Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10522 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vanish'dvanished

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

Puritas changed it: 84 times in 71 works
Consistency: 95.4% (84 of 88)
Reach if approved: ~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: vanished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 71 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Army of hopefull triumphs, ready to be counted by the poll, would ever have vanish'dvanished out of his hands so suddenly?
With rule
… Army of hopefull triumphs, ready to be counted by the poll, would ever have vanish'dvanished out of his hands so suddenly?
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 362 · Open in the reader
Printed
Are vaniſh'dvanished quite, ſhe's laid to rest
With rule
Are vaniſh'dvanished quite, ſhe's laid to rest
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath a great ſhew above the waters, but ſtay a while and it is vaniſh'dvanished and comes to nothing. Your King that rages and is above others, and thinks …
With rule
… hath a great ſhew above the waters, but ſtay a while and it is vaniſh'dvanished and comes to nothing. Your King that rages and is above others, and thinks …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 403 · Open in the reader
Printed
Their pleasure's gone, and vanish'dvanished like a bubble
With rule
Their pleasure's gone, and vanish'dvanished like a bubble
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hearken to the Serpent, or behold the Apple, her former aſſent to God is vaniſh'dvanished, & all her faith beſtowed upon the Devil. It will not be Pelagianiſm, to proceed …
With rule
… hearken to the Serpent, or behold the Apple, her former aſſent to God is vaniſh'dvanished, & all her faith beſtowed upon the Devil. It will not be Pelagianiſm, to proceed …
Henry Hammond · Sermons · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… above it, ſo lying clean betwixt two coverings, and appear'd not till the Dew vaniſh'dvanished, ver. 14. Thus Chriſt is an unknown Myſtery, wrap'd up in Types and Figures, the …
With rule
… above it, ſo lying clean betwixt two coverings, and appear'd not till the Dew vaniſh'dvanished, ver. 14. Thus Chriſt is an unknown Myſtery, wrap'd up in Types and Figures, the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… quiet; for if he had stood, all feare of loosing our happy estate had vanish'dvanished; whereas, if every man had beene left to stand or fall for himselfe, a …
With rule
… quiet; for if he had stood, all feare of loosing our happy estate had vanish'dvanished; whereas, if every man had beene left to stand or fall for himselfe, a …
Thomas Shepard · The Sincere Convert · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Both thaw'd away, & vaniſh'dvanished God knows whither.
With rule
Both thaw'd away, & vaniſh'dvanished God knows whither.
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

A Token for Mariners A58039

Printed
… and when ſhe had given a Great Screach or Groan, this Great Black Thing Vaniſh'dVanished, the Water ſeeming like Fire all round, and made a Great Sea and Noiſe …
With rule
… and when ſhe had given a Great Screach or Groan, this Great Black Thing Vaniſh'dVanished, the Water ſeeming like Fire all round, and made a Great Sea and Noiſe …
James Janeway · A Token for Mariners · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I will not comply to thy wiles, therefore avoid Satan, avoid; ſo immediately he Vaniſh'dVanished, and appear'd no more to him: But ſo it fell out, the other Ship …
With rule
… I will not comply to thy wiles, therefore avoid Satan, avoid; ſo immediately he Vaniſh'dVanished, and appear'd no more to him: But ſo it fell out, the other Ship …
James Janeway · A Token for Mariners · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Surrey Demoniac A61990

Printed
… in the Evening in a Room by himſelf, ſeveral Apparitions preſented themſelves, and after Vaniſh'dVanished before him; for he ſaw the Table ſpread over with Dainties or Delicate Fare …
With rule
… in the Evening in a Room by himſelf, ſeveral Apparitions preſented themſelves, and after Vaniſh'dVanished before him; for he ſaw the Table ſpread over with Dainties or Delicate Fare …
Thomas Jollie · The Surrey Demoniac · p. 2 · Open in the reader