Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40129 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

storm'dstormed

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

Puritas changed it: 55 times in 51 works
Consistency: 98.2% (55 of 56)
Reach if approved: ~59 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stormed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 56 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (55 changes in 51 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… look'd upon as at a great distance, afar off, taking advantage of their absence storm'dstormed the mind with present forces, and had supplies at hand for fresh assaults, so …
With rule
… look'd upon as at a great distance, afar off, taking advantage of their absence storm'dstormed the mind with present forces, and had supplies at hand for fresh assaults, so …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men. Ptolemais coming unawares on the Sabbath-day on Aſychis a City in Galilee, ſtorm'dstormed it and took it, and carried away with him about 10000 Priſoners. Next he fell …
With rule
… men. Ptolemais coming unawares on the Sabbath-day on Aſychis a City in Galilee, ſtorm'dstormed it and took it, and carried away with him about 10000 Priſoners. Next he fell …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are not the firſt Aſſailors, no, whole Armies of Saints have in former Ages ſtorm'dstormed Heaven; they have heretofore planted ſtrong Batteries againſt it, and made wide Breaches in …
With rule
… are not the firſt Aſſailors, no, whole Armies of Saints have in former Ages ſtorm'dstormed Heaven; they have heretofore planted ſtrong Batteries againſt it, and made wide Breaches in …
Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or anchor; and like a building, that having no basis or foundation, is easily storm'dstormed down, and demolished.
With rule
… or anchor; and like a building, that having no basis or foundation, is easily storm'dstormed down, and demolished.
Thomas Powell · The Four General Heads of Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… had been afterwards used with the Boy to make him deny it; tho' Jefferys storm'dstormed and rav'd, after his usual manner, when Mr. Wallop did put such a Question …
With rule
… had been afterwards used with the Boy to make him deny it; tho' Jefferys storm'dstormed and rav'd, after his usual manner, when Mr. Wallop did put such a Question …
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which Seal…ng entred firſt in the Firſt Trumpet, when the weſtern Empire was ſtorm'dstormed by every Blaſt of the four Firſt Trumpets, which all Hiſtory agrees was about …
With rule
… which Seal…ng entred firſt in the Firſt Trumpet, when the weſtern Empire was ſtorm'dstormed by every Blaſt of the four Firſt Trumpets, which all Hiſtory agrees was about …
Thomas Beverley · Positions · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
Until with Fire and Brimſtone, we are ſtorm'dstormed.
With rule
Until with Fire and Brimſtone, we are ſtorm'dstormed.
George Wither · Salt Upon Salt · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sed non prevaluerunt; the storms have been many and great, but it was never storm'dstormed, for it was and is built upon a Rock. We have a strong City …
With rule
… sed non prevaluerunt; the storms have been many and great, but it was never storm'dstormed, for it was and is built upon a Rock. We have a strong City …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 397 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.