Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40023 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tri'dtried

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

Puritas changed it: 66 times in 41 works
Consistency: 97.0% (66 of 68)
Reach if approved: ~71 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: tried
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 68 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (66 changes in 41 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
GOD's Oracles, by which all things are tri'dtried.
With rule
GOD's Oracles, by which all things are tri'dtried.
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a kind of Judgment w^ch a man makes of a thing when he hath tri'dtried it in al the moſt exquiſite waies that poſſibly may be uſed. Such a …
With rule
… a kind of Judgment w^ch a man makes of a thing when he hath tri'dtried it in al the moſt exquiſite waies that poſſibly may be uſed. Such a …
Sidrach Simpson · Two Books · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
With long delayes, our patiences are tri'dtried,
With rule
With long delayes, our patiences are tri'dtried,
George Wither · An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou haſt me tri'dtried; nothing thou ſha…
With rule
Thou haſt me tri'dtried; nothing thou ſha…
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
… to a last hold having nothing else to trust to, tho you have already tri'dtried all other, and slighted me, you shall yet be welcome: my pierced side is …
With rule
… to a last hold having nothing else to trust to, tho you have already tri'dtried all other, and slighted me, you shall yet be welcome: my pierced side is …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
with our own ears have tri'dtried.
With rule
with our own ears have tri'dtried.
Zacharie Boyd · The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
I love thee not, nor thou me having tri'dtried
With rule
I love thee not, nor thou me having tri'dtried
John Donne · Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pro… e a likenesse betweene the Ministers of the Old and New Testament, having tri'dtried their sinewes. I judge they may passe without harme doing to our cause. We …
With rule
… pro… e a likenesse betweene the Ministers of the Old and New Testament, having tri'dtried their sinewes. I judge they may passe without harme doing to our cause. We …
John Milton · The Reason of Church Government · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Tri'dTried in sharp tribulation, and refin'd
With rule
Tri'dTried in sharp tribulation, and refin'd
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Britains Genius A96763

Printed
By prudent Honeſtie; Tri'dTried Faithfulneſs,
With rule
By prudent Honeſtie; Tri'dTried Faithfulneſs,
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 56 · Open in the reader