Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10507 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

touch'dtouched

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

Puritas changed it: 431 times in 273 works
Consistency: 98.4% (431 of 438)
Reach if approved: ~460 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: touched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 438 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: touch (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (431 changes in 273 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 431)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
'T would like a Charm, not ceaſe till it had touch'dtouched
With rule
'T would like a Charm, not ceaſe till it had touch'dtouched
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
Gotten the plague, although they never touch'dtouched
With rule
Gotten the plague, although they never touch'dtouched
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
She cannot brooke it to be touch'dtouched so sl…nderly?
With rule
She cannot brooke it to be touch'dtouched so sl…nderly?
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
… covered; where amongst the rest, mention was made of a land which they had touch'dtouched, which to this day is known by the name of Sir Hugh Willobies Land …
With rule
… covered; where amongst the rest, mention was made of a land which they had touch'dtouched, which to this day is known by the name of Sir Hugh Willobies Land …
Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is great hazard in either, but more in Fulness than in Want, as was touch'dtouched on before. He that rows in a Shallop near the shore, needs not the …
With rule
… is great hazard in either, but more in Fulness than in Want, as was touch'dtouched on before. He that rows in a Shallop near the shore, needs not the …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, by which we Apprehend, State, and Value, or rather immediately feel, and are touch'dtouched to the quick' (as we ſay) in all the concernments of the preſent Life …
With rule
… is, by which we Apprehend, State, and Value, or rather immediately feel, and are touch'dtouched to the quick' (as we ſay) in all the concernments of the preſent Life …
Thomas Beverley · The Loss of the Soul · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may reade there, that the dead body of a man it did defile whatſoever touch'dtouched it, yea, whatſoever came neer it, and all thoſe that were at Funerals that …
With rule
… may reade there, that the dead body of a man it did defile whatſoever touch'dtouched it, yea, whatſoever came neer it, and all thoſe that were at Funerals that …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Villages, aud Woods; and in these parts is the Cape of Good-hope, frequently touch'dtouched by such as Sail to the East-Indies; and the better to discover the …
With rule
… Villages, aud Woods; and in these parts is the Cape of Good-hope, frequently touch'dtouched by such as Sail to the East-Indies; and the better to discover the …
Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 177 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 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.

The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich A26760

Printed
Touch'dTouched her as much as acted crimes.
With rule
Touch'dTouched her as much as acted crimes.
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Touch'dTouched lightly; for no falshood can endure
With rule
Touch'dTouched lightly; for no falshood can endure
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

Printed
… rendred, Jer. 18. 12. Old Trees will ſooner Break than Bow; and when the Heart is Touch'dTouched with Mammon, it will ſtand pointing to that Load-ſtone: Yea Sin is fallen …
With rule
… rendred, Jer. 18. 12. Old Trees will ſooner Break than Bow; and when the Heart is Touch'dTouched with Mammon, it will ſtand pointing to that Load-ſtone: Yea Sin is fallen …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 279 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
… the Kingdom of the Ten Tribes being Iſraelitiſh, and Appointed by God, was not Touch'dTouched by the Miracles of Elijah, and Eliſha, altho their Paganiz'd Apoſtaſy was; the Kingdom …
With rule
… the Kingdom of the Ten Tribes being Iſraelitiſh, and Appointed by God, was not Touch'dTouched by the Miracles of Elijah, and Eliſha, altho their Paganiz'd Apoſtaſy was; the Kingdom …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Touch'dTouched the top of the Scepter of the Prince,
With rule
Touch'dTouched the top of the Scepter of the Prince,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 429 · Open in the reader