Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39919 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shun'dshunned

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

Puritas changed it: 75 times in 65 works
Consistency: 98.6% (75 of 76)
Reach if approved: ~80 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shunned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 76 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (75 changes in 65 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 75)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
That Folly ſhun'dshunned, and Holy Wiſdom choſe:
With rule
That Folly ſhun'dshunned, and Holy Wiſdom choſe:
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of those profane, and vain bablers, that being known they might be the better shun'dshunned.
With rule
… of those profane, and vain bablers, that being known they might be the better shun'dshunned.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader
Printed
… as were Excommunicated, were termed Apoſynagogi, as being quaſi Synagoga exacti, and to be ſhun'dshunned or avoided of all men until they repented. That of our Saviour in Matth …
With rule
… as were Excommunicated, were termed Apoſynagogi, as being quaſi Synagoga exacti, and to be ſhun'dshunned or avoided of all men until they repented. That of our Saviour in Matth …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 624 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to preserve the same Vessel, by fastening the Rudder, whose company they had all shun'dshunned, others having given it over. Secondly: Several Passengers being Aboard, who shipt themselves for …
With rule
… to preserve the same Vessel, by fastening the Rudder, whose company they had all shun'dshunned, others having given it over. Secondly: Several Passengers being Aboard, who shipt themselves for …
James Janeway · Legacy to His Friends · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to preſerve the ſame Veſſel, by faſtening the Rudder, whoſe company they had all ſhun'dshunned, others having given it over. Secondly, Several Paſſengers being Aboard, who ſhipt themſelves for …
With rule
… to preſerve the ſame Veſſel, by faſtening the Rudder, whoſe company they had all ſhun'dshunned, others having given it over. Secondly, Several Paſſengers being Aboard, who ſhipt themſelves for …
James Janeway · A Token for Mariners · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
for what I ſhun'dshunned and fear'd
With rule
for what I ſhun'dshunned and fear'd
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Scripture, varniſh'd over with the name of new light, they are to be ſhun'dshunned for falſe lights, which lead to perdition. After Chriſt hath ſpoken in the word …
With rule
… to Scripture, varniſh'd over with the name of new light, they are to be ſhun'dshunned for falſe lights, which lead to perdition. After Chriſt hath ſpoken in the word …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make-bates, and tale-bearers, that sow the seedes of dissention; these must be shun'dshunned and avoyded. And in the very next chapter, 1. Cor. 1.10. Now I beseech you, brethren …
With rule
… make-bates, and tale-bearers, that sow the seedes of dissention; these must be shun'dshunned and avoyded. And in the very next chapter, 1. Cor. 1.10. Now I beseech you, brethren …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.