Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39867 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pick'dpicked

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

Puritas changed it: 81 times in 57 works
Consistency: 98.7% (81 of 82)
Reach if approved: ~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: picked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 82 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (81 changes in 57 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 81)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hence to the end of your Book, I find nothing but Rubbiſh and Trifles, pick'dpicked out of the former Chapters; of which you have here raiſed ſo great a …
With rule
… hence to the end of your Book, I find nothing but Rubbiſh and Trifles, pick'dpicked out of the former Chapters; of which you have here raiſed ſo great a …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… confirms the Truth of what I ſuſpected in my Remarks, p. 12. That he had pick'dpicked up a ſpurious Story, perhaps in the next Coffee-Houſe, or Ale-Houſe, and …
With rule
… confirms the Truth of what I ſuſpected in my Remarks, p. 12. That he had pick'dpicked up a ſpurious Story, perhaps in the next Coffee-Houſe, or Ale-Houſe, and …
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it. Poſſibly here and there a Paſſage or two looking that way, may be pick'dpicked up; but a Man muſt go deep for that Ore; and when he hath …
With rule
… it. Poſſibly here and there a Paſſage or two looking that way, may be pick'dpicked up; but a Man muſt go deep for that Ore; and when he hath …
Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… experiences, providences to make it up. However, the evidence may be ſufficient, that is pick'dpicked out of them altogether. Think then, ſuch a time, I was refreſht at a …
With rule
… experiences, providences to make it up. However, the evidence may be ſufficient, that is pick'dpicked out of them altogether. Think then, ſuch a time, I was refreſht at a …
Simon Ford · The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption · p. 319 · Open in the reader
Printed
They, by the Sword, are pick'dpicked out everie day,
With rule
They, by the Sword, are pick'dpicked out everie day,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
A pretty boy is pick'dpicked: Romanus tongue
With rule
A pretty boy is pick'dpicked: Romanus tongue
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many learned and weighty Treatiſes lie by him unanſwered; therefore ſhall not ſuppoſe he pick'dpicked mine out becauſe it was the weakeſt, but becauſe there was ſomething in it …
With rule
… many learned and weighty Treatiſes lie by him unanſwered; therefore ſhall not ſuppoſe he pick'dpicked mine out becauſe it was the weakeſt, but becauſe there was ſomething in it …
William Eyre · Vindication of the Letter Concerning Bishop Lakes Declaration · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the moſt pious Fathers (Greek and Latine) the choyſeſt ancient Jewiſh Rabbins, with the pick'dpicked flowers of their Targums, and Talmuds, and Orthodox Councils, and Catechiſmes, &c. to have …
With rule
… the moſt pious Fathers (Greek and Latine) the choyſeſt ancient Jewiſh Rabbins, with the pick'dpicked flowers of their Targums, and Talmuds, and Orthodox Councils, and Catechiſmes, &c. to have …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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
… Project, and play'd ſo Artificially with the Secretary, that he took the Main Fortreſs. Pick'dPicked out of him at that time, the Heads of all the Articles in the …
With rule
… Project, and play'd ſo Artificially with the Secretary, that he took the Main Fortreſs. Pick'dPicked out of him at that time, the Heads of all the Articles in the …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 198 · Open in the reader