Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40101 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seduc'dseduced

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

Puritas changed it: 58 times in 43 works
Consistency: 96.6% (58 of 60)
Reach if approved: ~63 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seduced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 60 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (58 changes in 43 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… at command, and being lawfully cal'd to it, there was no danger of being ſeduc'dseduced, of bowing to Baal, of countenancing falſe worſhip; God keeps thoſe are in the …
With rule
… at command, and being lawfully cal'd to it, there was no danger of being ſeduc'dseduced, of bowing to Baal, of countenancing falſe worſhip; God keeps thoſe are in the …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If at any time the consequence deceive him, it is not Reason that hath seduc'dseduced him, but his weakness and disability not to make use of Right Reason.
With rule
… If at any time the consequence deceive him, it is not Reason that hath seduc'dseduced him, but his weakness and disability not to make use of Right Reason.
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 435 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, that it may not appear to check the sensual Inclinations. Whilst the Mind seduc'dseduced by the Senses, is intent upon the pleasing Object, it does not actually and …
With rule
… it, that it may not appear to check the sensual Inclinations. Whilst the Mind seduc'dseduced by the Senses, is intent upon the pleasing Object, it does not actually and …
William Bates · The Danger of Prosperity · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Lady Anne Lindsey, daughter of the Countess of Balcarres, whom he had seduc'dseduced and afterwards stole away and convey'd into France, p. 218, &c. Two Letters of Mr …
With rule
… to the Lady Anne Lindsey, daughter of the Countess of Balcarres, whom he had seduc'dseduced and afterwards stole away and convey'd into France, p. 218, &c. Two Letters of Mr …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · Open in the reader
Printed
That Saints till death seduc'dseduced may be,
With rule
That Saints till death seduc'dseduced may be,
David Dickson · True Christian Love to be Sung with any of the Common Tunes of the Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… pretence of a Prophetick ſpirit, miſled many Jews; and Judas the Galalean, v. 37. who ſeduc'dseduced the People into a Sedition, in which they periſhed: and Simon-Magus, Act. 8.9. who …
With rule
… pretence of a Prophetick ſpirit, miſled many Jews; and Judas the Galalean, v. 37. who ſeduc'dseduced the People into a Sedition, in which they periſhed: and Simon-Magus, Act. 8.9. who …
Christopher Ness · The Person and Period of the Antichrist · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and never ſeen the Face of thoſe Companions, by whom I have been enſnar'd, ſeduc'dseduced, and ruin'd! Oh that God would ſpare me a little longer!
With rule
… and never ſeen the Face of thoſe Companions, by whom I have been enſnar'd, ſeduc'dseduced, and ruin'd! Oh that God would ſpare me a little longer!
John Shower · Heaven and Hell · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… how ſtrong the temptation was, or how weak the judgment of him that was ſeduc'dseduced by it into errour and folly.
With rule
… how ſtrong the temptation was, or how weak the judgment of him that was ſeduc'dseduced by it into errour and folly.
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 4 · p. 290 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

Printed
… taught: And therefore they needed not a Teacher, as those who are Rude or Seduc'dSeduced. Rude and ignorant, that may learn, what they never knew: Seduced, that they may …
With rule
… taught: And therefore they needed not a Teacher, as those who are Rude or Seduc'dSeduced. Rude and ignorant, that may learn, what they never knew: Seduced, that they may …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 412 · Open in the reader