Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39298 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forc'tforced

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

Puritas changed it: 301 times in 150 works
Consistency: 98.0% (301 of 307)
Reach if approved: ~323 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 307 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: forcit (6)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (301 changes in 150 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 301)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… themſelves to a deſart Wilderneſs, then to endure that miſery at home, by them forc'tforced upon their bodies and minds, others ſhut up in priſon ti…l they have …
With rule
… themſelves to a deſart Wilderneſs, then to endure that miſery at home, by them forc'tforced upon their bodies and minds, others ſhut up in priſon ti…l they have …
Edward Barber · The Storming and Routing of Tithes · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if he can, where or when I have changed my judgment, since 1640. Necessity having forc'tforced me so long ago to study those controversies so hard as fixed me: and …
With rule
… if he can, where or when I have changed my judgment, since 1640. Necessity having forc'tforced me so long ago to study those controversies so hard as fixed me: and …
Henry Danvers · Second Reply to Baxter · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… athirſt let him come; he doth not ſay, let him be compelled to come forc'tforced to come, but let him come, he holds out ſuch riches of Grace and …
With rule
… athirſt let him come; he doth not ſay, let him be compelled to come forc'tforced to come, but let him come, he holds out ſuch riches of Grace and …
William Greenhill · Sermons of Christ · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as a servant that serves a wicked master, he obeyes him, but it is forc'tforced obedience, because hee cannot otherwise choose, for if he could have his will, he …
With rule
… as a servant that serves a wicked master, he obeyes him, but it is forc'tforced obedience, because hee cannot otherwise choose, for if he could have his will, he …
John Preston · Remains · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
Againe, when one had forc'tforced vnto my eare,
With rule
Againe, when one had forc'tforced vnto my eare,
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader
Printed
… the cost, to wit, of his owne Oyle and Candles. He ha's a strange forc'tforced appetite to Learning, and to atchieue it brings nothing but patience and a body …
With rule
… the cost, to wit, of his owne Oyle and Candles. He ha's a strange forc'tforced appetite to Learning, and to atchieue it brings nothing but patience and a body …
John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader
Printed
… little of them. Thoſe that heard him pray upon any extraordinary occaſion, muſt be forc'tforced to acknowledge, his praying by the Spirit, was not Phanatical. His Writings will be …
With rule
… little of them. Thoſe that heard him pray upon any extraordinary occaſion, muſt be forc'tforced to acknowledge, his praying by the Spirit, was not Phanatical. His Writings will be …
Samuel Annesley · Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Reverend Will Whitaker · Open in the reader
Printed
Hypocrites act a forc'tforced affected part:
With rule
Hypocrites act a forc'tforced affected part:
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.