Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10529 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wash'dwashed

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

Puritas changed it: 294 times in 179 works
Consistency: 95.4% (294 of 308)
Reach if approved: ~324 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: washed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 308 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: wash (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (294 changes in 179 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 294)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Son of God, and the guilt of the leaſt tranſgreſſion can't be waſh'dwashed away without the blood of the Son of God, it will coſt blood to …
With rule
… of the Son of God, and the guilt of the leaſt tranſgreſſion can't be waſh'dwashed away without the blood of the Son of God, it will coſt blood to …
Timothy Armitage · Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are inseparable: Thus wallowing in the Mire is natural to a Swine, and though wash'dwashed, will return to it. When a Lust is deeply rooted in Nature, Men cannot …
With rule
… are inseparable: Thus wallowing in the Mire is natural to a Swine, and though wash'dwashed, will return to it. When a Lust is deeply rooted in Nature, Men cannot …
William Bates · A Sure Trial of Uprightness · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy Doctrine now prepar'd by Teeth ſo waſh'dwashed
With rule
Thy Doctrine now prepar'd by Teeth ſo waſh'dwashed
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
He wash'dwashed his Face and did himself refrain,
With rule
He wash'dwashed his Face and did himself refrain,
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the knowledge of the Truth, all past sins are so entirely forgiven and wash'dwashed away by the Blood of Christ, that Repentance, though it has no time to …
With rule
… to the knowledge of the Truth, all past sins are so entirely forgiven and wash'dwashed away by the Blood of Christ, that Repentance, though it has no time to …
Samuel Clarke · Three Practical Essays · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it at firſt? No ſtayn of Sin? or is it as clean as I waſh'dwashed it in Baptiſme? No ſting? No venome of original ſinne in it? Or is …
With rule
… it at firſt? No ſtayn of Sin? or is it as clean as I waſh'dwashed it in Baptiſme? No ſting? No venome of original ſinne in it? Or is …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one forlong doth afford. A steep Rock full of Caves in the Bowels thereof, wash'dwashed at the Bottome with a Christall River, besides many clear Springs on the side …
With rule
… one forlong doth afford. A steep Rock full of Caves in the Bowels thereof, wash'dwashed at the Bottome with a Christall River, besides many clear Springs on the side …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a cold ayre, not have the Navell cut, nor the body wrapp'd, or wash'dwashed, or tended at all, how quickly would it be that from the wombe of …
With rule
… of a cold ayre, not have the Navell cut, nor the body wrapp'd, or wash'dwashed, or tended at all, how quickly would it be that from the wombe of …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 332 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons A27592

Printed
… Appearance is their Abſolution, and Adjudgment to Glory, as Clad in the rich Robes, Waſh'dWashed in the Blood of the Lamb; All their Graces, and Holy Duties fill'd up …
With rule
… Appearance is their Abſolution, and Adjudgment to Glory, as Clad in the rich Robes, Waſh'dWashed in the Blood of the Lamb; All their Graces, and Holy Duties fill'd up …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A27619

Printed
Becauſe the Robes of the Saints are Waſh'dWashed all over in the Blood of Christ; And becauſe all our Graces are in …
With rule
Becauſe the Robes of the Saints are Waſh'dWashed all over in the Blood of Christ; And becauſe all our Graces are in …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 A42015

Printed
… lov'd this people, entred into Covenant with them, marryed them unto himſelfe, verſe 8. He Waſh'dWashed away their blood, and annointed them with Oyle, Verſe 9. He gave them Coſtly apparell …
With rule
… lov'd this people, entred into Covenant with them, marryed them unto himſelfe, verſe 8. He Waſh'dWashed away their blood, and annointed them with Oyle, Verſe 9. He gave them Coſtly apparell …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 202 · Open in the reader

A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow A47500

Printed
Wash'dWashed in Christ's Blood, enjoying Good;
With rule
Wash'dWashed in Christ's Blood, enjoying Good;
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Songs A47612

Printed
Waſh'dWashed in Christ's Blood, enjoying Good;
With rule
Waſh'dWashed in Christ's Blood, enjoying Good;
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 77 · Open in the reader