Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39761 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

learn'tlearned

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

Puritas changed it: 103 times in 81 works
Consistency: 94.5% (103 of 109)
Reach if approved: ~115 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: learnt
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 109 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: learnit (6)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (103 changes in 81 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 103)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… expect it; but not from you: let the world ſcoffe, I care not, having learn'tlearned to paſſe through their good report and bad. I am not ignorant in what …
With rule
… expect it; but not from you: let the world ſcoffe, I care not, having learn'tlearned to paſſe through their good report and bad. I am not ignorant in what …
Ralph Venning · The New Command Renewed · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made our superedifications in sanctimony and holinesse of life; We that haue learn'tlearned, and learn'tlearned by the right rule the rule of Christianity, how to put a right value …
With rule
… made our superedifications in sanctimony and holinesse of life; We that haue learn'tlearned, and learn'tlearned by the right rule the rule of Christianity, how to put a right value …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… live like Perſons poſſeſt of reaſonable Souls: This Happineſs thoſe Brethren have who have learn'tlearned ſo far to deny their Luſts and Paſſions, as to live together in Ʋnity.
With rule
… live like Perſons poſſeſt of reaſonable Souls: This Happineſs thoſe Brethren have who have learn'tlearned ſo far to deny their Luſts and Paſſions, as to live together in Ʋnity.
John Collinges · The Happiness of Brethrens Dwelling Together in Unity · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
I have not learn'tlearned it.
With rule
I have not learn'tlearned it.
Charles Hoole · An Easy Entrance to the Latin Tongue · p. 418 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apostle was so exact a Schollar in the Schoole of Christ, that he had learn'tlearned his Lesson both wayes, both backward and forward; he could abound, and he could …
With rule
… Apostle was so exact a Schollar in the Schoole of Christ, that he had learn'tlearned his Lesson both wayes, both backward and forward; he could abound, and he could …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
10. Theſe Sophiſts learn'tlearned their Definition of Repentance, viz. That it is a Sorrow, and Purpoſe, &c. out …
With rule
10. Theſe Sophiſts learn'tlearned their Definition of Repentance, viz. That it is a Sorrow, and Purpoſe, &c. out …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all Ordinances; but when you have given up your ſelf to Chriſt and learn'tlearned the Duty of Communion, give up your ſelf unto a Church of Chriſt, though …
With rule
… in all Ordinances; but when you have given up your ſelf to Chriſt and learn'tlearned the Duty of Communion, give up your ſelf unto a Church of Chriſt, though …
Walter Marshall · The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… warning by his Example, I need not ſcruple to acquaint you (with what I learn'tlearned from himſelf, and is well known to his Surviving companions.) that during his health …
With rule
… warning by his Example, I need not ſcruple to acquaint you (with what I learn'tlearned from himſelf, and is well known to his Surviving companions.) that during his health …
John Shower · Exhortation to Youth to Prepare for Judgment · p. 26 · 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.