Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40063 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cam'stcamest

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

Puritas changed it: 61 times in 46 works
Consistency: 98.3% (61 of 62)
Reach if approved: ~65 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: camest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 62 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (61 changes in 46 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 61)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
How cam'stcamest thou he… good Swaine, hath any ram
With rule
How cam'stcamest thou he… good Swaine, hath any ram
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou canst carry nothing out of this world, but in all points, as thou cam'stcamest into the world, so must thou go hence, Eccl. 5. 13, 14, 15.
With rule
… thou canst carry nothing out of this world, but in all points, as thou cam'stcamest into the world, so must thou go hence, Eccl. 5. 13, 14, 15.
Nicholas Byfield · The Cure of the Fear of Death · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
If 't be not earth thou cam'ſtcamest from, whence tis plaine
With rule
If 't be not earth thou cam'ſtcamest from, whence tis plaine
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
Raviſh'd, let me from whence thou cam'ſtcamest, aspire.
With rule
Raviſh'd, let me from whence thou cam'ſtcamest, aspire.
John Godolphin · The Holy Arbor · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
Return the way thou cam'stcamest, I will not come.
With rule
Return the way thou cam'stcamest, I will not come.
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
How cam'ſtcamest thou to believe this?
With rule
How cam'ſtcamest thou to believe this?
Vavasor Powell · Divine Love · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet his very iourney is caſt vpon him by them, for a reproach; Wherefore cam'ſtcamest thou downe hither? and when their bitterneſſe can meete with nothing elſe to ſhame …
With rule
… yet his very iourney is caſt vpon him by them, for a reproach; Wherefore cam'ſtcamest thou downe hither? and when their bitterneſſe can meete with nothing elſe to ſhame …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1082 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of having any thing in this world: So poor in Spirit, that, as thou cam'ſtcamest naked into the World, ſo as naked thou wouldſt depart hence. So poor in …
With rule
… of having any thing in this world: So poor in Spirit, that, as thou cam'ſtcamest naked into the World, ſo as naked thou wouldſt depart hence. So poor in …
Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · p. 108 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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 Regained A50931

Printed
Cam'stCamest thou for this, vain boaster, to survey me,
With rule
Cam'stCamest thou for this, vain boaster, to survey me,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 73 · Open in the reader