Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9404 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

form'dformed

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

Puritas changed it: 454 times in 259 works
Consistency: 97.0% (454 of 468)
Reach if approved: ~492 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: formed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 468 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: form (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (454 changes in 259 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 454)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
That euer Nature form'dformed; though they be blind,
With rule
That euer Nature form'dformed; though they be blind,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… some time supported himself, the decay continued and encreast upon him, till it was form'dformed into a Dropsy; the prevalence of which was so great and suddain, that his …
With rule
… some time supported himself, the decay continued and encreast upon him, till it was form'dformed into a Dropsy; the prevalence of which was so great and suddain, that his …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the same liberty, as in the Creation of the same indigested matter He form'dformed the Earth, the dregs of the Universe, and the Sun and Stars the ornaments …
With rule
… with the same liberty, as in the Creation of the same indigested matter He form'dformed the Earth, the dregs of the Universe, and the Sun and Stars the ornaments …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tyranny; ſhall this be imputed to Chriſt, who in his doctrine and life hath form'dformed ſuch a teſtimony againſt this crime, as never was done by any elſe in …
With rule
… tyranny; ſhall this be imputed to Chriſt, who in his doctrine and life hath form'dformed ſuch a teſtimony againſt this crime, as never was done by any elſe in …
Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · p. 436 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or ever thou hadst form'dformed the earth, and all the world abroad,
With rule
Or ever thou hadst form'dformed the earth, and all the world abroad,
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
Were fix't, or form'dformed, did'st hug that great Design
With rule
Were fix't, or form'dformed, did'st hug that great Design
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch a Magazin of armes, ſuch ſtores of bread, that he feares no weapon form'dformed againſt him, and feeds, when no table is ſpread for him; Danger ſecures, deſtruction …
With rule
… ſuch a Magazin of armes, ſuch ſtores of bread, that he feares no weapon form'dformed againſt him, and feeds, when no table is ſpread for him; Danger ſecures, deſtruction …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 363 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by a very mean person of that number, and not their joynt - polities and form'dformed thoughts; addressed also mainly to the plain and unlearned readers. Yet for its scope …
With rule
… by a very mean person of that number, and not their joynt - polities and form'dformed thoughts; addressed also mainly to the plain and unlearned readers. Yet for its scope …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

Printed
Were Form'dFormed, Adorn'd, yea with what pauement rare,
With rule
Were Form'dFormed, Adorn'd, yea with what pauement rare,
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
Form'dFormed by the blackest Politicks of Hell;
With rule
Form'dFormed by the blackest Politicks of Hell;
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Form'dFormed into words, ſo many ſighs ſhould meete
With rule
Form'dFormed into words, ſo many ſighs ſhould meete
John Donne · Poems · p. 300 · Open in the reader