Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9372 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

enter'dentered

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

Puritas changed it: 436 times in 243 works
Consistency: 96.4% (436 of 452)
Reach if approved: ~475 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: entered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 452 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (436 changes in 243 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 436)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
I have seen a Picture of such artificial contrivance, that as we enter'dentered the Room, it presented to us the ridiculous prospect of the Cat and the …
With rule
I have seen a Picture of such artificial contrivance, that as we enter'dentered the Room, it presented to us the ridiculous prospect of the Cat and the …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… subjection to the Law of Moses. That Hand-writing was against us; He therefore enter'dentered into the Bond that we had forfeited. In his Circumcision He signed it with …
With rule
… subjection to the Law of Moses. That Hand-writing was against us; He therefore enter'dentered into the Bond that we had forfeited. In his Circumcision He signed it with …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ch. 23. v. 19. according to that they ſay, That the Soul of the firſt Man enter'dentered into the Body of King David, and is now to paſs into that of …
With rule
… ch. 23. v. 19. according to that they ſay, That the Soul of the firſt Man enter'dentered into the Body of King David, and is now to paſs into that of …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… As the Law could not be obeyed by Man, after a corrupt Principle had enter'dentered into him, ſo neither could Juſtice be ſatisfied by him after his Tranſgreſſion. The …
With rule
… As the Law could not be obeyed by Man, after a corrupt Principle had enter'dentered into him, ſo neither could Juſtice be ſatisfied by him after his Tranſgreſſion. The …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 627 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Condition as a Creature could be out of Heaven; but when Sin enter'dentered, Death enter'dentered with and by it, Rom. 5.12. A Death which is comprehenſive of all the Calamities …
With rule
… Condition as a Creature could be out of Heaven; but when Sin enter'dentered, Death enter'dentered with and by it, Rom. 5.12. A Death which is comprehenſive of all the Calamities …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… against Heaven? Had David by force of armes, with a great Hoste of men enter'dentered the Land, and so made havock of his Enemies, the residue of them might …
With rule
… against Heaven? Had David by force of armes, with a great Hoste of men enter'dentered the Land, and so made havock of his Enemies, the residue of them might …
Clement Ellis · Sermon Preached 29 May 1661 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things that eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, more glorious things than ever enter'dentered into the heart, are all prepared for lovers of God. And for whom can …
With rule
… things that eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, more glorious things than ever enter'dentered into the heart, are all prepared for lovers of God. And for whom can …
John Howe · An Unconverted Mans Enmity Against God · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Poverty and Scorn, to Racks, and Tortures, and to Butchery it self. Yet they enter'dentered into it; did not only renounce the Pomps and Vanities of the World in …
With rule
… Poverty and Scorn, to Racks, and Tortures, and to Butchery it self. Yet they enter'dentered into it; did not only renounce the Pomps and Vanities of the World in …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 203 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Enter'dEntered, and foul disorder; all the ground
With rule
Enter'dEntered, and foul disorder; all the ground
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Defense of Scripture Ordination A53662

Printed
He ſaith J. O. ſhould have Enter'dEntered the Liſts with Dr. Maurice, who Anſwer'd Mr. B. and Mr. Cl. about the …
With rule
He ſaith J. O. ſhould have Enter'dEntered the Liſts with Dr. Maurice, who Anſwer'd Mr. B. and Mr. Cl. about the …
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · p. 169 · Open in the reader