Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10450 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sow'dsowed

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

Puritas changed it: 63 times in 41 works
Consistency: 95.4% (63 of 66)
Reach if approved: ~69 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sowed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 66 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (63 changes in 41 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… againſt the dangers of it; and indeed againſt any misfortune whatſoever. Some have them ſow'dsowed within their Caps: and I heard of a Turk who was ſo ſuperſtitious herein …
With rule
… againſt the dangers of it; and indeed againſt any misfortune whatſoever. Some have them ſow'dsowed within their Caps: and I heard of a Turk who was ſo ſuperſtitious herein …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the habit moſt radicated, who hath preſt it down into his heart, and there ſow'dsowed a Seed which ſhall encreaſe and fructify, and ſpread, and flouriſh, laden with the …
With rule
… the habit moſt radicated, who hath preſt it down into his heart, and there ſow'dsowed a Seed which ſhall encreaſe and fructify, and ſpread, and flouriſh, laden with the …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 629 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had teares in his bed, and he had teares in the field; for he sow'dsowed in teares: Largo humectat flumine vultum.
With rule
… had teares in his bed, and he had teares in the field; for he sow'dsowed in teares: Largo humectat flumine vultum.
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 523 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ground to morrow, and in my Barne next weeke. How ſoone the beſt Husbandman, ſow'dsowed the beſt Seede in the beſt ground? GOD caſt the promiſe of a Meſsias …
With rule
… ground to morrow, and in my Barne next weeke. How ſoone the beſt Husbandman, ſow'dsowed the beſt Seede in the beſt ground? GOD caſt the promiſe of a Meſsias …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to give for the Relief of others that were in want, in which he sow'dsowed plentifully, to a very large proportion of his Income; and often blessed God that …
With rule
… to give for the Relief of others that were in want, in which he sow'dsowed plentifully, to a very large proportion of his Income; and often blessed God that …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor hath an en'my ſow'dsowed our Fields with Salt;
With rule
Nor hath an en'my ſow'dsowed our Fields with Salt;
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſow'dsowed nothing but good Seed in his Field: 'tis the Devil, that Enemy, that ſow'dsowed theſe tares.
With rule
… ſow'dsowed nothing but good Seed in his Field: 'tis the Devil, that Enemy, that ſow'dsowed theſe tares.
Thomas Hodges · The Creatures Goodness · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Roman Wives and Virgins hang'd up all naked, had thir Breaſts cut off, and ſow'dsowed to thir mouthes; that in the grimneſs of Death they might ſeem to eat …
With rule
… Roman Wives and Virgins hang'd up all naked, had thir Breaſts cut off, and ſow'dsowed to thir mouthes; that in the grimneſs of Death they might ſeem to eat …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 54 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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