Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10322 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lik'dliked

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

Puritas changed it: 94 times in 69 works
Consistency: 100% (94 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: liked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 69 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that the heart is moſt upon; as for inſtance: In keeping of Feſtivals, they lik'dliked them well enough, and we do not reade ſo much charge for the keeping …
With rule
… that the heart is moſt upon; as for inſtance: In keeping of Feſtivals, they lik'dliked them well enough, and we do not reade ſo much charge for the keeping …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which Ned lik'dliked well; on whose report it was
With rule
Which Ned lik'dliked well; on whose report it was
Thomas Gilbert · Englands Passing-Bell · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
He was no flas…, he lik'dliked no upstart Strains,
With rule
He was no flas…, he lik'dliked no upstart Strains,
Benjamin Keach · The Everlasting Covenant a Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul · Open in the reader
Printed
I never lik'dliked thy talk, thy offers less,
With rule
I never lik'dliked thy talk, thy offers less,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like one that parts two which are fighting; instead of being thank'd, he is lik'dliked by neither; he has blowes from both, for wiſhing them no worſe a thing …
With rule
… like one that parts two which are fighting; instead of being thank'd, he is lik'dliked by neither; he has blowes from both, for wiſhing them no worſe a thing …
Nathanael Vincent · The More Excellent Way to Edify the Church · Open in the reader
Printed
And lik'dliked, and countenanc'd by men of might,
With rule
And lik'dliked, and countenanc'd by men of might,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
All lik'dliked him well, fain would he give it all;
With rule
All lik'dliked him well, fain would he give it all;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if they were not heard, if they were not underſtood, if they were not lik'dliked; But the ſaddeſt diſcouragement of all, is the Non credent, if we be not …
With rule
… if they were not heard, if they were not underſtood, if they were not lik'dliked; But the ſaddeſt diſcouragement of all, is the Non credent, if we be not …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 48 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.