Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10454 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

starv'dstarved

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

Puritas changed it: 118 times in 91 works
Consistency: 97.5% (118 of 121)
Reach if approved: ~127 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: starved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 121 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 91 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and devours the Authority of it, and yet it ſelf remains a jejune and ſtarv'dstarved Superſtition.
With rule
… and devours the Authority of it, and yet it ſelf remains a jejune and ſtarv'dstarved Superſtition.
Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
How that a Falcon through neglect neer ſtarv'dstarved,
With rule
How that a Falcon through neglect neer ſtarv'dstarved,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſome of them are fill'd with malice, and madneſs that they are not starv'dstarved: An eminent inſtance hereof, we have in a Biſhop, who when he went his …
With rule
… and ſome of them are fill'd with malice, and madneſs that they are not starv'dstarved: An eminent inſtance hereof, we have in a Biſhop, who when he went his …
John Hickes · The Excellency of the Heavenly Substance · Open in the reader
Printed
Some brain'd on A…vils, ſome were ſtarv'dstarved to death;
With rule
Some brain'd on A…vils, ſome were ſtarv'dstarved to death;
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Lyons in Daniels Den, Dan. 6. 22.) Hebr. 11. 33. ſo that the Savage and Hunger-ſtarv'dstarved Death had not ſeiz'd upon them, Pſal. 55. 15. with a Writ of Habeas Corpus, or …
With rule
… to the Lyons in Daniels Den, Dan. 6. 22.) Hebr. 11. 33. ſo that the Savage and Hunger-ſtarv'dstarved Death had not ſeiz'd upon them, Pſal. 55. 15. with a Writ of Habeas Corpus, or …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inſtead of all things: It could no… ſtand inſtead of Meat to Midas, who ſtarv'dstarved in the midſt of his Gold: for though men ſhould eat Gold, as …hey …
With rule
… inſtead of all things: It could no… ſtand inſtead of Meat to Midas, who ſtarv'dstarved in the midſt of his Gold: for though men ſhould eat Gold, as …hey …
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 394 · Open in the reader
Printed
… better the back be without raiment, than the Soul be without Righteousness; better be starv'dstarved, than damned; better be hang'd than burn'd; better dye the most painful temporal death …
With rule
… better the back be without raiment, than the Soul be without Righteousness; better be starv'dstarved, than damned; better be hang'd than burn'd; better dye the most painful temporal death …
Thomas Vincent · Fire and Brimstone from Heaven · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… toucht might presently be Gold, and run the hazard that he did of being starv'dstarved by our unhappy affluence: men say indeed that Gold by preparation becomes a soveraign …
With rule
… toucht might presently be Gold, and run the hazard that he did of being starv'dstarved by our unhappy affluence: men say indeed that Gold by preparation becomes a soveraign …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Starv'dStarved his taste, to feed his hearing.
With rule
Starv'dStarved his taste, to feed his hearing.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 81 · Open in the reader