Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40167 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scourg'dscourged

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

Puritas changed it: 58 times in 40 works
Consistency: 87.8% (58 of 66)
Reach if approved: ~69 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scourged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 66 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 40 works, 87.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Hath ſcourg'dscourged the Stage.
With rule
Hath ſcourg'dscourged the Stage.
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader
Printed
… are you not men? Behold the man. The man you have presented to me, scourg'dscourged like a slave, drench't in his own gore, crowned with Thornes, scorn'd, spet on …
With rule
… are you not men? Behold the man. The man you have presented to me, scourg'dscourged like a slave, drench't in his own gore, crowned with Thornes, scorn'd, spet on …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
Twice twenty Orthodox Divines were ſcourg'dscourged.
With rule
Twice twenty Orthodox Divines were ſcourg'dscourged.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that, Ut caederer virgis ardentibus ferreis, zeli ſuſpicionis et rixarum; nothing but to be ſcourg'dscourged with burning iron rods, rods of jealouſie, of ſuſpition, and of quarrels; but in …
With rule
… that, Ut caederer virgis ardentibus ferreis, zeli ſuſpicionis et rixarum; nothing but to be ſcourg'dscourged with burning iron rods, rods of jealouſie, of ſuſpition, and of quarrels; but in …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
This Prince from Heaven came, was ſcourg'dscourged, did die,
With rule
This Prince from Heaven came, was ſcourg'dscourged, did die,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſitting at the Right Hand of God, whoſe Hands they bound, whoſe Body they ſcourg'dscourged, whoſe Side they pierc'd. They who Crown'd him with Thorns, ſhall (with all the …
With rule
… ſitting at the Right Hand of God, whoſe Hands they bound, whoſe Body they ſcourg'dscourged, whoſe Side they pierc'd. They who Crown'd him with Thorns, ſhall (with all the …
John Shower · A New Years Gift · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou ſhalt be ſcourg'dscourged: for mockt, GOD will not be.
With rule
Thou ſhalt be ſcourg'dscourged: for mockt, GOD will not be.
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his hands of all the cruelties exercis'd by the Prelats, is paſt doubting. They ſcourg'dscourged the confeſſors of the Goſpell, and he held the ſcourgers garments. They excuted their …
With rule
… his hands of all the cruelties exercis'd by the Prelats, is paſt doubting. They ſcourg'dscourged the confeſſors of the Goſpell, and he held the ſcourgers garments. They excuted their …
John Milton · Apology Against a Pamphlet · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Scourg'dScourged was her eldeſt Son; and after, preſt
With rule
Scourg'dScourged was her eldeſt Son; and after, preſt
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 27 · Open in the reader