Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39739 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ask'tasked

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 78 works
Consistency: 100% (102 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~108 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: asked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 103 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 78 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… say also, (Horrid to hear!) That you drunk Wine in Love to the Devil; ask'tasked Help of Jupiter, Venus, and other Demons, at your Dice, &c. We crave you …
With rule
… say also, (Horrid to hear!) That you drunk Wine in Love to the Devil; ask'tasked Help of Jupiter, Venus, and other Demons, at your Dice, &c. We crave you …
Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 327 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was as graceleſs as he was great) met Mr. Fox in London ſtreets, and ask'tasked him how he did, Mr. Fox ſaid little or nothing to him; whereupon ſays …
With rule
… was as graceleſs as he was great) met Mr. Fox in London ſtreets, and ask'tasked him how he did, Mr. Fox ſaid little or nothing to him; whereupon ſays …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 453 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſince; when a moſt Eminent Minister of the Land came to viſit him, and aſk'tasked him, what comfortable Evidences he had of his ſalvation? he anſwered, He had nothing …
With rule
… ſince; when a moſt Eminent Minister of the Land came to viſit him, and aſk'tasked him, what comfortable Evidences he had of his ſalvation? he anſwered, He had nothing …
Thomas Froysell · The Beloved Disciple · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it were in your way to the Kingdom; as the Painter said, who being ask'tasked why hee was so exact in his Painting, why (said hee) these pieces are …
With rule
… it were in your way to the Kingdom; as the Painter said, who being ask'tasked why hee was so exact in his Painting, why (said hee) these pieces are …
Thomas Hill · Gods Eternal Preparations for His Dying Saints · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him a question to be inform'd by him, before he would answer them, he ask'tasked them concerning their own qualities, and course of life.
With rule
… him a question to be inform'd by him, before he would answer them, he ask'tasked them concerning their own qualities, and course of life.
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Incommodity that might be in their Marriage, and accordingly to reſolve. And then they ask'tasked the Man, in expreſs words, Whether he would marry her, and raiſe up Seed …
With rule
… Incommodity that might be in their Marriage, and accordingly to reſolve. And then they ask'tasked the Man, in expreſs words, Whether he would marry her, and raiſe up Seed …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Deuteronomy · p. 438 · Open in the reader
Printed
… high Priest, and Caiaphas, and Alexander, and others were gathered together in counsel, and ask'tasked them by what power or name they did what they did, they answered very …
With rule
… high Priest, and Caiaphas, and Alexander, and others were gathered together in counsel, and ask'tasked them by what power or name they did what they did, they answered very …
Christopher Blackwood · Concerning Denial of Christ · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
W…o gently ask'tasked if he had s…ene such two
With rule
W…o gently ask'tasked if he had s…ene such two
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 20 · 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.