Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40126 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

injoy'denjoy'd

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

Puritas changed it: 58 times in 42 works
Consistency: 93.5% (58 of 62)
Reach if approved: ~67 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: enjoyed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 64 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 42 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Yet in his conſcience then injoy'denjoy'd that feaſt
With rule
Yet in his conſcience then injoy'denjoy'd that feaſt
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and improved and yet this no way reflecting upon the things themſelves which are injoy'denjoy'd, but upon the Perſons of thoſe that enjoy them. To the pure all things …
With rule
… and improved and yet this no way reflecting upon the things themſelves which are injoy'denjoy'd, but upon the Perſons of thoſe that enjoy them. To the pure all things …
Thomas Horton · The Unrighteous Mammon Exchanged for the True Riches · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or intermissions. We shall always desire, and always be satisfied; and when we have injoy'denjoy'd the most, we shall never be cloy'd, nor wearied with it. We shall live …
With rule
… or intermissions. We shall always desire, and always be satisfied; and when we have injoy'denjoy'd the most, we shall never be cloy'd, nor wearied with it. We shall live …
John Kettlewell · Funeral Sermon for Lady Frances Digby · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
Hop'd now a Vacancy to have injoy'denjoy'd,
With rule
Hop'd now a Vacancy to have injoy'denjoy'd,
Thomas Manton · Advice to Mourners Under the Loss of Dear Relations · p. xix · Open in the reader
Printed
… Exchange for Mr. Clarke, procur'd his Sequestration to be recall'd, and by that means injoy'denjoy'd a poor but more contented subsistence for himself, his Wife and Children, till the …
With rule
… Exchange for Mr. Clarke, procur'd his Sequestration to be recall'd, and by that means injoy'denjoy'd a poor but more contented subsistence for himself, his Wife and Children, till the …
Robert Sanderson · Thirty-Six Sermons · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
For, why ſhould great Revenues be injoy'denjoy'd
With rule
For, why ſhould great Revenues be injoy'denjoy'd
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no ſuch matter. Thirdly, of Conceitedneſs and ſelf-applauſe in that wiſdom which is injoy'denjoy'd and partaken-of, whatſoever it be. Each of theſe are in this ſuppoſition.
With rule
… no ſuch matter. Thirdly, of Conceitedneſs and ſelf-applauſe in that wiſdom which is injoy'denjoy'd and partaken-of, whatſoever it be. Each of theſe are in this ſuppoſition.
Thomas Horton · Wisdoms Judgment of Folly · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
Deſerved Glory, is injoy'denjoy'd.
With rule
Deſerved Glory, is injoy'denjoy'd.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 92 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.