Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10343 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

match'dmatched

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

Puritas changed it: 79 times in 62 works
Consistency: 94.0% (79 of 84)
Reach if approved: ~88 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: matched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 84 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 62 works, 94.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and we haue a frequent charge De non commiscendo. Now the neerer this ill match'dmatched coniunction, the more intolerable; the same boord, ill; the same bed, worse; worst of …
With rule
… and we haue a frequent charge De non commiscendo. Now the neerer this ill match'dmatched coniunction, the more intolerable; the same boord, ill; the same bed, worse; worst of …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Ending of the Twelve Hundred and Sixty Years, with which they are always match'dmatched as Correſpondents, viz. of the Woman, the Church in the Wilderneſs; and of its …
With rule
… and Ending of the Twelve Hundred and Sixty Years, with which they are always match'dmatched as Correſpondents, viz. of the Woman, the Church in the Wilderneſs; and of its …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
And the reason is, because keen Affections, match'dmatched with weak Judgments, give a mighty advantage to Seducers. Children are apt to be …
With rule
And the reason is, because keen Affections, match'dmatched with weak Judgments, give a mighty advantage to Seducers. Children are apt to be …
John Flavel · Discourse of Mental Errors · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to an innocent perſon in my Text? Such a complaint as can hardly be match'dmatched in all the Scripture. For ſay that one friend hath parted from another, as …
With rule
… to an innocent perſon in my Text? Such a complaint as can hardly be match'dmatched in all the Scripture. For ſay that one friend hath parted from another, as …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 731 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and delays, till his ſummond Army drew nigh, then rejected his demands. Godwin thus match'dmatched, commanded his Sons not to begin fight againſt the King; begun with, not to …
With rule
… and delays, till his ſummond Army drew nigh, then rejected his demands. Godwin thus match'dmatched, commanded his Sons not to begin fight againſt the King; begun with, not to …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
… frequently ſurpaſs the latitude of many other mens thoughts, which are often-times ill-match'dmatched, and worſe digeſted: and to ſay no more, it lay not in my power …
With rule
… frequently ſurpaſs the latitude of many other mens thoughts, which are often-times ill-match'dmatched, and worſe digeſted: and to ſay no more, it lay not in my power …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 417 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, the Birds and the Philoſopher, are all of a Feather, and very well match'dmatched.
With rule
… God, the Birds and the Philoſopher, are all of a Feather, and very well match'dmatched.
Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… They are but lying, and flying vanities. A ſoul that loves the world is match'dmatched to that which will ſoon break and run away; none are ſo fooliſhly prodigall …
With rule
… They are but lying, and flying vanities. A ſoul that loves the world is match'dmatched to that which will ſoon break and run away; none are ſo fooliſhly prodigall …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude · p. 151 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… by caſting Shadows of Oppoſition. Only theſe Animoſities between two high Spirits, ſo ill Match'dMatched were the Seed of the Quarrel; which I preſs againſt a vulgar, and a …
With rule
… by caſting Shadows of Oppoſition. Only theſe Animoſities between two high Spirits, ſo ill Match'dMatched were the Seed of the Quarrel; which I preſs againſt a vulgar, and a …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Father; and no further. Out of which Text he fetch'd two Solomons, and Match'dMatched them well together. And I conceive he never Studied any thing with more care …
With rule
… his Father; and no further. Out of which Text he fetch'd two Solomons, and Match'dMatched them well together. And I conceive he never Studied any thing with more care …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 223 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

Printed
… and, in the 14th Verse, I am Married to you: and he who is Match'dMatched into the Crown of Heaven, is as rich as the Angels, as rich as …
With rule
… and, in the 14th Verse, I am Married to you: and he who is Match'dMatched into the Crown of Heaven, is as rich as the Angels, as rich as …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 823 · Open in the reader