Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10452 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stagger'dstaggered

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 49 works
Consistency: 98.2% (56 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: staggered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 49 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their Courſe with Joy, and the Work which GOD had committed to them. They ſtagger'dstaggered not at the Promiſe thro' Unbelief, but in ſome ſort like Abraham, the Father …
With rule
… their Courſe with Joy, and the Work which GOD had committed to them. They ſtagger'dstaggered not at the Promiſe thro' Unbelief, but in ſome ſort like Abraham, the Father …
Thomas Foxcroft · Observations Historical and Practical on the Rise of New England · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the height of the success and the securities of miracles he was afraid and stagger'dstaggered: since 'twas the whole design of miracles, and by consequence of that, to work …
With rule
… the height of the success and the securities of miracles he was afraid and stagger'dstaggered: since 'twas the whole design of miracles, and by consequence of that, to work …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make us more feeble to ſin, and more careful to obey. When the Virgin ſtagger'dstaggered at the Meſſage of the Angel, that ſhe ſhould bear a Son, he in …
With rule
… make us more feeble to ſin, and more careful to obey. When the Virgin ſtagger'dstaggered at the Meſſage of the Angel, that ſhe ſhould bear a Son, he in …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 488 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaid to give Glory to God; and ſo indeed he did. Rom. 4.20. Becauſe he ſtagger'dstaggered not at the promiſe of God through unbelief: He that believeth not, he makes …
With rule
… ſaid to give Glory to God; and ſo indeed he did. Rom. 4.20. Becauſe he ſtagger'dstaggered not at the promiſe of God through unbelief: He that believeth not, he makes …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be not ſtagger'dstaggered, but remember,
With rule
Be not ſtagger'dstaggered, but remember,
Simon Patrick · Doctrines and Practices of the Ancient Church Relating to the Eucharist · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and every man hath reaſon to be ſo, would be very apt to be ſtagger'dstaggered by the judgment of a very Wiſe man; and much more of many ſuch …
With rule
… and every man hath reaſon to be ſo, would be very apt to be ſtagger'dstaggered by the judgment of a very Wiſe man; and much more of many ſuch …
John Tillotson · Six Sermons · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, they were not able to anſwer it. Now to this Objection, which hath ſtagger'dstaggered ſo many, there is no ſuch ſatisfying and compleat anſwer, as that there is …
With rule
… God, they were not able to anſwer it. Now to this Objection, which hath ſtagger'dstaggered ſo many, there is no ſuch ſatisfying and compleat anſwer, as that there is …
Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Self-Judging · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in ſo firm a Seat and Poſture, that it may never be jogged or ſtagger'dstaggered even by the rudeſt blows. Come, and reſtore back to me what I have …
With rule
… in ſo firm a Seat and Poſture, that it may never be jogged or ſtagger'dstaggered even by the rudeſt blows. Come, and reſtore back to me what I have …
Samuel Smith · The Christians Guide to Devotion · p. 57 · 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.