Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39973 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fetch'tfetched

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

Puritas changed it: 70 times in 58 works
Consistency: 98.5% (70 of 71)
Reach if approved: ~75 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fetched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 71 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: fetchit (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (70 changes in 58 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 70)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is to be done by Ministers; that is, to preach truth, and Gospel-truth, fetch'tfetched from heaven with many prayers, & soaked truth with many tears. Ye shall know the …
With rule
… is to be done by Ministers; that is, to preach truth, and Gospel-truth, fetch'tfetched from heaven with many prayers, & soaked truth with many tears. Ye shall know the …
Thomas Shepard · Subjection to Christ in All His Ordinances 2 · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… never be eaten, unleſs the lame, and cripples in the street or hospital be fetch'tfetched in to fill the table. But, beloved, the comforts with which the Devil furniſheth …
With rule
… never be eaten, unleſs the lame, and cripples in the street or hospital be fetch'tfetched in to fill the table. But, beloved, the comforts with which the Devil furniſheth …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 616 · Open in the reader
Printed
A third argument is fetch'tfetched from the unchangeableneſſe of the word. The word was God, and it is impoſſible …
With rule
A third argument is fetch'tfetched from the unchangeableneſſe of the word. The word was God, and it is impoſſible …
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sea neuer incrocheth vpon our shore, but it loseth elswhere: some we haue happily fetch'tfetched into the folde of our Church, out of your wastes; some others (tho few …
With rule
… sea neuer incrocheth vpon our shore, but it loseth elswhere: some we haue happily fetch'tfetched into the folde of our Church, out of your wastes; some others (tho few …
Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 2 · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yoke is eaſy, and from 1, Joh 5.3. the commands not being grievous, is too far fetch'tfetched; we are to diſtinguiſh between Legal and Evangelical Obedience: the Goſpel hath abated of …
With rule
… yoke is eaſy, and from 1, Joh 5.3. the commands not being grievous, is too far fetch'tfetched; we are to diſtinguiſh between Legal and Evangelical Obedience: the Goſpel hath abated of …
Cotton Mather · The Principles of the Protestant Religion Maintained · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Job; that is, what was captivated or taken away, the Lord, as it were, fetch'tfetched back again, and reſtored it to him. In this ſenſe Abraham, when he heard …
With rule
… Job; that is, what was captivated or taken away, the Lord, as it were, fetch'tfetched back again, and reſtored it to him. In this ſenſe Abraham, when he heard …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · p. 931 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Him, and therefore by a ſpirit of Faith muſt be daily and Continually fetch'tfetched from Him, and that upon all occaſions: And it is our great Comfort and …
With rule
… in Him, and therefore by a ſpirit of Faith muſt be daily and Continually fetch'tfetched from Him, and that upon all occaſions: And it is our great Comfort and …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
I would fill the Remaining pages of this sheet with a Discourse fetch'tfetched from a Reserved Collection of MEMORABLE PROVIDENCES, not improper to be produced on this …
With rule
I would fill the Remaining pages of this sheet with a Discourse fetch'tfetched from a Reserved Collection of MEMORABLE PROVIDENCES, not improper to be produced on this …
Cotton Mather · The Way to Prosperity · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.