Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39748 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mad'stmadest

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 63 works
Consistency: 98.0% (102 of 104)
Reach if approved: ~109 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: madest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 104 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 63 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thou that mad'stmadest Man a brief of all thou mad'stmadest,
With rule
Thou that mad'stmadest Man a brief of all thou mad'stmadest,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou mad'stmadest our Foes to take their flight,
With rule
Thou mad'stmadest our Foes to take their flight,
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou mad'ſtmadest me know that mens contempt & ſcorn
With rule
Thou mad'ſtmadest me know that mens contempt & ſcorn
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet if thou do no more for me, if thou leave me where thou mad'ſtmadest me, deſtruction will follow. The womb which ſhould be the houſe of life, becomes …
With rule
… yet if thou do no more for me, if thou leave me where thou mad'ſtmadest me, deſtruction will follow. The womb which ſhould be the houſe of life, becomes …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
Unto thy Bar, who mad'ſtmadest both Heaven and Earth,
With rule
Unto thy Bar, who mad'ſtmadest both Heaven and Earth,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou mad'ſtmadest us as the off-ſcouring,
With rule
Thou mad'ſtmadest us as the off-ſcouring,
Vavasor Powell · The Bird in the Cage · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it be no ſhame for thy ſeruant, to take vp that complaint which thou mad'ſtmadest of thy better Attendants; The ſpirit is willing, but the fleſh is weake.
With rule
… it be no ſhame for thy ſeruant, to take vp that complaint which thou mad'ſtmadest of thy better Attendants; The ſpirit is willing, but the fleſh is weake.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them: but Chriſt is the beſt penny-worth, the beſt bargaine that ever thou mad'ſtmadest all the daies of thy life. If thou ſell'ſt all thy pleaſures, riches, proſits …
With rule
… them: but Chriſt is the beſt penny-worth, the beſt bargaine that ever thou mad'ſtmadest all the daies of thy life. If thou ſell'ſt all thy pleaſures, riches, proſits …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 87 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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 Purple Island A00977

Printed
Mad'stMadest thou the best, who thus hast fram'd the vilest part!
With rule
Mad'stMadest thou the best, who thus hast fram'd the vilest part!
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Mad'ſtMadest that appear in ſubſtance to be true
With rule
Mad'ſtMadest that appear in ſubſtance to be true
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 109 · Open in the reader