Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39913 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

crack'dcracked

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

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 63 works
Consistency: 95.1% (78 of 82)
Reach if approved: ~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cracked
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 (78 changes in 63 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… were at a Non-plus, though they had beaten their Brains, and well-nigh crack'dcracked their Skulls, yet could not Ʋnriddle it, ſeeing the ſame ſenſe was delivered to …
With rule
… were at a Non-plus, though they had beaten their Brains, and well-nigh crack'dcracked their Skulls, yet could not Ʋnriddle it, ſeeing the ſame ſenſe was delivered to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be ſure it is Ardled into impious matter of Deviliſm, in their Childrens crack'dcracked Crowns; and therefore you are ſent into a Region, where there is Hellebore enough …
With rule
… to be ſure it is Ardled into impious matter of Deviliſm, in their Childrens crack'dcracked Crowns; and therefore you are ſent into a Region, where there is Hellebore enough …
Joshua Scottow · The Planting of the Massachusetts Colony · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or worm-eaten kernel; holineſs without peace, is as a pretious kernel, under a crack'dcracked and broken ſhell.
With rule
… or worm-eaten kernel; holineſs without peace, is as a pretious kernel, under a crack'dcracked and broken ſhell.
Richard Alleine · A Vindication of Godliness · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the Negative part of Religion; many build their hopes for heaven upon this crack'dcracked foundation, they are given to no vice, none can charge them with any foule …
With rule
… with the Negative part of Religion; many build their hopes for heaven upon this crack'dcracked foundation, they are given to no vice, none can charge them with any foule …
Thomas Watson · The Saints Delight · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like a ſick Patient that cannot ſpit, whom nothing will cure: Or, like a crack'dcracked Bell, for which there is no remedy but the fire. Or like one that …
With rule
… like a ſick Patient that cannot ſpit, whom nothing will cure: Or, like a crack'dcracked Bell, for which there is no remedy but the fire. Or like one that …
Richard Younge · A Precious Mithridate for the Soul · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Her body till her very bowels crack'dcracked:
With rule
Her body till her very bowels crack'dcracked:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the body, has left ſuch little emptineſſes within, (the body by waxing, having crack'dcracked a many holes in it,) that 'tis now, at manhood, as like to be …
With rule
… of the body, has left ſuch little emptineſſes within, (the body by waxing, having crack'dcracked a many holes in it,) that 'tis now, at manhood, as like to be …
Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… praises of God in this Sanctuary, I may well be afraid to sound my crack'dcracked pipe and bruised reed. Last, if upward to that awfull Majesty, in whose place …
With rule
… praises of God in this Sanctuary, I may well be afraid to sound my crack'dcracked pipe and bruised reed. Last, if upward to that awfull Majesty, in whose place …
Nathaniel Hardy · Justice Triumphing · p. 1 · 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.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… own Hands (ſaith Vatablus) merely becauſe he thought (forſooth) that his Credit was now Crack'dCracked, and he ſhould henceforward be look'd upon as a Lyar, ſeeing he had foretold …
With rule
… own Hands (ſaith Vatablus) merely becauſe he thought (forſooth) that his Credit was now Crack'dCracked, and he ſhould henceforward be look'd upon as a Lyar, ſeeing he had foretold …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 581 · Open in the reader

The Benefice A65997

Printed
… or old Frying-Pans to mend?— Come, come, I can mend Platter-Faces, or Crack'dCracked Maiden-Heads, or Tipt Cuckold's-Horns. Who will buy a brave Candlestick?— My Wares …
With rule
… or old Frying-Pans to mend?— Come, come, I can mend Platter-Faces, or Crack'dCracked Maiden-Heads, or Tipt Cuckold's-Horns. Who will buy a brave Candlestick?— My Wares …
Robert Wild · The Benefice · p. 44 · Open in the reader