Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9399 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forc'dforced

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

Puritas changed it: 1,065 times in 501 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,065 of 1,066)
Reach if approved: ~1,120 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,066 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: forc (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,065 changes in 501 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,065)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and that it hath been their labour these two and twenty years to have forc'dforced us to yield to an universal toleration, and to petition for it, that they …
With rule
… and that it hath been their labour these two and twenty years to have forc'dforced us to yield to an universal toleration, and to petition for it, that they …
Richard Baxter · The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not necessitie but charitie serues. Non complacet Deo famulatus coactus. God could neuer endure forc'dforced seruice. Doe all then with willingnesse of heart.
With rule
… not necessitie but charitie serues. Non complacet Deo famulatus coactus. God could neuer endure forc'dforced seruice. Doe all then with willingnesse of heart.
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
But forc'dforced they turne their Palfreyes heads aside,
With rule
But forc'dforced they turne their Palfreyes heads aside,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
Printed
Cause to be forc'dforced to what my minde disdaines
With rule
Cause to be forc'dforced to what my minde disdaines
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
… they would have countenance from Scripture, and for want of better they are therefore forc'dforced to interpret those words, I will lift up mine eys unto the Hills, thus …
With rule
… they would have countenance from Scripture, and for want of better they are therefore forc'dforced to interpret those words, I will lift up mine eys unto the Hills, thus …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… utterly. As if they had not heard that when the Holy Spirit is thus forc'dforced away, the evil spirit takes his place, I Sam. XVI. 14. As if they knew …
With rule
… utterly. As if they had not heard that when the Holy Spirit is thus forc'dforced away, the evil spirit takes his place, I Sam. XVI. 14. As if they knew …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But though Conſcience charges them thus, and they cannot deny the Charge, but are forc'dforced to acknowledg all is true, and to confeſs, if there be ever a wicked …
With rule
… But though Conſcience charges them thus, and they cannot deny the Charge, but are forc'dforced to acknowledg all is true, and to confeſs, if there be ever a wicked …
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he is a Christian. Thus the excellent Holiness of the Professors of the Gospel forc'dforced a veneration from their Enemies.
With rule
… he is a Christian. Thus the excellent Holiness of the Professors of the Gospel forc'dforced a veneration from their Enemies.
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 404 · 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.