Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9363 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

turn'dturned

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

Puritas changed it: 2,573 times in 972 works
Consistency: 98.2% (2,573 of 2,620)
Reach if approved: ~2,753 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: turned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,620 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,573 changes in 972 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,573)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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Is at the length to raging fury turn'dturned.
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Is at the length to raging fury turn'dturned.
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
Was turn'dturned to Chriſtianity.
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Was turn'dturned to Chriſtianity.
Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader
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… foule grosse Errataes to passe uncrossed; (perchance because the Anti-puritan Authour was here turn'dturned puritan, in good earnest, and would not suffer these Infants of his pure braine …
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… foule grosse Errataes to passe uncrossed; (perchance because the Anti-puritan Authour was here turn'dturned puritan, in good earnest, and would not suffer these Infants of his pure braine …
William Prynne · Lame Giles Halting · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
To safe Security vvas turn'dturned, and Then;
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To safe Security vvas turn'dturned, and Then;
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
Be turn'dturned to any mans disparagement,
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Be turn'dturned to any mans disparagement,
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader
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And turn'dturned her braines, and tooke a generall maime
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And turn'dturned her braines, and tooke a generall maime
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
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… of the spirit which was at first design'd against vicious practices had its edge turn'dturned against speculative notions, in so much, that at last like that of Ioab, 2 Sam …
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… of the spirit which was at first design'd against vicious practices had its edge turn'dturned against speculative notions, in so much, that at last like that of Ioab, 2 Sam …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 250 · Open in the reader
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… of the Church; and every open sinner had this certain fear, I shall be turn'dturned out of all Christian company, shall be avoided as unfit for Conversation; would it …
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… of the Church; and every open sinner had this certain fear, I shall be turn'dturned out of all Christian company, shall be avoided as unfit for Conversation; would it …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 6 January 1660 · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (47)

34 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

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Turn'dTurned to your first water and earth: yet then:
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Turn'dTurned to your first water and earth: yet then:
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 304 · Open in the reader

The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich A26760

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Turn'dTurned to rich Grace? her droſſy tin
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Turn'dTurned to rich Grace? her droſſy tin
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 109 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

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And even in thoſe Wives of the Idolatrous Nations, Solomon took, who Turn'dTurned away his Heart from God, He may be thus far a Type of the …
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And even in thoſe Wives of the Idolatrous Nations, Solomon took, who Turn'dTurned away his Heart from God, He may be thus far a Type of the …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · Open in the reader

Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation A27606

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… it is a word, that ſignifies Turning from what a man has b…en Turn'dTurned and Poſited, and ſet himſelf …o before. On this Account we meet ſo often …
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… it is a word, that ſignifies Turning from what a man has b…en Turn'dTurned and Poſited, and ſet himſelf …o before. On this Account we meet ſo often …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 6 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

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… Prophecy of the uneaſie Reſt of his own Monarchic Power, that was continually Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned , till He whoſe Right it is, ſhould come, and take …
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… Prophecy of the uneaſie Reſt of his own Monarchic Power, that was continually Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned , till He whoſe Right it is, ſhould come, and take …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 5 · Open in the reader
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… the uneaſie Reſt of his own Monarchic Power, that was continually Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned , till He whoſe Right it is, ſhould come, and take it out …
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… the uneaſie Reſt of his own Monarchic Power, that was continually Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned , till He whoſe Right it is, ſhould come, and take it out …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 5 · Open in the reader
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… Reſt of his own Monarchic Power, that was continually Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned , till He whoſe Right it is, ſhould come, and take it out of the …
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… Reſt of his own Monarchic Power, that was continually Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned, Over Turn'dTurned , till He whoſe Right it is, ſhould come, and take it out of the …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined A27810

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3 Turn'dTurned back for to reward their shame be they, …A, …, that say.
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3 Turn'dTurned back for to reward their shame be they, …A, …, that say.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

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Turn'dTurned out ſtark naked, periſh'd all together,
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Turn'dTurned out ſtark naked, periſh'd all together,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 137 · Open in the reader

One Thing is Needful A30168

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Turn'dTurned into hellish fears.
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Turn'dTurned into hellish fears.
John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Scriptural Poems A30201

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Turn'dTurned Tail to Tail, and put a fiery Brand
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Turn'dTurned Tail to Tail, and put a fiery Brand
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

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Turn'dTurned out by Death; Fates Sequestration.
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Turn'dTurned out by Death; Fates Sequestration.
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Soul of Man A39675

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… Image which was its glory, and stampt the very Image of Satan upon it: Turn'dTurned all its noble powers and faculties against the Author and Fountain of its Being …
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… Image which was its glory, and stampt the very Image of Satan upon it: Turn'dTurned all its noble powers and faculties against the Author and Fountain of its Being …
John Flavel · The Soul of Man · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Londons Resurrection A39916

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Turn'dTurned Phoenix now, claps her new-imped Wings,
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Turn'dTurned Phoenix now, claps her new-imped Wings,
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

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Turn'dTurned out of all her Glory with a curſe,
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Turn'dTurned out of all her Glory with a curſe,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

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Turn'dTurned recreant to God, ingrate and false,
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Turn'dTurned recreant to God, ingrate and false,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 61 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

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… down upon them, as God told Abraham, Gen. 15. 12. Then God was Angry, and he Turn'dTurned the Hearts of the Children of Ham to hate his own (God-provoking) People …
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… down upon them, as God told Abraham, Gen. 15. 12. Then God was Angry, and he Turn'dTurned the Hearts of the Children of Ham to hate his own (God-provoking) People …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 36 · Open in the reader
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… the 4th. of France is a clear Inſtance, who, being bred up a Proteſtant, Turn'dTurned Papiſt upon politick Grounds, and being Diſuaded by a great Duke from re-Admitting …
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… the 4th. of France is a clear Inſtance, who, being bred up a Proteſtant, Turn'dTurned Papiſt upon politick Grounds, and being Diſuaded by a great Duke from re-Admitting …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 466 · Open in the reader

The Devils Patriarch A52809

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… Souls alſo, unleſs they will Abjure the Proteſtant Religion, Anathematize all Proteſtants, this hath Turn'dTurned out of France many Thouſands of the Tendereſt part of that People into Foreign …
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… Souls alſo, unleſs they will Abjure the Proteſtant Religion, Anathematize all Proteſtants, this hath Turn'dTurned out of France many Thouſands of the Tendereſt part of that People into Foreign …
Christopher Ness · The Devils Patriarch · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Poems in Two Parts A60349

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Turn'dTurned to deformity. All is amiss,
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Turn'dTurned to deformity. All is amiss,
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Day of Grace A64959

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THE Day of Grace, In which the Chief of SINNERS MAY BE Turn'dTurned and healed.
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THE Day of Grace, In which the Chief of SINNERS MAY BE Turn'dTurned and healed.
Nathanael Vincent · The Day of Grace · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal A66003

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Turn'dTurned to a Serpent by the angry God.
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Turn'dTurned to a Serpent by the angry God.
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal 2 A66004

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Turn'dTurned to a Serpent by the angry God.
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Turn'dTurned to a Serpent by the angry God.
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

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Turn'dTurned many of them into wholſome food,
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Turn'dTurned many of them into wholſome food,
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

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Turn'dTurned into Serpents; Waters into blood.
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Turn'dTurned into Serpents; Waters into blood.
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

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… might lift up their eyes to heaven, and their underſtanding return to them, Dan. 4. Turn'dTurned from men into Beaſts, that that ſtranger Metamorphoſis might be wrought on them, a …
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… might lift up their eyes to heaven, and their underſtanding return to them, Dan. 4. Turn'dTurned from men into Beaſts, that that ſtranger Metamorphoſis might be wrought on them, a …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 532 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

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… him Fullfill'd to the utmoſt; then ſhall indeed the Heart of the Fathers be Turn'dTurned to the Children, and the Heart of the Children to the Fathers, or of …
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… him Fullfill'd to the utmoſt; then ſhall indeed the Heart of the Fathers be Turn'dTurned to the Children, and the Heart of the Children to the Fathers, or of …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 51 · Open in the reader
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… ſpared not to call the Pope, Antichriſt to his Face; to Affirm Chriſtianity was Turn'dTurned into Paganiſm among them. Fire went out of their mouths to this very purpoſe …
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… ſpared not to call the Pope, Antichriſt to his Face; to Affirm Chriſtianity was Turn'dTurned into Paganiſm among them. Fire went out of their mouths to this very purpoſe …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 80 · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

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Turn'dTurned int' a snake, strange Metamorphosis!
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Turn'dTurned int' a snake, strange Metamorphosis!
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 59 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

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… them, and ſaved them out of their Troubles; The Wind, unto their Aſtoniſhment, immediately Turn'dTurned about, and with a Freſh Gale drove the Machin aſhore on the other ſide …
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… them, and ſaved them out of their Troubles; The Wind, unto their Aſtoniſhment, immediately Turn'dTurned about, and with a Freſh Gale drove the Machin aſhore on the other ſide …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

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Turn'dTurned into goodly Structures of each Kinde
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Turn'dTurned into goodly Structures of each Kinde
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The Floating Island A94057

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Turn'dTurned to a ſeeming Saint, O how Ile triumph
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Turn'dTurned to a ſeeming Saint, O how Ile triumph
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader

The Bostonian Ebenezer B09511

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… thoſe unfruitful works of Darkneſs out of D…ors, Leſt we be our ſelves Turn'dTurned out of Doors for the ſake thereof.
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… thoſe unfruitful works of Darkneſs out of D…ors, Leſt we be our ſelves Turn'dTurned out of Doors for the ſake thereof.
Cotton Mather · The Bostonian Ebenezer · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire B23054

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Turn'dTurned back, for fear the flame should swifter flye.
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Turn'dTurned back, for fear the flame should swifter flye.
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 14 · Open in the reader