Knaves to others. This ſtuff might …
With rule
… So that in brief (to uſe the language of their own Author) the Devil help'dhelped their Church to ſome of them, and covetous Knaves to others. This ſtuff might …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… loved much: And, she loved much, because much was forgiven her. Thou shalt be help'dhelped in thy Conscience really to say, Is this! O, is this the havock my …
With rule
… loved much: And, she loved much, because much was forgiven her. Thou shalt be help'dhelped in thy Conscience really to say, Is this! O, is this the havock my …
Richard Davis · The True Spring of Gospel Sight and Sense of Sin · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſays Anſonius to the Emperor … What Counſels are more compleat, then thoſe that are help'dhelped by God? Nay, What Councels can be more compleat, then theirs that defend the …
With rule
… ſays Anſonius to the Emperor … What Counſels are more compleat, then thoſe that are help'dhelped by God? Nay, What Councels can be more compleat, then theirs that defend the …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Promises of New Life I have made this Day; but as thy Grace has help'dhelped me to them, so keep me in a lively sense of them, and inable …
With rule
… Promises of New Life I have made this Day; but as thy Grace has help'dhelped me to them, so keep me in a lively sense of them, and inable …
John Kettlewell · Worthy Communicating · p. 479 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the advantage of his Church: However the building of the Ark may be help'dhelped on by such Carpenters as perish in the Flood, and the Tyrians may do …
With rule
… for the advantage of his Church: However the building of the Ark may be help'dhelped on by such Carpenters as perish in the Flood, and the Tyrians may do …
Cotton Mather · The Life and Death of John Eliot · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pack't vp together, wee carry with greater eaſe: both Minister and Hearer is much help'dhelped by Method.
With rule
… pack't vp together, wee carry with greater eaſe: both Minister and Hearer is much help'dhelped by Method.
Nehemiah Rogers · Sermon Preached at Second Triennial Visitation · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon duty: ſuch a one is co…vinced by the word, and perſwaded, and help'dhelped by the word to this and the other duty.
With rule
… upon duty: ſuch a one is co…vinced by the word, and perſwaded, and help'dhelped by the word to this and the other duty.
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 397 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I could not do:) So I have known ſome skill'd in Law, that have help'dhelped many by Council, though they were no Lawyers.
With rule
… I could not do:) So I have known ſome skill'd in Law, that have help'dhelped many by Council, though they were no Lawyers.
Richard Baxter · The True Way of Concord of All the Christian Churches · p. 78 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.