Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10539 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wonder'dwondered

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 98 works
Consistency: 97.4% (116 of 119)
Reach if approved: ~125 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wondered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 119 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 98 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
A man would have wonder'dwondered to see Elisha leave the Oxen and run after Elijah saying, Let me go …
With rule
A man would have wonder'dwondered to see Elisha leave the Oxen and run after Elijah saying, Let me go …
John Flavel · The Method of Grace · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeaſon as this, when under the tiranny of a Foreign Enemy, let it be wonder'dwondered at by all the Creation, Angels and Men. So Hezekiah, how afflicted outwardly with …
With rule
… ſeaſon as this, when under the tiranny of a Foreign Enemy, let it be wonder'dwondered at by all the Creation, Angels and Men. So Hezekiah, how afflicted outwardly with …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Memorial of Gods Judgment · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in two years Time: The Wiſdom of our and Their Creator may be much wonder'dwondered at here in two Reſpects (to mention no more now of the many Beſides …
With rule
… in two years Time: The Wiſdom of our and Their Creator may be much wonder'dwondered at here in two Reſpects (to mention no more now of the many Beſides …
Christopher Ness · An Astrological and Theological Discourse Upon this Great Conjunction · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… been oppreſt thô this be greatly to be lamented, yet it cannot much be wonder'dwondered at; for Solomon tels us, that Oppreſſion will make even a wiſe mad Mad …
With rule
… been oppreſt thô this be greatly to be lamented, yet it cannot much be wonder'dwondered at; for Solomon tels us, that Oppreſſion will make even a wiſe mad Mad …
John Shower · Exhortation to Repentance and Union Among Protestants · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… discovers it self in his Answer: and the more I consider'd the more I wonder'dwondered; but at last I resolved as Mr. A. doth about the Assembly, that Mr …
With rule
… discovers it self in his Answer: and the more I consider'd the more I wonder'dwondered; but at last I resolved as Mr. A. doth about the Assembly, that Mr …
Edward Stillingfleet · The Unreasonableness of Separation · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
I have often wonder'dwondered why the People in the Church of Rome do not ſuſpect their Teachers and …
With rule
I have often wonder'dwondered why the People in the Church of Rome do not ſuſpect their Teachers and …
John Tillotson · Sermon on 4 April 1679 · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
And wonder'dwondered in their way
With rule
And wonder'dwondered in their way
John Allison · Upon the Late Lamentable Fire in London · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… He opened his Mouth in Blaſphemies againſt God, to blaſpheme his Name; The World wonder'dwondered after him; They who dwell upon the Earth ſhall worſhip him; whoſe Names are …
With rule
… He opened his Mouth in Blaſphemies againſt God, to blaſpheme his Name; The World wonder'dwondered after him; They who dwell upon the Earth ſhall worſhip him; whoſe Names are …
Thomas Beverley · The Good Hope Through Grace · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.