Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10542 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wrong'dwronged

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

Puritas changed it: 320 times in 216 works
Consistency: 97.2% (320 of 329)
Reach if approved: ~347 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wronged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 330 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (320 changes in 216 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 320)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… others. God must do nothing for another man, but his euill eye thinkes himselfe wrong'dwronged. He repines at that shower, which fals not on his owne ground. The pretions …
With rule
… others. God must do nothing for another man, but his euill eye thinkes himselfe wrong'dwronged. He repines at that shower, which fals not on his owne ground. The pretions …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
Have wrong'dwronged Gods providence, or Pow're:
With rule
Have wrong'dwronged Gods providence, or Pow're:
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be mine enemy in every of those instances. For it is plain his having wrong'dwronged me does not make him cease to be my Neighbour; nay more, that en …
With rule
… be mine enemy in every of those instances. For it is plain his having wrong'dwronged me does not make him cease to be my Neighbour; nay more, that en …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 320 · Open in the reader
Printed
14, 15. Alexander an Excommunicate Man hath much wrong'dwronged me: God will reward him according to his works,
With rule
14, 15. Alexander an Excommunicate Man hath much wrong'dwronged me: God will reward him according to his works,
Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader
Printed
… higher a thing is lifted up, and then hurled down, the more it is wrong'dwronged and hurt thereby. The Biſhops never lifted …p the work of REFORMATION in Church …
With rule
… higher a thing is lifted up, and then hurled down, the more it is wrong'dwronged and hurt thereby. The Biſhops never lifted …p the work of REFORMATION in Church …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · Open in the reader
Printed
… we have …ined and plander'd our ſelves, encroach'd upon the Rights of Heaven, and wrong'dwronged our own Souls, and are utterly uncapable of making the leaſt attonement for all …
With rule
… we have …ined and plander'd our ſelves, encroach'd upon the Rights of Heaven, and wrong'dwronged our own Souls, and are utterly uncapable of making the leaſt attonement for all …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I diligently done my Master's Commands, studied his Profit, not wasted his Goods, or wrong'dwronged him of my time or service by Idleness or any other way? Have I …
With rule
… I diligently done my Master's Commands, studied his Profit, not wasted his Goods, or wrong'dwronged him of my time or service by Idleness or any other way? Have I …
Clement Ellis · The Communicants Guide · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Should all wrong'dwronged parties seek t'avenge their fame,
With rule
Should all wrong'dwronged parties seek t'avenge their fame,
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 48 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

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

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Wrong'dWronged, or in hellish speech blasphem'd did heare,
With rule
Wrong'dWronged, or in hellish speech blasphem'd did heare,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Wrong'dWronged God, then I shall seeme to wrong the State▪
With rule
Wrong'dWronged God, then I shall seeme to wrong the State▪
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… the firſt time that he ſpake that unkind Word to Olivares, That he was Wrong'dWronged, and wiſh'd himſelf in his own Court again. Olivares Chaſed as faſt; that their …
With rule
… the firſt time that he ſpake that unkind Word to Olivares, That he was Wrong'dWronged, and wiſh'd himſelf in his own Court again. Olivares Chaſed as faſt; that their …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Two Discourses B20167

Printed
… God with doing them any Wrong. Or let me argue thus; Either God hath Wrong'dWronged us, or not; if not, it is unreasonable to disaffect him; if he hath …
With rule
… God with doing them any Wrong. Or let me argue thus; Either God hath Wrong'dWronged us, or not; if not, it is unreasonable to disaffect him; if he hath …
Stephen Charnock · Two Discourses · p. 242 · Open in the reader