Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40183 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

evidenc'devidenced

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

Puritas changed it: 57 times in 38 works
Consistency: 87.6% (57 of 65)
Reach if approved: ~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: evidenced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 65 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 38 works, 87.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 57)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2. This Doctrine is as profitable as ſeaſonable: And this will be evidenc'devidenced by two Reaſons, which are of great weight and conſequence.
With rule
2. This Doctrine is as profitable as ſeaſonable: And this will be evidenc'devidenced by two Reaſons, which are of great weight and conſequence.
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arguments upon us if we had no need of it. But it may be evidenc'devidenced that the ſtate of Men, yea of all Men is ſuch, that they have …
With rule
… arguments upon us if we had no need of it. But it may be evidenc'devidenced that the ſtate of Men, yea of all Men is ſuch, that they have …
William Williams · The Great Salvation Revealed and Offered · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then will follow another deſirable thing, whereby a right brokenneſs of heart will be evidenc'devidenced. For,
With rule
… then will follow another deſirable thing, whereby a right brokenneſs of heart will be evidenc'devidenced. For,
Nathaniel Clap · Sinners Directed to Hear and Fear · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
This ineffectualness of judgments, hath often been evidenc'devidenced in the devilish behaviour that hath appeared in many under them. How many in …
With rule
This ineffectualness of judgments, hath often been evidenc'devidenced in the devilish behaviour that hath appeared in many under them. How many in …
Thomas Gouge · Gods Call to England · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
VV…n s…al… by proofs be evidenc'devidenced at large;
With rule
VV…n s…al… by proofs be evidenc'devidenced at large;
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Epistles to them, and their dutiful Subjection and Obedience under them, which I have evidenc'devidenced by presidents and Testimonies in all ages, (never formerly collected into one Manual) To …
With rule
… Epistles to them, and their dutiful Subjection and Obedience under them, which I have evidenc'devidenced by presidents and Testimonies in all ages, (never formerly collected into one Manual) To …
William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Life, and the Book of Psalms, you'll find the laudable Character in my Text evidenc'devidenced in almost an uninterrupted Series of publick and profitable Actions, from his very Youth …
With rule
… Life, and the Book of Psalms, you'll find the laudable Character in my Text evidenc'devidenced in almost an uninterrupted Series of publick and profitable Actions, from his very Youth …
Daniel Williams · The Excellency of a Public Spirit · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heretical principles in it? Its eaſily affirm'd, but when or by whom was it evidenc'devidenced out of the proceedings or writings of the Aſſembly of Divines, or the Petitions …
With rule
… heretical principles in it? Its eaſily affirm'd, but when or by whom was it evidenc'devidenced out of the proceedings or writings of the Aſſembly of Divines, or the Petitions …
Francis Cheynell · The Beacon Flaming · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
It has been Evidenc'dEvidenced by Vision clear,
With rule
It has been Evidenc'dEvidenced by Vision clear,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 146 · Open in the reader

Zion in Distress A47607

Printed
It has been Evidenc'dEvidenced by Viſion clear
With rule
It has been Evidenc'dEvidenced by Viſion clear
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Christ (Jo. 10. 20.) and true Saints (Hos. 9. 7.) belong intirely to themselvs. This will be undeniably Evidenc'dEvidenced, at Christ's second appearing, and final Decision of all Controversies between true Spiritual Zion …
With rule
… Christ (Jo. 10. 20.) and true Saints (Hos. 9. 7.) belong intirely to themselvs. This will be undeniably Evidenc'dEvidenced, at Christ's second appearing, and final Decision of all Controversies between true Spiritual Zion …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 82 · Open in the reader