Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10317 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

laugh'dlaughed

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

Puritas changed it: 82 times in 69 works
Consistency: 83.6% (82 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: laughed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: laugh (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (82 changes in 69 works, 83.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 82)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the exempted number. How soon are Impressions, from such occasions, talk'd, and trifled, and laugh'dlaughed, and jested away! Shall we now learn more to study, and understand our own …
With rule
… the exempted number. How soon are Impressions, from such occasions, talk'd, and trifled, and laugh'dlaughed, and jested away! Shall we now learn more to study, and understand our own …
John Howe · Funeral Sermon for Margaret Baxter · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them for himſelf,] but did this Deſign of the Devil take? No, the Lord laugh'dlaughed it to Nothing, for He ſent his Angel, v. 21. (at Hezekiahs Prayer, 2 Kin. 19. 15, 35.) in …
With rule
… them for himſelf,] but did this Deſign of the Devil take? No, the Lord laugh'dlaughed it to Nothing, for He ſent his Angel, v. 21. (at Hezekiahs Prayer, 2 Kin. 19. 15, 35.) in …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they had been his own; they rejoyced and mourned together; they sung and sighed, laugh'dlaughed and wept together. Again, it is said in 1 Sam. 19. 2. That Ionathan delighted much in …
With rule
… they had been his own; they rejoyced and mourned together; they sung and sighed, laugh'dlaughed and wept together. Again, it is said in 1 Sam. 19. 2. That Ionathan delighted much in …
Samuel Slater · Funeral Sermon of John Reynolds · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall object, this may be any hour, for every hour is one; would be laugh'dlaughed at. And when a Merchant bids his Prentice bring him number one, if he …
With rule
… shall object, this may be any hour, for every hour is one; would be laugh'dlaughed at. And when a Merchant bids his Prentice bring him number one, if he …
John Wallis · Defense of the Christian Sabbath · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
For claſps to hold me till I've laugh'dlaughed enough?
With rule
For claſps to hold me till I've laugh'dlaughed enough?
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thomas, thou hast written well of me. And that Evaſion is only to be laugh'dlaughed at, which a Jeſuit, being ſenſible of the Force of it, has given; Forte …
With rule
… Thomas, thou hast written well of me. And that Evaſion is only to be laugh'dlaughed at, which a Jeſuit, being ſenſible of the Force of it, has given; Forte …
Simon Patrick · The Virgin Mary Misrepresented by the Roman Church · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… woman of Samaria, when ſhe came firſt, ſhe was a very jolly ſinner, ſhe laugh'dlaughed, but Chriſt pitied her, his bowels were towards her, and would not give her …
With rule
… woman of Samaria, when ſhe came firſt, ſhe was a very jolly ſinner, ſhe laugh'dlaughed, but Chriſt pitied her, his bowels were towards her, and would not give her …
Timothy Armitage · Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must needs be a very unreasonable Fool, and not to be discours'd withal, but laugh'dlaughed at. For at this rate, nothing that ever was, and is not now, can …
With rule
… must needs be a very unreasonable Fool, and not to be discours'd withal, but laugh'dlaughed at. For at this rate, nothing that ever was, and is not now, can …
Clement Ellis · The Folly of Atheism Demonstrated · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

11 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.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
They Ioyd, and Sung, and Laugh'dLaughed the World to ſcorne.
With rule
They Ioyd, and Sung, and Laugh'dLaughed the World to ſcorne.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 10 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… ſuch drumming ſtuff, that the Motioner being Foil'd at his own Weapon, and well Laugh'dLaughed at in the Court, went home with this New Leſſon, That he that Tempts …
With rule
… ſuch drumming ſtuff, that the Motioner being Foil'd at his own Weapon, and well Laugh'dLaughed at in the Court, went home with this New Leſſon, That he that Tempts …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… moſt humble ſign of his Majeſties Welcome by Kiſſing his Hand, but the King Laugh'dLaughed out this Queſtion to him; Whether he thought this Knight-Errant Pilgrimage would be …
With rule
… moſt humble ſign of his Majeſties Welcome by Kiſſing his Hand, but the King Laugh'dLaughed out this Queſtion to him; Whether he thought this Knight-Errant Pilgrimage would be …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſtrict Order of the Deſcalcas, or bare Foot Nuns. A Rumour that was Laugh'dLaughed out of countenance; for ſhe was a ſpriteful Virgin, and had nothing of Monaſtical …
With rule
… the ſtrict Order of the Deſcalcas, or bare Foot Nuns. A Rumour that was Laugh'dLaughed out of countenance; for ſhe was a ſpriteful Virgin, and had nothing of Monaſtical …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mine Innocency, the worſt that can happen is to expoſe my ſelf to be Laugh'dLaughed at. Your Highneſs hath often ſeen the Secretary Don Franciſco Carondelet. He loves me …
With rule
… mine Innocency, the worſt that can happen is to expoſe my ſelf to be Laugh'dLaughed at. Your Highneſs hath often ſeen the Secretary Don Franciſco Carondelet. He loves me …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 197 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Church, Satan had ſeeming ſucceſs; yet this 2d. Plot is ſoon Blaſted, the Lord Laugh'dLaughed it to nothing, (though the Devil and his lmps had been Laughing together for …
With rule
… Church, Satan had ſeeming ſucceſs; yet this 2d. Plot is ſoon Blaſted, the Lord Laugh'dLaughed it to nothing, (though the Devil and his lmps had been Laughing together for …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dignity. Notwithſtanding all this, the Craſty Devil carries it not, but his Plot is Laugh'dLaughed to nothing, for Moſes broke the Golden Calf, as well as the Two Rich …
With rule
… Dignity. Notwithſtanding all this, the Craſty Devil carries it not, but his Plot is Laugh'dLaughed to nothing, for Moſes broke the Golden Calf, as well as the Two Rich …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the greateſt Oppoſer of it whilſt Living; But what Succeſs had this Plot? 'twas Laugh'dLaughed into Nothing, for Michael Over-matches the Devil, rebukes him; Satan may be rebuk'd …
With rule
… the greateſt Oppoſer of it whilſt Living; But what Succeſs had this Plot? 'twas Laugh'dLaughed into Nothing, for Michael Over-matches the Devil, rebukes him; Satan may be rebuk'd …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Enterprize, and given Confidence of Succeſs) but Contemptible Rams-Horns fitter to be Laugh'dLaughed at by a Carnal Eye. God loves to go a way by himſelf, Joſh …
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… the Enterprize, and given Confidence of Succeſs) but Contemptible Rams-Horns fitter to be Laugh'dLaughed at by a Carnal Eye. God loves to go a way by himſelf, Joſh …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, (in his Crocodile-Tears) that they might not miſtruſt him, Jer. 41. 6. Yet God Laugh'dLaughed his Plot to Nothing, he loſt his Deſign of makeing himſelf King, or Vice …
With rule
… them, (in his Crocodile-Tears) that they might not miſtruſt him, Jer. 41. 6. Yet God Laugh'dLaughed his Plot to Nothing, he loſt his Deſign of makeing himſelf King, or Vice …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 262 · Open in the reader

Dialogue Concerning Regular Singing N02093

Printed
M. Verily, my Friend, Apollo himſelf, that Laugh'dLaughed but once a Year, could never forbear Giggling again, at ſuch Comical Objections. Quis …
With rule
M. Verily, my Friend, Apollo himſelf, that Laugh'dLaughed but once a Year, could never forbear Giggling again, at ſuch Comical Objections. Quis …
Thomas Symmes · Dialogue Concerning Regular Singing · p. 34 · Open in the reader