Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40024 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vex'dvexed

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

Puritas changed it: 66 times in 54 works
Consistency: 97.0% (66 of 68)
Reach if approved: ~71 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: vexed
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 54 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
VVe ſhall no more be vex'dvexed with Canaanites.
With rule
VVe ſhall no more be vex'dvexed with Canaanites.
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo far from being a peace-maker, that, diſtracted in thy thoughts, thou art vex'dvexed and perplex'd within thy ſelf. How then art thou the Child of God, in …
With rule
… ſo far from being a peace-maker, that, diſtracted in thy thoughts, thou art vex'dvexed and perplex'd within thy ſelf. How then art thou the Child of God, in …
Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grieved, becauſe they kept not Gods word, Pſal. 119.158. Lot's righteous; ſoul was griev'd and vex'dvexed with the filthy converſation of the wicked, 2. Pet. 2.7, 8. Our eye ſhould affect our heart …
With rule
… grieved, becauſe they kept not Gods word, Pſal. 119.158. Lot's righteous; ſoul was griev'd and vex'dvexed with the filthy converſation of the wicked, 2. Pet. 2.7, 8. Our eye ſhould affect our heart …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Fervent Zeal Against Flagrant Wickedness · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him from his Throne? For thus by implication and consequence they do, who are vex'dvexed at his Providence. A Holy Soul will tremble at the Thoughts of it. Methinks …
With rule
… him from his Throne? For thus by implication and consequence they do, who are vex'dvexed at his Providence. A Holy Soul will tremble at the Thoughts of it. Methinks …
William Bates · The Great Duty of Resignation to the Divine Will · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be sham'd, fore vex'dvexed; let suddenly them turn and shamed be.
With rule
Be sham'd, fore vex'dvexed; let suddenly them turn and shamed be.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… make our laſt Will and Teſtament, we call for a Scrivener, and are inwardly vex'dvexed to behold him; the viſit of friends trouble us, and their abſence doth as …
With rule
… make our laſt Will and Teſtament, we call for a Scrivener, and are inwardly vex'dvexed to behold him; the viſit of friends trouble us, and their abſence doth as …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet is ſhe vex'dvexed with ſore perplexities
With rule
Yet is ſhe vex'dvexed with ſore perplexities
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worry Preaching: for I never yet heard of any but diligent preachers, that were vex'dvexed with theſe, and the like devices. They deſpiſe prophecy, and as one ſaid, they …
With rule
… worry Preaching: for I never yet heard of any but diligent preachers, that were vex'dvexed with theſe, and the like devices. They deſpiſe prophecy, and as one ſaid, they …
Benjamin Rudyerd · Five Speeches · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.