Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9351 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wou'dwould

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

Puritas changed it: 1,015 times in 160 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,015 of 1,023)
Reach if approved: ~1,075 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: would
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,023 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,015 changes in 160 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,015)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are ſo various, that we can give no account of them; by which, one wou'dwould think our Saviour had ſufficiently caution'd us, not to reduce the Operations of God's …
With rule
… are ſo various, that we can give no account of them; by which, one wou'dwould think our Saviour had ſufficiently caution'd us, not to reduce the Operations of God's …
John Tillotson · Discourses of the Great Duties of Natural Religion · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
But wou'dwould have try'd thy Int'rest in the Field,
With rule
But wou'dwould have try'd thy Int'rest in the Field,
Robert Wild · Exclamation Against Popery · Open in the reader
Printed
… to this Scripture: vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure: you wou'dwould neuer trouble the Church of God with this impure doct…ine. This teſtimony of …
With rule
… to this Scripture: vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure: you wou'dwould neuer trouble the Church of God with this impure doct…ine. This teſtimony of …
John Darrell · A Treatise of the Church · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the World. Cou'd we get theſe three Thieves out of our hearts, it wou'dwould be otherwiſe with us.
With rule
… of the World. Cou'd we get theſe three Thieves out of our hearts, it wou'dwould be otherwiſe with us.
James Burdwood · Helps for Faith and Patience in Times of Affliction · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their Bodies. And by conſequence have Immortal Souls. For otherwiſe, of what uſe wou'dwould the Bodies be? All Objections againſt this ſaid Reſurrection, be vain. Being it's ſo …
With rule
… of their Bodies. And by conſequence have Immortal Souls. For otherwiſe, of what uſe wou'dwould the Bodies be? All Objections againſt this ſaid Reſurrection, be vain. Being it's ſo …
Daniel Burgess · Three Questions Resolved Briefly and Plainly · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yea, and held for certain, that the Perſons who are intereſted in this Buſineſs, wou'dwould procure to over-turn the World, to make Complaints to the Pope, and to …
With rule
… yea, and held for certain, that the Perſons who are intereſted in this Buſineſs, wou'dwould procure to over-turn the World, to make Complaints to the Pope, and to …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lett Oakes Bee, Say, or Do what e're he wou'dwould,
With rule
Lett Oakes Bee, Say, or Do what e're he wou'dwould,
Cotton Mather · Poem Dedicated to Urian Oaks · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou liv'd in our days to conſult a Man wiſer than thy ſelf, he wou'dwould have taught thee to have put this Saying in a better form, and to …
With rule
… thou liv'd in our days to conſult a Man wiſer than thy ſelf, he wou'dwould have taught thee to have put this Saying in a better form, and to …
James Owen · Remarks on a Sermon About Corrupting the Word of God · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Further Vindication of the Dissenters A53659

Printed
… David are mention'd afterward. This is a very bold Challenge to the inſpired Writings. Wou'dWould you think this the Language of a Proteſtant Miniſter, or of a Porphyrie, a …
With rule
… David are mention'd afterward. This is a very bold Challenge to the inſpired Writings. Wou'dWould you think this the Language of a Proteſtant Miniſter, or of a Porphyrie, a …
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Poems on Several Occasions A63969

Printed
Wou'dWould a worse Fatigue be than tedious Death;
With rule
Wou'dWould a worse Fatigue be than tedious Death;
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Wou'dWould She that Kill'd him, were so Dead!
With rule
Wou'dWould She that Kill'd him, were so Dead!
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 124 · Open in the reader

Whitehall in Flames A95391

Printed
Wou'dWould the deſtroying Flames appeaſe,
With rule
Wou'dWould the deſtroying Flames appeaſe,
John Tutchin · Whitehall in Flames · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Sermon in Boston 23 August 1716 N01519

Printed
… thing, for we dwell in a Loyal Land where none are Indiſpoſed to it. Wou'dWould to God that all the Kings Subjects were Senſible as we are of the …
With rule
… thing, for we dwell in a Loyal Land where none are Indiſpoſed to it. Wou'dWould to God that all the Kings Subjects were Senſible as we are of the …
Benjamin Colman · Sermon in Boston 23 August 1716 · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Vindication of the Appendix to The Sober Remarks N02211

Printed
… of this Nature appears, it is intolerable Boldneſs to conclude confidently. — Very juſt Obſervations! Wou'dWould he had acted always upon his own Rules! But happy and rare is the …
With rule
… of this Nature appears, it is intolerable Boldneſs to conclude confidently. — Very juſt Obſervations! Wou'dWould he had acted always upon his own Rules! But happy and rare is the …
Thomas Foxcroft · Vindication of the Appendix to The Sober Remarks · p. 49 · Open in the reader