Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39617 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stretch'dstretched

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

Puritas changed it: 129 times in 89 works
Consistency: 99.2% (129 of 130)
Reach if approved: ~137 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stretched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 130 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (129 changes in 89 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 129)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… threshold of his Temple ready to fly? Are not the shadows of the evening stretch'dstretched out? And may we not fear the Sun-setting of the Gospel? Oh let …
With rule
… threshold of his Temple ready to fly? Are not the shadows of the evening stretch'dstretched out? And may we not fear the Sun-setting of the Gospel? Oh let …
Thomas Watson · A Word of Comfort for the Church of God · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not attained to ſee the lawfulneſs of it, or thoſe weak ones muſt be ſtretch'dstretched and ſcrew'd up to the fixed Rule: If the former, how is it fixed …
With rule
… not attained to ſee the lawfulneſs of it, or thoſe weak ones muſt be ſtretch'dstretched and ſcrew'd up to the fixed Rule: If the former, how is it fixed …
Vincent Alsop · The Mischief of Impositions · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as I have ſaid, not deſirable to any true Chriſtian Proteſtant; but when it's ſtretch'dstretched out to Falſe Religion, to every nice Opinion, Ceremony or Mode of worſhip, it …
With rule
… as I have ſaid, not deſirable to any true Chriſtian Proteſtant; but when it's ſtretch'dstretched out to Falſe Religion, to every nice Opinion, Ceremony or Mode of worſhip, it …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with circumstantial additions, which are not to be look'd upon as real things, nor stretch'dstretched too far beyond the main design; tho every passage will afford us proper instructions …
With rule
… with circumstantial additions, which are not to be look'd upon as real things, nor stretch'dstretched too far beyond the main design; tho every passage will afford us proper instructions …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · Open in the reader
Printed
… for forty years in the Wilderneſs, he at laſt with a mighty Hand and ſtretch'dstretched-out Arm drove out the Nations before them, and gave them this pleaſant Land …
With rule
… for forty years in the Wilderneſs, he at laſt with a mighty Hand and ſtretch'dstretched-out Arm drove out the Nations before them, and gave them this pleaſant Land …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy hand ſtretch'dstretched out? or ſhall I hear thee ſay,
With rule
Thy hand ſtretch'dstretched out? or ſhall I hear thee ſay,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day and night have I cryed before thee, Vers. 9 without any intermiſſion I have ſtretch'dstretched out my hands unto thee, Vers. 13 and in the morning my prayer ſhall prevent …
With rule
… day and night have I cryed before thee, Vers. 9 without any intermiſſion I have ſtretch'dstretched out my hands unto thee, Vers. 13 and in the morning my prayer ſhall prevent …
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… about very deſperately, and beſides his abundance of confuſed hurry and din, he oft ſtretch'dstretched out his Neck to a prodigious length towards the Miniſters that prayed, eſpecially Mr …
With rule
… about very deſperately, and beſides his abundance of confuſed hurry and din, he oft ſtretch'dstretched out his Neck to a prodigious length towards the Miniſters that prayed, eſpecially Mr …
Thomas Jollie · The Surrey Demoniac · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Withered Hand Stretch Forth and Restored N03559

Printed
THE Withered Hand Stretch'dStretched forth and restored.
With rule
THE Withered Hand Stretch'dStretched forth and restored.
Benjamin Colman · The Withered Hand Stretch Forth and Restored · p. 1 · Open in the reader