Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10387 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poison'dpoisoned

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

Puritas changed it: 87 times in 59 works
Consistency: 98.8% (87 of 88)
Reach if approved: ~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: poisoned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 59 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Son (who was the Father's Darling) extreamly hated of his Subjects, and ſo became poiſon'dpoisoned by Heliodorus (a great Court-Favourite) in favour of this Antiochus Epiphanes.
With rule
… Son (who was the Father's Darling) extreamly hated of his Subjects, and ſo became poiſon'dpoisoned by Heliodorus (a great Court-Favourite) in favour of this Antiochus Epiphanes.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 741 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome have been corporally poiſon'dpoisoned by reading a Letter, ſo many have been ſpiritually poiſon'dpoisoned by reading infectious Books. Neither be covetous after more Books, than will comport with …
With rule
… ſome have been corporally poiſon'dpoisoned by reading a Letter, ſo many have been ſpiritually poiſon'dpoisoned by reading infectious Books. Neither be covetous after more Books, than will comport with …
Richard Steele · The Tradesmans Calling · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… blearey'd Leah: it promiseth to satisfie our desires, but it increaseth them: it gives poison'dpoisoned Pills, but wraps them in Sugar.
With rule
… blearey'd Leah: it promiseth to satisfie our desires, but it increaseth them: it gives poison'dpoisoned Pills, but wraps them in Sugar.
Thomas Watson · Heaven Taken By Storm · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have no Real Goodness in them. Waters that Flow from a bitter and a poison'dpoisoned Fountain, can't be Good. A Good Heart, Like a Good Fountain, must be the …
With rule
… have no Real Goodness in them. Waters that Flow from a bitter and a poison'dpoisoned Fountain, can't be Good. A Good Heart, Like a Good Fountain, must be the …
Samuel Mather · A Dead Faith Anatomized · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
She hath repaid me as you ſee, and poiſon'dpoisoned
With rule
She hath repaid me as you ſee, and poiſon'dpoisoned
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… Flower of his Age, was not emboldened by Solitude, nor excited by Concupiscence, nor poison'dpoisoned by the breath of the Basilisk, was an admirable effect of Divine Grace. He …
With rule
… Flower of his Age, was not emboldened by Solitude, nor excited by Concupiscence, nor poison'dpoisoned by the breath of the Basilisk, was an admirable effect of Divine Grace. He …
William Bates · The Great Duty of Resignation to the Divine Will · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſin or errour. How often are the ſpirits and manners of men infected and poiſon'dpoisoned by ſuch a breath?
With rule
… ſin or errour. How often are the ſpirits and manners of men infected and poiſon'dpoisoned by ſuch a breath?
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this most excellent part, or power belonging to the nature of man, should be poison'dpoisoned with malignity, and envenom'd with enmity against the glorious ever-blessed God! The mind …
With rule
… this most excellent part, or power belonging to the nature of man, should be poison'dpoisoned with malignity, and envenom'd with enmity against the glorious ever-blessed God! The mind …
John Howe · An Unconverted Mans Enmity Against God · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.