Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39914 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

driv'ndriven

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

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 19 works
Consistency: 95.1% (78 of 82)
Reach if approved: ~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: driven
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 19 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2 As smoak is driv'ndriven, drive them away, as wax melts fire before,
With rule
2 As smoak is driv'ndriven, drive them away, as wax melts fire before,
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
Depriv'd, driv'ndriven out, kept out, and liv'd to see
With rule
Depriv'd, driv'ndriven out, kept out, and liv'd to see
Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… same day after noon so great a Tempest arose, that the Ships were some driv'ndriven one way, some another in great peril. The General with his loudest voice call'd …
With rule
… same day after noon so great a Tempest arose, that the Ships were some driv'ndriven one way, some another in great peril. The General with his loudest voice call'd …
John Milton · A Brief History of Moscovia and Other Countries · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ere this he had return'd, with fury driv'ndriven
With rule
Ere this he had return'd, with fury driv'ndriven
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… how Christiern the second, King of Denmark not much above a hundred yeares past, driv'ndriven out by his Subjects, and receavd againe upon new Oaths and conditions, broke through …
With rule
… how Christiern the second, King of Denmark not much above a hundred yeares past, driv'ndriven out by his Subjects, and receavd againe upon new Oaths and conditions, broke through …
John Milton · The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
Depriv'd, driv'ndriven out, and kept out, liv'd to ſee
With rule
Depriv'd, driv'ndriven out, and kept out, liv'd to ſee
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
Have been as baniſh'd, driv'ndriven into exile.
With rule
Have been as baniſh'd, driv'ndriven into exile.
Edward Calver · Zions Thankful Echoes from the Cliffs of Ireland · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
was driv'ndriven moſt quickly back.
With rule
was driv'ndriven moſt quickly back.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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

Scriptural Poems A30201

Printed
Driv'nDriven with the Wind and tossed here and there:
With rule
Driv'nDriven with the Wind and tossed here and there:
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 89 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Driv'nDriven headlong from the Pitch of Heaven, down
With rule
Driv'nDriven headlong from the Pitch of Heaven, down
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Driv'nDriven back redounded as a flood on those
With rule
Driv'nDriven back redounded as a flood on those
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader