Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39618 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stopp'dstop'd

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

Puritas changed it: 128 times in 91 works
Consistency: 100% (128 of 128)
Reach if approved: ~134 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: stopped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 128 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (128 changes in 91 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 128)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… obſcurity; whether you hear the publiſhers of glad tidings, or whether their mouths be ſtopp'dstop'd; there is reaſon to be afraid the Lord is about to diveſt you of …
With rule
… obſcurity; whether you hear the publiſhers of glad tidings, or whether their mouths be ſtopp'dstop'd; there is reaſon to be afraid the Lord is about to diveſt you of …
Nathanael Vincent · The Day of Grace · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou with a hollow heart, falſe, ſtopp'dstop'd within,
With rule
Thou with a hollow heart, falſe, ſtopp'dstop'd within,
John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader
Printed
… thouſands there would be found a Faith to do it; we ſhould immediately be ſtopp'dstop'd; or ſunk, and caſt away, and loſt. Yet ſuch are they we are to …
With rule
… thouſands there would be found a Faith to do it; we ſhould immediately be ſtopp'dstop'd; or ſunk, and caſt away, and loſt. Yet ſuch are they we are to …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your moſt operous and ſumptuous Religion. And, theſe you are called to have effectually ſtopp'dstop'd! Ask not, any of you, (for you are already told) What is your Treſpaſs …
With rule
… your moſt operous and ſumptuous Religion. And, theſe you are called to have effectually ſtopp'dstop'd! Ask not, any of you, (for you are already told) What is your Treſpaſs …
Daniel Burgess · Counsel to the Rich · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… also, and Samuel, and of the Prophets. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, obtained promises, stopp'dstop'd the mouths of Lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the …
With rule
… also, and Samuel, and of the Prophets. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, obtained promises, stopp'dstop'd the mouths of Lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the …
Clement Ellis · The Folly of Atheism Demonstrated · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are said to doe, Mat. 8. 12.) against him, and crying with a loud voice, they stopp'dstop'd their eares, and ran with one accord upon him, (all which, were evidences of …
With rule
… are said to doe, Mat. 8. 12.) against him, and crying with a loud voice, they stopp'dstop'd their eares, and ran with one accord upon him, (all which, were evidences of …
Henry Hammond · Of Resisting the Lawful Magistrate Under Color of Religion · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Stages than others, and ſome ſhorter with their Mail, and Errand; yea, ſome are ſtopp'dstop'd and Robb'd of their Charge, &c. Thus no Man knows the length of his …
With rule
… Stages than others, and ſome ſhorter with their Mail, and Errand; yea, ſome are ſtopp'dstop'd and Robb'd of their Charge, &c. Thus no Man knows the length of his …
Christopher Ness · A Spiritual Legacy · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Man is but a ſiner ſort of Brute, &c. he ought to be ſtopp'dstop'd in ſuch Careers. For if theſe be true, and credited accordingly, then all Religion …
With rule
… that Man is but a ſiner ſort of Brute, &c. he ought to be ſtopp'dstop'd in ſuch Careers. For if theſe be true, and credited accordingly, then all Religion …
Matthew Sylvester · Holy Confidence Well Improved · p. 48 · 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.