Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40163 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

encreas'dincreased

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

Puritas changed it: 52 times in 38 works
Consistency: 98.1% (52 of 53)
Reach if approved: ~58 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: increased
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 55 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (52 changes in 38 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 52)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of it being Enmity to God, the more the habit of any Sin is encreas'dincreased by frequent Acts, the more also is the habitual Enmity in the Heart increas'd …
With rule
… of it being Enmity to God, the more the habit of any Sin is encreas'dincreased by frequent Acts, the more also is the habitual Enmity in the Heart increas'd …
Stephen Charnock · Two Discourses · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then 'twill not appear strange to see the first seeds of discord, so prodigiously encreas'dincreased, that they now overspread the face of the Earth: for whereas in all other …
With rule
… then 'twill not appear strange to see the first seeds of discord, so prodigiously encreas'dincreased, that they now overspread the face of the Earth: for whereas in all other …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
His numerous bleating flocks encreas'dincreased hath he,
With rule
His numerous bleating flocks encreas'dincreased hath he,
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Trajan in favour of the Christians, intimates to him, they were every where so encreas'dincreased both in Cities and Countreys, that the (Pagan) Temples had lain almost quite desolate …
With rule
… Trajan in favour of the Christians, intimates to him, they were every where so encreas'dincreased both in Cities and Countreys, that the (Pagan) Temples had lain almost quite desolate …
John Howe · The Carnality of Religious Contention · p. xxv · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prov. 20.27. is not here extinguiſh'd, but ſnuff'd that it may burn the brighter; and encreas'dincreased with illuſtrious acceſsions from above. In ſhort, He that is a Chriſtian muſt be …
With rule
… Prov. 20.27. is not here extinguiſh'd, but ſnuff'd that it may burn the brighter; and encreas'dincreased with illuſtrious acceſsions from above. In ſhort, He that is a Chriſtian muſt be …
Edward Reyner · Necessity of Human Learning for a Gospel Preacher · Open in the reader
Printed
… themselvs, the said vain riches, perishing goods, so that such goods encrease, they are encreas'dincreased that eat them. The mystical truth of this saying, is this. The inordinate lusts …
With rule
… themselvs, the said vain riches, perishing goods, so that such goods encrease, they are encreas'dincreased that eat them. The mystical truth of this saying, is this. The inordinate lusts …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good Things) replied, v. 9, 10. Hast thou not bless'd the Work of his Hands, and encreas'dincreased his Substance in the Land? Take all this away again, and see, if he …
With rule
… good Things) replied, v. 9, 10. Hast thou not bless'd the Work of his Hands, and encreas'dincreased his Substance in the Land? Take all this away again, and see, if he …
George Sikes · A Wakening Call · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is a life to come which muſt be car'd for. Though they are encreaſ'dincreased with worldly goods, yet if they have all their portion here, they are moſt …
With rule
… there is a life to come which muſt be car'd for. Though they are encreaſ'dincreased with worldly goods, yet if they have all their portion here, they are moſt …
Samuel Cradock · Knowledge and Practice · p. 483 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

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.