Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39772 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prick'dpricked

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 70 works
Consistency: 97.9% (97 of 99)
Reach if approved: ~104 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pricked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 99 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 70 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… libelli; one called a sword, the other a dagger; wherein many were by name prick'dpricked for death, and destin'd to it in the Emperours bloudy intention. Presumptuous enemies so …
With rule
… libelli; one called a sword, the other a dagger; wherein many were by name prick'dpricked for death, and destin'd to it in the Emperours bloudy intention. Presumptuous enemies so …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fears us, then we run to the horns of this Altar. When men are prick'dpricked in their consciences, then they cry out, What shall we do to be saved …
With rule
… fears us, then we run to the horns of this Altar. When men are prick'dpricked in their consciences, then they cry out, What shall we do to be saved …
Ralph Brownrig · Twenty-Five Sermons · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
The King prick'dpricked with remorſe of Egypts want,
With rule
The King prick'dpricked with remorſe of Egypts want,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… power, he either prevents or corrects those too frequent abuses, whereby offenders are not prick'dpricked to the heart, but let bloud in the purse; and when the Court hath …
With rule
… power, he either prevents or corrects those too frequent abuses, whereby offenders are not prick'dpricked to the heart, but let bloud in the purse; and when the Court hath …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 279 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Devils custome to mark his. And note, That this mark is Insensible, and being prick'dpricked, it will not Bleed. Sometimes, its like a Teate; sometimes but a Blewish Spot …
With rule
… Devils custome to mark his. And note, That this mark is Insensible, and being prick'dpricked, it will not Bleed. Sometimes, its like a Teate; sometimes but a Blewish Spot …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cardinals Letters. 7. Three Perſons preſented to the King, out of which, One to be prick'dpricked by him for another General Deputy. 8. Letters from Foreign Churches to the Synod, but …
With rule
… Cardinals Letters. 7. Three Perſons preſented to the King, out of which, One to be prick'dpricked by him for another General Deputy. 8. Letters from Foreign Churches to the Synod, but …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pride and fulneſſe of bread were Sodoms twin-ſins. Ezek. 16.49. When people are Provender-prick'dpricked, (as we call it) they eaſily turn the grace of God into laſciviouſneſſe. Jude …
With rule
… Pride and fulneſſe of bread were Sodoms twin-ſins. Ezek. 16.49. When people are Provender-prick'dpricked, (as we call it) they eaſily turn the grace of God into laſciviouſneſſe. Jude …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cryings out, ſome ſtruglings in the heart between fleſh and ſpirit, Acts 2.37. they were prick'dpricked at their heart; The child hath ſharp throws before the birth, ſo it is …
With rule
… cryings out, ſome ſtruglings in the heart between fleſh and ſpirit, Acts 2.37. they were prick'dpricked at their heart; The child hath ſharp throws before the birth, ſo it is …
Thomas Watson · The Beatitudes · p. 301 · 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.

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… Repaſt Sobriety, his Addreſſes Humility, how could he ſet a Ditty to any other Prick'dPricked Song, but the Tune of Peace?
With rule
… Repaſt Sobriety, his Addreſſes Humility, how could he ſet a Ditty to any other Prick'dPricked Song, but the Tune of Peace?
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

Printed
… bring on contrition and sorrow, which is the sole sacrifice that God will accept. Prick'dPricked such a man will be to the heart, that he hath so unkindly grieved …
With rule
… bring on contrition and sorrow, which is the sole sacrifice that God will accept. Prick'dPricked such a man will be to the heart, that he hath so unkindly grieved …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 591 · Open in the reader