Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9413 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chang'dchanged

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

Puritas changed it: 822 times in 354 works
Consistency: 100% (822 of 822)
Reach if approved: ~864 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: changed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 822 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (822 changes in 354 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 822)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Notions? Four may be called Five in Heaven, but ſo only the Name is chang'dchanged; the thing remains the ſame: And ſince in this World, we cannot know any …
With rule
… Notions? Four may be called Five in Heaven, but ſo only the Name is chang'dchanged; the thing remains the ſame: And ſince in this World, we cannot know any …
Thomas Beverley · Christianity the Great Mystery · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
They sall be chang'dchanged, and all transformed new,
With rule
They sall be chang'dchanged, and all transformed new,
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… same mind; neither is hee carried away with every popular wind of applause, nor chang'dchanged into new forms, by any new doctrine or example; as other light vaine men …
With rule
… same mind; neither is hee carried away with every popular wind of applause, nor chang'dchanged into new forms, by any new doctrine or example; as other light vaine men …
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
For sure I am, if any finde me chang'dchanged;
With rule
For sure I am, if any finde me chang'dchanged;
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader
Printed
… perhaps begun another, before the Sun has ended his: nay, so is the Scene chang'dchanged, that sobriety is become the reproachful thing, such as even those who value it …
With rule
… perhaps begun another, before the Sun has ended his: nay, so is the Scene chang'dchanged, that sobriety is become the reproachful thing, such as even those who value it …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, that is most inspired with the Holy Ghost, most in heart and life chang'dchanged into that thing which he readeth. —Read it humbly with a meek and lowly …
With rule
… it, that is most inspired with the Holy Ghost, most in heart and life chang'dchanged into that thing which he readeth. —Read it humbly with a meek and lowly …
Thomas Adams · The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Everlasting Covenant, because it remains for ever, the tenor of it shall not be chang'dchanged; for, the first Covenant is only abrogated & made null, while frustrated as to the …
With rule
… Everlasting Covenant, because it remains for ever, the tenor of it shall not be chang'dchanged; for, the first Covenant is only abrogated & made null, while frustrated as to the …
William Bates · The Peace-Maker · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeeth a company of ignorant, carnal, miſerable ſinners before his face, that muſt be chang'dchanged or damn'd? Me thinks I even ſee them entring upon their final woe! Me …
With rule
… ſeeth a company of ignorant, carnal, miſerable ſinners before his face, that muſt be chang'dchanged or damn'd? Me thinks I even ſee them entring upon their final woe! Me …
Richard Baxter · The Reformed Pastor · p. 68 · 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.