Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9392 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shew'dshowed

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

Puritas changed it: 1,460 times in 575 works
Consistency: 98.8% (1,460 of 1,477)
Reach if approved: ~1,553 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: showed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,478 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: show'd (17)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,460 changes in 575 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,460)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… heard, ſo thou waſt graciouſly ſpared; and behold what riches of grace, here are ſhew'dshowed unto thee; for, thou waſt then as wholly naked and ſtript of all goodneſſe …
With rule
… heard, ſo thou waſt graciouſly ſpared; and behold what riches of grace, here are ſhew'dshowed unto thee; for, thou waſt then as wholly naked and ſtript of all goodneſſe …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which was reputed no other then an Idaea) you have formed a Body, and ſhew'dshowed that there is a Plus ultra in that Art which they never arriv'd at …
With rule
… which was reputed no other then an Idaea) you have formed a Body, and ſhew'dshowed that there is a Plus ultra in that Art which they never arriv'd at …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Witty Encounter · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with any vice. Friendship with that engageth into enmity with God and Christ I shew'dshowed you. And to passe over all those after-retributions of vengeance Christ hath studied …
With rule
… with any vice. Friendship with that engageth into enmity with God and Christ I shew'dshowed you. And to passe over all those after-retributions of vengeance Christ hath studied …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 12 October 1662 · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not involved: for he hath all this time ſtood valiantly to the truth and ſhew'dshowed himſelfe a man of …ourage, and that againſt all oppoſition, for which he deſerveth …
With rule
… not involved: for he hath all this time ſtood valiantly to the truth and ſhew'dshowed himſelfe a man of …ourage, and that againſt all oppoſition, for which he deſerveth …
John Bastwick · The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries · p. 590 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had made them perfect: And from thence they have turned Familists, and at last shew'dshowed their perfection by fornication and licentiousness and meer Apostasie; who yet liv'd very conscionably …
With rule
… had made them perfect: And from thence they have turned Familists, and at last shew'dshowed their perfection by fornication and licentiousness and meer Apostasie; who yet liv'd very conscionably …
Richard Baxter · The Cure of Church Divisions · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… propheſie of the ruine of the Temple, and thoſe ſtately buildings that the diſciples ſhew'dshowed him, was dreadfull; Verily, I ſay unto you, there ſhall not be left here …
With rule
… propheſie of the ruine of the Temple, and thoſe ſtately buildings that the diſciples ſhew'dshowed him, was dreadfull; Verily, I ſay unto you, there ſhall not be left here …
John Beadle · Diary of a Thankful Christian · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whose snowy colour much more snowy shew'dshowed,
With rule
Whose snowy colour much more snowy shew'dshowed,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
He shew'dshowed Paternall Pitty.
With rule
He shew'dshowed Paternall Pitty.
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.