Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9365 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

look'dlooked

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

Puritas changed it: 2,097 times in 755 works
Consistency: 99.2% (2,097 of 2,112)
Reach if approved: ~2,252 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: looked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,143 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 31 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,097 changes in 755 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,097)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… rents will be estate enough for you, if you can secure them. I never look'dlooked upon any thing I had from the Estates of Scotland, other then as a …
With rule
… rents will be estate enough for you, if you can secure them. I never look'dlooked upon any thing I had from the Estates of Scotland, other then as a …
Archibald Argyll · Instructions to a Son · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord amongſt them: God was going from them, and they let him go and look'dlooked not after him, they were too willing to part with God. And this is …
With rule
… Lord amongſt them: God was going from them, and they let him go and look'dlooked not after him, they were too willing to part with God. And this is …
Richard Alleine · A Rebuke to Backsliders and a Spur for Loiterers · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sight, but a black Cloud charg'd with Thunder-bolts, and that threatens Storms, is look'dlooked on with fear. The Countenance of God is a refreshing Light to his obedient …
With rule
… sight, but a black Cloud charg'd with Thunder-bolts, and that threatens Storms, is look'dlooked on with fear. The Countenance of God is a refreshing Light to his obedient …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
§ 75. But those that look'dlooked for silencing, cruelty, and Confusion, said, that from the Beginning (except a few inconsiderable …
With rule
§ 75. But those that look'dlooked for silencing, cruelty, and Confusion, said, that from the Beginning (except a few inconsiderable …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… moſt worthy and fit alwaies to be carried about us, and daily to be look'dlooked on by us: for it will helpe us well to put on that new …
With rule
… moſt worthy and fit alwaies to be carried about us, and daily to be look'dlooked on by us: for it will helpe us well to put on that new …
Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · Open in the reader
Printed
My Prince look'dlooked out, and daign'd to view my sport,
With rule
My Prince look'dlooked out, and daign'd to view my sport,
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
… must be sorrowing times, with us. Our Saviours Bowels rowl'd within him, when he look'dlooked about, and saw the hardness of the Peoples hearts, Mark 3. 5. Rivers of waters run …
With rule
… must be sorrowing times, with us. Our Saviours Bowels rowl'd within him, when he look'dlooked about, and saw the hardness of the Peoples hearts, Mark 3. 5. Rivers of waters run …
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleasing Object, can, in mere defiance of her own assured conviction, when the Revelation look'dlooked her in the face, and God himself was scarce gone out of sight, straight …
With rule
… pleasing Object, can, in mere defiance of her own assured conviction, when the Revelation look'dlooked her in the face, and God himself was scarce gone out of sight, straight …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

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

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Look'dLooked not for objects fairer far above:
With rule
Look'dLooked not for objects fairer far above:
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Blessed Unions A50114

Printed
… that is more tha… Ordinary; the Words of a Dying Sai… are to be Look'dLooked upon as yet more extraordinary; but methinks the words of a Dying Jesus, must …
With rule
… that is more tha… Ordinary; the Words of a Dying Sai… are to be Look'dLooked upon as yet more extraordinary; but methinks the words of a Dying Jesus, must …
Cotton Mather · Blessed Unions · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Grace, and overthrow not that Profession by a Scandalous Conversation, they are to be Look'dLooked upon, as belonging to the Visible Catholick Church of our Lord; they are to …
With rule
… Grace, and overthrow not that Profession by a Scandalous Conversation, they are to be Look'dLooked upon, as belonging to the Visible Catholick Church of our Lord; they are to …
Cotton Mather · Blessed Unions · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Anticipate the Dayes of the New-Jerusalem, which are quickly, The Things to be Look'dLooked for, by Banishing all War from the midst of us. May we keep a …
With rule
… Anticipate the Dayes of the New-Jerusalem, which are quickly, The Things to be Look'dLooked for, by Banishing all War from the midst of us. May we keep a …
Cotton Mather · Blessed Unions · p. 79 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

Printed
… We have not yet seen the Last. And then, Another Wo that may be Look'dLooked for is, The Devils being now let Loose in preternatural Operations more than formerly …
With rule
… We have not yet seen the Last. And then, Another Wo that may be Look'dLooked for is, The Devils being now let Loose in preternatural Operations more than formerly …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 26 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

Printed
… the Indians, was to have their Diſcourſes managed, with much of Similitude in them, Look'dLooked about for ſome Agreeable object, from whence he might with apt Reſemblances Convey the …
With rule
… the Indians, was to have their Diſcourſes managed, with much of Similitude in them, Look'dLooked about for ſome Agreeable object, from whence he might with apt Reſemblances Convey the …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… away Twelve men, to way lay the Enemy coming up the River; having firſt, Look'dLooked up unto the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, that they might find the Enemy, and harm …
With rule
… away Twelve men, to way lay the Enemy coming up the River; having firſt, Look'dLooked up unto the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, that they might find the Enemy, and harm …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 150 · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter B01589

Printed
Look'dLooked to take pitie, none was; for
With rule
Look'dLooked to take pitie, none was; for
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader

Honors that Religion Does Unto the Fruitful Mothers in Israel N01462

Printed
WHEN GOD had Created our Firſt Parents, and Look'dLooked upon them with Love and Pleaſure then He Bleſſed them, with the Promiſe of …
With rule
WHEN GOD had Created our Firſt Parents, and Look'dLooked upon them with Love and Pleaſure then He Bleſſed them, with the Promiſe of …
Benjamin Colman · Honors that Religion Does Unto the Fruitful Mothers in Israel · p. 7 · Open in the reader