Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39789 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clog'dclogged

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

Puritas changed it: 95 times in 79 works
Consistency: 96.9% (95 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: clogged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 79 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… whereas in grace there is no nimiety, a mans heart cannot be cloyed, nor clog'dclogged with it. Our life is a wayfare, a walke, no time of ſtanding, we …
With rule
… whereas in grace there is no nimiety, a mans heart cannot be cloyed, nor clog'dclogged with it. Our life is a wayfare, a walke, no time of ſtanding, we …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is aſham'd to think how he hears; his Spirit is ſo often clouded and clog'dclogged with corruptions and infirmities, that he can feel no life, nor take any comfort …
With rule
… is aſham'd to think how he hears; his Spirit is ſo often clouded and clog'dclogged with corruptions and infirmities, that he can feel no life, nor take any comfort …
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thay let them go, but clog'dclogged their legs with locks.
With rule
Thay let them go, but clog'dclogged their legs with locks.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the body, (as it is now) for the enjoyment of God; that it's rather clog'dclogged and hindred by it; so speaks the Apostle, 2 Cor. 5.6, 8. Whilst we are at home …
With rule
… the body, (as it is now) for the enjoyment of God; that it's rather clog'dclogged and hindred by it; so speaks the Apostle, 2 Cor. 5.6, 8. Whilst we are at home …
John Flavel · The Fountain of Life · p. 838 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and your contrary Assertion well discharged from the gross Absurdities with which it is clog'dclogged and loaded. You see how genuine, natural and congruous to Scripture the notion of …
With rule
… and your contrary Assertion well discharged from the gross Absurdities with which it is clog'dclogged and loaded. You see how genuine, natural and congruous to Scripture the notion of …
John Flavel · Reply to Philip Cary · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or Construction, is also here omitted, least the course and clearness of method be clog'dclogged with Catalogues instead of Rules, or too much interruption between Rule and Rule: Which …
With rule
… or Construction, is also here omitted, least the course and clearness of method be clog'dclogged with Catalogues instead of Rules, or too much interruption between Rule and Rule: Which …
John Milton · Accedence Commenced · Open in the reader
Printed
… can make you mend your pace, not all Ministry and Word, but you are clog'dclogged with means. Remember that Isai. 65. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. For my people that have sought me, &c.
With rule
… can make you mend your pace, not all Ministry and Word, but you are clog'dclogged with means. Remember that Isai. 65. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. For my people that have sought me, &c.
Thomas Shepard · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
With a ſalt dropſie clog'dclogged, and all our tacklings
With rule
With a ſalt dropſie clog'dclogged, and all our tacklings
John Donne · Poems · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter A26856

Printed
Clog'dClogged here with Flesh, and contradicting Sin,
With rule
Clog'dClogged here with Flesh, and contradicting Sin,
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 18 · Open in the reader