Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10565 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

digg'ddig'd

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

Puritas changed it: 137 times in 87 works
Consistency: 94.4% (137 of 145)
Reach if approved: ~152 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: dug
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 145 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: dig (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (137 changes in 87 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 137)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and Levi, that in their anger ſlew a man, and in their ſelfe will digg'ddig'd downe a wall, this is the fourth aggravation.
With rule
… and Levi, that in their anger ſlew a man, and in their ſelfe will digg'ddig'd downe a wall, this is the fourth aggravation.
Richard Heyrick · Three Sermons · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to gather the blood of their Sacrifices, into a Veſſel, or a little Hole digg'ddig'd in the Earth; and then, ſitting about it, to eat the Fleſh of the …
With rule
… to gather the blood of their Sacrifices, into a Veſſel, or a little Hole digg'ddig'd in the Earth; and then, ſitting about it, to eat the Fleſh of the …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Leviticus · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Moment, and not one Houſe left ſtanding. And beſides wounded and maimed that were digg'ddig'd out of the Ruines, eighteen Thouſand are ſuppoſed to have periſhed there. The Kingdom …
With rule
… Moment, and not one Houſe left ſtanding. And beſides wounded and maimed that were digg'ddig'd out of the Ruines, eighteen Thouſand are ſuppoſed to have periſhed there. The Kingdom …
John Shower · Practical Reflections on the Late Earthquakes · p. vi · Open in the reader
Printed
But when I digg'ddig'd, I ſaw a Worm devour
With rule
But when I digg'ddig'd, I ſaw a Worm devour
Nathanael Vincent · A Heaven or Hell Upon Earth · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or hellish herbs digg'ddig'd in as hellish night,
With rule
Or hellish herbs digg'ddig'd in as hellish night,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that all the Biſhops on the Emperours ſide ſhould be Depoſed, and the Dead digg'ddig'd out of their Graves and burnt.
With rule
… that all the Biſhops on the Emperours ſide ſhould be Depoſed, and the Dead digg'ddig'd out of their Graves and burnt.
Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Shechem, and the Citizens of their City, and in their rage and wilfulneſs they digg'ddig'd down a Wall, viz. of Shechem's houſe (where their Siſter was kept) to reſcue …
With rule
… Shechem, and the Citizens of their City, and in their rage and wilfulneſs they digg'ddig'd down a Wall, viz. of Shechem's houſe (where their Siſter was kept) to reſcue …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tower is built in the midst thereof; look beneath it, a Wine-presse is digg'ddig'd. It is impossible for one to look any way, and to avoid the beholding …
With rule
… Tower is built in the midst thereof; look beneath it, a Wine-presse is digg'ddig'd. It is impossible for one to look any way, and to avoid the beholding …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 167 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 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.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… the Virgin's Womb: Beſides Daniel tells us, that this precious Little Stone, was not Digg'dDig'd out of the Bowels of the Earth, but was cut out of the Mountains …
With rule
… the Virgin's Womb: Beſides Daniel tells us, that this precious Little Stone, was not Digg'dDig'd out of the Bowels of the Earth, but was cut out of the Mountains …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mountains, droughthy Deſarts without Wells of Salvation, Iſa. 12.3. where the Lawgiver hath not yet Digg'dDig'd ſuch a Well, Numb. 21.17, 18.
With rule
… Mountains, droughthy Deſarts without Wells of Salvation, Iſa. 12.3. where the Lawgiver hath not yet Digg'dDig'd ſuch a Well, Numb. 21.17, 18.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 65 · Open in the reader