Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39883 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

untouch'duntouched

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

Puritas changed it: 81 times in 69 works
Consistency: 95.2% (81 of 85)
Reach if approved: ~89 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: untouched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 85 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 69 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 81)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Purity, …lls us, That there may be many No-Virgins, whoſe Bodies are yet untouch'duntouched; as if it were not ſo much the Conjunction of two Bodies, as of …
With rule
… Purity, …lls us, That there may be many No-Virgins, whoſe Bodies are yet untouch'duntouched; as if it were not ſo much the Conjunction of two Bodies, as of …
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 234 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpread itſelf over the face of the Earth, leaving neither Man, Woman, or Child untouch'duntouched with the Venom of it, ſaith 1 John 5. 19. The whole World lieth in Wickedneſs. This …
With rule
… ſpread itſelf over the face of the Earth, leaving neither Man, Woman, or Child untouch'duntouched with the Venom of it, ſaith 1 John 5. 19. The whole World lieth in Wickedneſs. This …
Thomas Worden · The Leper and the Lepers House Cleansed · Open in the reader
Printed
Your Crown is undefil'd, untouch'duntouched.
With rule
Your Crown is undefil'd, untouch'duntouched.
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſwearing and lying and oppreſſing heart, the root of all theſe wickedneſſes remained untouch'duntouched. Let that inward corruption of Nature, which is the root of Actual ſin, be …
With rule
… the ſwearing and lying and oppreſſing heart, the root of all theſe wickedneſſes remained untouch'duntouched. Let that inward corruption of Nature, which is the root of Actual ſin, be …
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
But leave untouch'duntouched the future woes of Hell.
With rule
But leave untouch'duntouched the future woes of Hell.
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Have any part untouch'duntouched by Famines band
With rule
Have any part untouch'duntouched by Famines band
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thus to keep a buſh unconſumed in the midſt of fire? to preſerve fuel untouch'duntouched in the very embraces of flames?
With rule
… thus to keep a buſh unconſumed in the midſt of fire? to preſerve fuel untouch'duntouched in the very embraces of flames?
Ezekiel Hopkins · Exposition on the Lords Prayer · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the King and Country in it, the Frenchman arrived, unladed, and went away untouch'duntouched. The Governour was extreamly offended at this notorious Defici…y; it caſt him into …
With rule
… for the King and Country in it, the Frenchman arrived, unladed, and went away untouch'duntouched. The Governour was extreamly offended at this notorious Defici…y; it caſt him into …
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · p. 87 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 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.

Self-Conflict A31368

Printed
Untouch'dUntouched unduely, as ſhe was before.
With rule
Untouch'dUntouched unduely, as ſhe was before.
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
Untouch'dUntouched by Thee, her Nails assault thine Eyes:
With rule
Untouch'dUntouched by Thee, her Nails assault thine Eyes:
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 12 · Open in the reader