Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39994 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

accustom'daccustomed

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

Puritas changed it: 68 times in 52 works
Consistency: 98.5% (68 of 69)
Reach if approved: ~72 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: accustomed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 69 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (68 changes in 52 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 68)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vain, wanton understandings, or fancies, with the humane methods, they have bin, all along, accustom'daccustomed to, and habituated in; from enmity to, and dislike of the matter, they'l pretend …
With rule
… vain, wanton understandings, or fancies, with the humane methods, they have bin, all along, accustom'daccustomed to, and habituated in; from enmity to, and dislike of the matter, they'l pretend …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 378 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Family and others accuſtom'daccustomed to the old Chappel at Glaſtenbury, being two Miles or more from the Church …
With rule
The Family and others accuſtom'daccustomed to the old Chappel at Glaſtenbury, being two Miles or more from the Church …
Edmund Trench · The Life and Death of Reverend Edmund Trench · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… accuſtom'daccustomed, for a long Seaſon, … to live without ſpiritual Companions, and finding none that would …
With rule
… accuſtom'daccustomed, for a long Seaſon, … to live without ſpiritual Companions, and finding none that would …
George Whitefield · Account of the Life of Whitefield · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor any gaity beyond that of a Wake or Morrice; and men who are accustom'daccustomed only to the admiration of themselves, think there is nothing beside them worthy of …
With rule
… nor any gaity beyond that of a Wake or Morrice; and men who are accustom'daccustomed only to the admiration of themselves, think there is nothing beside them worthy of …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Tongue · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Arnaud ſhould uſe a ſtile ſo little becoming his profeſſion: but at length being accuſtom'daccustomed to it, I paſs'd over it, and have comforted my ſelf by the motives …
With rule
… Arnaud ſhould uſe a ſtile ſo little becoming his profeſſion: but at length being accuſtom'daccustomed to it, I paſs'd over it, and have comforted my ſelf by the motives …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · Open in the reader
Printed
… these Rags exceedingly, and I cannot part with them yet; and I am so accustom'daccustomed to wander, that I cannot yet endure to be confin'd, tho it were to …
With rule
… these Rags exceedingly, and I cannot part with them yet; and I am so accustom'daccustomed to wander, that I cannot yet endure to be confin'd, tho it were to …
Clement Ellis · The Necessity of Serious Consideration and Speedy Repentance · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things as they are convinc'd they ought to pray for, or as they have accuſtom'daccustomed themſelves to pray for, or which they have learned to pray for by hearing …
With rule
… things as they are convinc'd they ought to pray for, or as they have accuſtom'daccustomed themſelves to pray for, or which they have learned to pray for by hearing …
Henry Lukin · Remedy Against Trouble · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other Food, as ſeveral Hiſtories teſtifie, will go down with them, when they are accuſtom'daccustomed to it. See Philoſtratus, L. V. c. 15. Tzetzes Chil. V. Hiſt. 9. Sulpit. Severus, De …
With rule
… other Food, as ſeveral Hiſtories teſtifie, will go down with them, when they are accuſtom'daccustomed to it. See Philoſtratus, L. V. c. 15. Tzetzes Chil. V. Hiſt. 9. Sulpit. Severus, De …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Genesis · p. 135 · 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.