Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10403 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pursu'dpursued

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

Puritas changed it: 141 times in 89 works
Consistency: 92.1% (141 of 153)
Reach if approved: ~161 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pursued
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 153 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (141 changes in 89 works, 92.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 141)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… David, he found all his Relief and Support lay in this Covenant. When Saul pursu'dpursued him, when his Friends forsook him, and talk'd of stoning him, here, and in …
With rule
… David, he found all his Relief and Support lay in this Covenant. When Saul pursu'dpursued him, when his Friends forsook him, and talk'd of stoning him, here, and in …
Benjamin Keach · The Everlasting Covenant a Sweet Cordial for a Drooping Soul · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
And with these words his temptation pursu'dpursued.
With rule
And with these words his temptation pursu'dpursued.
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
When chaſ'd through Country, and purſu'dpursued in City,
With rule
When chaſ'd through Country, and purſu'dpursued in City,
Alexander Shields · An Elegy Upon the Death of James Renwick 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Should be purſu'dpursued without juſt Grievances:
With rule
Should be purſu'dpursued without juſt Grievances:
George Wither · Sigh for the Pitchers Breathed Out · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, & with what vivacity and conſtancy their motions do proceed, and their intereſt is purſu'dpursued. It comes alſo within the compaſs of this inquiry to know the intrinſick ſtrength …
With rule
… them, & with what vivacity and conſtancy their motions do proceed, and their intereſt is purſu'dpursued. It comes alſo within the compaſs of this inquiry to know the intrinſick ſtrength …
John Corbet · The Interest of England in the Matter of Religion Part 2 · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
Diſcourag'd be not, though thou art purſu'dpursued
With rule
Diſcourag'd be not, though thou art purſu'dpursued
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
verse 3 The enemy hath pursu'dpursued my soule, my life to ground hath throwne;
With rule
verse 3 The enemy hath pursu'dpursued my soule, my life to ground hath throwne;
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 300 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the bottom of the Sea, but of Hell also, whither divine vengeance hath pursu'dpursued them: That you (I say) who daily float, and hover over them, and have …
With rule
… into the bottom of the Sea, but of Hell also, whither divine vengeance hath pursu'dpursued them: That you (I say) who daily float, and hover over them, and have …
John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Prayer-Song A81112

Printed
Purſu'dPursued was for a thief
With rule
Purſu'dPursued was for a thief
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Purſu'dPursued ſuch meanes and courſes to diſtract,
With rule
Purſu'dPursued ſuch meanes and courſes to diſtract,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 123 · Open in the reader