Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10394 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prefix'dprefixed

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

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 63 works
Consistency: 91.7% (78 of 85)
Reach if approved: ~89 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prefixed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 85 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 63 works, 91.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ground by a taſte or two. Now what condition this is, that is thus prefix'dprefixed to Goſpel-promiſes, that is not obſcure neither; Not abſolute exact, never ſinning, perfect …
With rule
… ground by a taſte or two. Now what condition this is, that is thus prefix'dprefixed to Goſpel-promiſes, that is not obſcure neither; Not abſolute exact, never ſinning, perfect …
Henry Hammond · Directions for Priest and People · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Priviledges, Bleſſings, and Profits, that are contained in that Covenant, to which it is prefix'dprefixed.
With rule
… Priviledges, Bleſſings, and Profits, that are contained in that Covenant, to which it is prefix'dprefixed.
Benjamin Keach · Light Broke Forth in Wales Expelling Darkness · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… em; and all that embrace the Proteſtant Religion are commanded to depart by a prefix'dprefixed day; ſo that all things ſeem to threaten the utter extermination of thoſe deplorable …
With rule
… em; and all that embrace the Proteſtant Religion are commanded to depart by a prefix'dprefixed day; ſo that all things ſeem to threaten the utter extermination of thoſe deplorable …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… others. In theſe two Caſes eſpecially the Adverb of Aſſeveration is wont to be prefix'dprefixed, as may appear by many Texts, both in the Old Teſtament and the New …
With rule
… others. In theſe two Caſes eſpecially the Adverb of Aſſeveration is wont to be prefix'dprefixed, as may appear by many Texts, both in the Old Teſtament and the New …
Samuel Shaw · Vain Man · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ground by a taſte or two. Now what condition this is, that is thus prefix'dprefixed to Goſpel-promiſes, that is not obſcure neither; Not abſolute exact, never ſinning, perfect …
With rule
… ground by a taſte or two. Now what condition this is, that is thus prefix'dprefixed to Goſpel-promiſes, that is not obſcure neither; Not abſolute exact, never ſinning, perfect …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 553 · Open in the reader
Printed
The TWO PARTS of the OBSERVATIONS herein anſwered, are prefix'dprefixed.
With rule
The TWO PARTS of the OBSERVATIONS herein anſwered, are prefix'dprefixed.
George Whitefield · Answer to Pamphlet Upon the Conduct and Behavior of Methodists · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the Curtains of Heaven conceal his Glory from us: therefore a Time is prefix'dprefixed, when in the face of the World he will make an eternal difference by …
With rule
… and the Curtains of Heaven conceal his Glory from us: therefore a Time is prefix'dprefixed, when in the face of the World he will make an eternal difference by …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Declaration doth not require their thus quitting their Arms, and retireing within any prefix'dprefixed Time, but upon Notice; and whoever conſiders the Strictneſs and Embargoes then of each …
With rule
… this Declaration doth not require their thus quitting their Arms, and retireing within any prefix'dprefixed Time, but upon Notice; and whoever conſiders the Strictneſs and Embargoes then of each …
Thomas Case · The Case of Several Subjects in Ireland · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.