Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10312 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kiss'dkissed

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

Puritas changed it: 66 times in 52 works
Consistency: 89.1% (66 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: kissed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (66 changes in 52 works, 89.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… her by Mr. Dubiſon, ſhe took it and laid it upon her heart, and kiſs'dkissed it; and then the Nuns hanging it with a pair of Beads upon her …
With rule
… her by Mr. Dubiſon, ſhe took it and laid it upon her heart, and kiſs'dkissed it; and then the Nuns hanging it with a pair of Beads upon her …
John Williams · The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… picture of a woman, hee fell in love with it, and hee hugg'd, and kiſſ'dkissed it ſo long, till at laſt, by the power of Venus (as the Poët …
With rule
… picture of a woman, hee fell in love with it, and hee hugg'd, and kiſſ'dkissed it ſo long, till at laſt, by the power of Venus (as the Poët …
Henry Jeanes · Concerning a Christians Careful Abstinence from All Appearance of Evil · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gave them counsel, and after she had talked to this a little longer, she kiss'dkissed it, and bid it go down.
With rule
… gave them counsel, and after she had talked to this a little longer, she kiss'dkissed it, and bid it go down.
John Bunyan · The Life and Death of Mr Badman · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
Your Topps alike had kiss'dkissed the Ground.
With rule
Your Topps alike had kiss'dkissed the Ground.
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sweet Peace and Righteouſneſs have kiſs'dkissed
With rule
Sweet Peace and Righteouſneſs have kiſs'dkissed
John Milton · Poems · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commonly moſt indigent, that is moſt hug'd in the boſome, dandled on the knee, kiſs'dkissed and ſmiled upon. I wiſh there were more of this Nature even among ſupra …
With rule
… commonly moſt indigent, that is moſt hug'd in the boſome, dandled on the knee, kiſs'dkissed and ſmiled upon. I wiſh there were more of this Nature even among ſupra …
Lewis Stuckley · A Gospel Glass · p. 395 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Seal being to be diſpoſed of, by the Death of the late Keeper, he kiſs'dkissed the King's Hand for it, and was made Lord Chancellour, which was only an …
With rule
… Seal being to be diſpoſed of, by the Death of the late Keeper, he kiſs'dkissed the King's Hand for it, and was made Lord Chancellour, which was only an …
John Tutchin · The Protestant Martyrs · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from the heart. 'Tis not like the love of Joab and Judas, that outwardly kiſſ'dkissed, and inwardly (at that time) deſigned killing.
With rule
… from the heart. 'Tis not like the love of Joab and Judas, that outwardly kiſſ'dkissed, and inwardly (at that time) deſigned killing.
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude · p. 144 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Kiſs of Love, and a bleſſed preface to his pronouncing the Bleſſing, as he Kiſs'dKissed and Bleſt Jacob when he ſmelt him as the ſmell of a Field which …
With rule
… Kiſs of Love, and a bleſſed preface to his pronouncing the Bleſſing, as he Kiſs'dKissed and Bleſt Jacob when he ſmelt him as the ſmell of a Field which …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt, Embracing the World, 2 Tim. 1.10. as ſhe did Moab. Ruth did not ſo, but Kiſs'dKissed and clave to that ſhe Kiſs'dKissed, [but Ruth clave unto her,] Hebr. [Dabak] Agglutinari …
With rule
… Chriſt, Embracing the World, 2 Tim. 1.10. as ſhe did Moab. Ruth did not ſo, but Kiſs'dKissed and clave to that ſhe Kiſs'dKissed, [but Ruth clave unto her,] Hebr. [Dabak] Agglutinari …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhe did Moab. Ruth did not ſo, but Kiſs'dKissed and clave to that ſhe Kiſs'dKissed, [but Ruth clave unto her,] Hebr. [Dabak] Agglutinari, which ſignifies the ſtricteſt Conjunction of …
With rule
… ſhe did Moab. Ruth did not ſo, but Kiſs'dKissed and clave to that ſhe Kiſs'dKissed, [but Ruth clave unto her,] Hebr. [Dabak] Agglutinari, which ſignifies the ſtricteſt Conjunction of …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Kiſs, and Eſau meet him with another, who rather would have Kill'd him than Kiſs'dKissed him, &c.
With rule
… Kiſs, and Eſau meet him with another, who rather would have Kill'd him than Kiſs'dKissed him, &c.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 676 · Open in the reader