Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10396 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

press'dpressed

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

Puritas changed it: 272 times in 172 works
Consistency: 95.4% (272 of 285)
Reach if approved: ~299 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 285 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (272 changes in 172 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 272)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Where luſt-enflam'd young men for entrance preſs'dpressed:
With rule
Where luſt-enflam'd young men for entrance preſs'dpressed:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
He ſayes Athanaſius preſſ'dpressed him to accept it. If ſo this great Perſon was no more unwilling to …
With rule
He ſayes Athanaſius preſſ'dpressed him to accept it. If ſo this great Perſon was no more unwilling to …
David Clarkson · Diocesan Churches Not Yet Discovered in Primitive Times · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I took Witneſſes and Proteſted, that it might be Recorded in Heaven; then they preſſ'dpressed me to proceed. I told him the Advocat (offering to follow his own method …
With rule
… I took Witneſſes and Proteſted, that it might be Recorded in Heaven; then they preſſ'dpressed me to proceed. I told him the Advocat (offering to follow his own method …
John Dick · A Testimony to the Doctrine and Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brought into the field of Controversie, whither I come not a Volunteer, but a press'dpressed man; not out of choice, but necessity. And now I am here, I resolve …
With rule
… brought into the field of Controversie, whither I come not a Volunteer, but a press'dpressed man; not out of choice, but necessity. And now I am here, I resolve …
John Flavel · Reply to Philip Cary · Open in the reader
Printed
Worthy-walking press'dpressed upon all that have heard the Call of the Gospel.
With rule
Worthy-walking press'dpressed upon all that have heard the Call of the Gospel.
Nathaniel Heywood · Christ Displayed as the Choicest Gift and Best Master · Open in the reader
Printed
… are very riddles unto the man unregenerate, & when he heares them spoken of and press'dpressed upon him, his heart is overflowed with a kinde of bitter humour betweene admiration …
With rule
… are very riddles unto the man unregenerate, & when he heares them spoken of and press'dpressed upon him, his heart is overflowed with a kinde of bitter humour betweene admiration …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we to come to Chriſt when Chriſt ſtands upon the houſe top? If ſhe preſs'dpressed in to Chriſt when ſhe had no invitation, O what an ingagement lies upon …
With rule
… we to come to Chriſt when Chriſt ſtands upon the houſe top? If ſhe preſs'dpressed in to Chriſt when ſhe had no invitation, O what an ingagement lies upon …
Timothy Armitage · A Trial of Faith · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
And never flags; As Fountains preſs'dpressed by Art
With rule
And never flags; As Fountains preſs'dpressed by Art
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

6 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.

Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report A25220

Printed
… Change, and yet be far enough from Socinianism. Seeing then this Phrase has been Press'dPressed, taken the Press-Money and Cloathing, and Serv'd on both sides: Seeing it has …
With rule
… Change, and yet be far enough from Socinianism. Seeing then this Phrase has been Press'dPressed, taken the Press-Money and Cloathing, and Serv'd on both sides: Seeing it has …
Vincent Alsop · Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 52 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

Printed
Preſs'dPressed me ſo hard; (be it of this time
With rule
Preſs'dPressed me ſo hard; (be it of this time
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 65 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Preſs'dPressed with afflictions ſheaves, to heaven he heav'd
With rule
Preſs'dPressed with afflictions ſheaves, to heaven he heav'd
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Of Christian Communion A47305

Printed
… on any Revolution, happen to be justified in any Kingdom, and are every where Press'dPressed and Recommended to the Peoples Practice, and are salved by the foresaid or such …
With rule
… on any Revolution, happen to be justified in any Kingdom, and are every where Press'dPressed and Recommended to the Peoples Practice, and are salved by the foresaid or such …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Judgment Begun at the House of God N01526

Printed
… Having their Conſciences feared as with a red hot Iron; & tho' ready to be Preſs'dPressed to Death with intolerable Loads of Guilt, they'll not feel it, but make it …
With rule
… Having their Conſciences feared as with a red hot Iron; & tho' ready to be Preſs'dPressed to Death with intolerable Loads of Guilt, they'll not feel it, but make it …
John Danforth · Judgment Begun at the House of God · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE USE is of EXHORTATION unto Evangelical Watchfulneſs; which is a Choice Duty Preſs'dPressed upon us by our Beſt Friend, and on the Strong Motive of Bleſſedneſs, and …
With rule
THE USE is of EXHORTATION unto Evangelical Watchfulneſs; which is a Choice Duty Preſs'dPressed upon us by our Beſt Friend, and on the Strong Motive of Bleſſedneſs, and …
John Danforth · Judgment Begun at the House of God · p. 117 · Open in the reader