Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40113 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

welcom'dwelcomed

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

Puritas changed it: 57 times in 51 works
Consistency: 96.6% (57 of 59)
Reach if approved: ~62 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: welcomed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 59 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (57 changes in 51 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 57)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
With smiling welcom'dwelcomed death, and quietly
With rule
With smiling welcom'dwelcomed death, and quietly
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… to advance and perpetuate his Kingdom: (eſpecially the Kingdom of Chriſt, which ſhall be welcom'dwelcomed into the world with theſe words, XXI. Matt. 9, &c.) It begins moſt gloriouſly; be …
With rule
… to advance and perpetuate his Kingdom: (eſpecially the Kingdom of Chriſt, which ſhall be welcom'dwelcomed into the world with theſe words, XXI. Matt. 9, &c.) It begins moſt gloriouſly; be …
Simon Patrick · The Book of Psalms Paraphrased · p. 382 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iſaac all that had happened, and preſented Rebecca to Him. Iſaac joyfully receiv'd and welcom'dwelcomed Her, and forthwith conducted her into his Mother Sarahs Tent, which it ſeems at …
With rule
… Iſaac all that had happened, and preſented Rebecca to Him. Iſaac joyfully receiv'd and welcom'dwelcomed Her, and forthwith conducted her into his Mother Sarahs Tent, which it ſeems at …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it; yea, and you have received it too, which is ſomewhat more; that is, welcom'dwelcomed it, and imbraced it, and given entertainment to it, and expreſt your affections to …
With rule
… it; yea, and you have received it too, which is ſomewhat more; that is, welcom'dwelcomed it, and imbraced it, and given entertainment to it, and expreſt your affections to …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 345 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unkind to his Brother, whom in Union to his Father's Carriage, he ſhould have welcom'dwelcomed home. There was in all the Behaviour towards him, nothing of Injuſtice or Partiality …
With rule
… unkind to his Brother, whom in Union to his Father's Carriage, he ſhould have welcom'dwelcomed home. There was in all the Behaviour towards him, nothing of Injuſtice or Partiality …
Timothy Rogers · The Happiness of a Quiet Mind · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… return to God that …de it, by whom it shall be graciously received, and welcom'dwelcomed, and …th whom it is best to be. This was that which he desired …
With rule
… return to God that …de it, by whom it shall be graciously received, and welcom'dwelcomed, and …th whom it is best to be. This was that which he desired …
Samuel Slater · Funeral Sermon of Mrs Lobb · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who welcom'dwelcomed him with loudeſt acclamations,
With rule
Who welcom'dwelcomed him with loudeſt acclamations,
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thee, Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous, &c. The wicked and unbeleeving are never welcom'dwelcomed to the feaſt of joy, if invited; nor ſhall they taſte of this ſupper …
With rule
… thee, Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous, &c. The wicked and unbeleeving are never welcom'dwelcomed to the feaſt of joy, if invited; nor ſhall they taſte of this ſupper …
John Stalham · The Fanning and Sifting of Samuel Oates · p. 147 · 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.