Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39996 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

water'dwatered

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

Puritas changed it: 68 times in 54 works
Consistency: 98.5% (68 of 69)
Reach if approved: ~72 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watered
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 54 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 68)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… so called from a double Donatus, whereof the one planted the sect, the other water'dwatered it, & the devil by Gods permission gave the increase. The elder Donatus being one …
With rule
… so called from a double Donatus, whereof the one planted the sect, the other water'dwatered it, & the devil by Gods permission gave the increase. The elder Donatus being one …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and bryars, is rejected, and nigh unto cursing, whose end is, not to be water'dwatered any more, but burnt up, v. 7, 8.
With rule
… and bryars, is rejected, and nigh unto cursing, whose end is, not to be water'dwatered any more, but burnt up, v. 7, 8.
John Kettlewell · The Measures of Christian Obedience · p. 595 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Naomi here; thus Lot loſt his All, by his Carnal Choice of his well-water'dwatered Countreys, Gen. 13.10. with 14.12. Lot loſt his Liberty as well as his Goods, for affecting …
With rule
… Naomi here; thus Lot loſt his All, by his Carnal Choice of his well-water'dwatered Countreys, Gen. 13.10. with 14.12. Lot loſt his Liberty as well as his Goods, for affecting …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forth Fruit to God, and ought to be water'dwatered with the Magistrates eye, and water'dwatered by the Ministers hand; our Families are the Nurseries in which young tender Plants …
With rule
… forth Fruit to God, and ought to be water'dwatered with the Magistrates eye, and water'dwatered by the Ministers hand; our Families are the Nurseries in which young tender Plants …
Samuel Slater · An Earnest Call to Family Religion · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preaching of the Goſpell? By this the Apoſtl…s planted Churches, and ſucceeding Paſtours water'dwatered and cheriſht them. When David, and the houſe of Saul had both Thrones in …
With rule
… preaching of the Goſpell? By this the Apoſtl…s planted Churches, and ſucceeding Paſtours water'dwatered and cheriſht them. When David, and the houſe of Saul had both Thrones in …
John Geree · The Downfall of Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… withereth not, neither ceaſeth ſhe from yielding Fruit. May this Town be as a water'dwatered Garden, that ſeeth not when Heat cometh, abounding with Fruits of Righteouſneſs: and let …
With rule
… withereth not, neither ceaſeth ſhe from yielding Fruit. May this Town be as a water'dwatered Garden, that ſeeth not when Heat cometh, abounding with Fruits of Righteouſneſs: and let …
Thomas Foxcroft · Observations Historical and Practical on the Rise of New England · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
By eight streams water'dwatered; two from Hepar low,
With rule
By eight streams water'dwatered; two from Hepar low,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. As if he had ſaid, Canaan is not a country capable of being water'dwatered by the foot, it is ſo mountanous and uneven. All the labour of hand …
With rule
… c. As if he had ſaid, Canaan is not a country capable of being water'dwatered by the foot, it is ſo mountanous and uneven. All the labour of hand …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 263 · 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.