Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9427 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

charg'dcharged

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

Puritas changed it: 515 times in 291 works
Consistency: 97.1% (515 of 530)
Reach if approved: ~557 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: charged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 530 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (515 changes in 291 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 515)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… been forgetful, That Chriſt had already Taught them to pray; or they muſt have charg'dcharged his Form of Prayer directly with Inſufficiency; even there where it is moſt a …
With rule
… been forgetful, That Chriſt had already Taught them to pray; or they muſt have charg'dcharged his Form of Prayer directly with Inſufficiency; even there where it is moſt a …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
We are charg'dcharged to commit our way unto
With rule
We are charg'dcharged to commit our way unto
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
My curious ear I have ſeverely charg'dcharged,
With rule
My curious ear I have ſeverely charg'dcharged,
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
With sorrow, thus, o're-charg'dcharged,
With rule
With sorrow, thus, o're-charg'dcharged,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
… some such Imputation is fastned upon a Thesis, then all who embrace that, are charg'dcharged also with all this spurious brood, though they never so solemnly renounce and disclaim …
With rule
… some such Imputation is fastned upon a Thesis, then all who embrace that, are charg'dcharged also with all this spurious brood, though they never so solemnly renounce and disclaim …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. His Majesty, by many and strict Proclamations, has charg'dcharged the Magistrates to execute the Laws with effect, and to proceed vigorously therein, so …
With rule
3. His Majesty, by many and strict Proclamations, has charg'dcharged the Magistrates to execute the Laws with effect, and to proceed vigorously therein, so …
Vincent Alsop · Sermon Preached to the Societies for Reformation of Manners · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the Spirit, which raised him, from all the accusations of his Enemies, who charg'dcharged him with Blasphemy for making himself equal with God: Upon the evidence of it …
With rule
… by the Spirit, which raised him, from all the accusations of his Enemies, who charg'dcharged him with Blasphemy for making himself equal with God: Upon the evidence of it …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 412 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commanded to forbear feeding our Children, or the Poor, we should expect to be charg'dcharged with Murdering them, if they died of Famine, by our Neglect.
With rule
… commanded to forbear feeding our Children, or the Poor, we should expect to be charg'dcharged with Murdering them, if they died of Famine, by our Neglect.
Richard Baxter · The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II · p. 156 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

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

Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report A25220

Printed
It has been Charg'dCharged upon him and proved. That he left out Faith from having any Concern or …
With rule
It has been Charg'dCharged upon him and proved. That he left out Faith from having any Concern or …
Vincent Alsop · Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… in the Law, that Knaves ever complain of Generalities. And I long to be Charg'dCharged with any Particular. Petitions are things that never brought to any Man, in my …
With rule
… in the Law, that Knaves ever complain of Generalities. And I long to be Charg'dCharged with any Particular. Petitions are things that never brought to any Man, in my …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
I Am Charg'dCharged to deliver unto you, that no Man is to be excus'd from this Service …
With rule
I Am Charg'dCharged to deliver unto you, that no Man is to be excus'd from this Service …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 176 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Charg'dCharged not to touch the interdicted Tree,
With rule
Charg'dCharged not to touch the interdicted Tree,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Davids Harp Strung and Tuned A52303

Printed
3. They plotting his ruine, devol'd and caſt iniquity upon him. Charg'dCharged him home.
With rule
3. They plotting his ruine, devol'd and caſt iniquity upon him. Charg'dCharged him home.
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 143 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… ſhould spend his thirty Y. either (1) in Idleneſs, eſpecially conſidering the Iews generally were Charg'dCharged with their Children after they had Circumcis'd them, to train them up in the …
With rule
… ſhould spend his thirty Y. either (1) in Idleneſs, eſpecially conſidering the Iews generally were Charg'dCharged with their Children after they had Circumcis'd them, to train them up in the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 310 · Open in the reader

Further Vindication of the Dissenters A53659

Printed
… it's nothing to the Argument in Hand, which is this, The Diſſenters can't be Charg'dCharged with the Errors of the Preſs in King Charles II. time, becauſe the Epiſcopal …
With rule
… it's nothing to the Argument in Hand, which is this, The Diſſenters can't be Charg'dCharged with the Errors of the Preſs in King Charles II. time, becauſe the Epiſcopal …
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Hebrew Copies to have been incorrupt in our Saviour's Time, becauſe he never Charg'dCharged the Jews with Corrupting the Scriptures.
With rule
… the Hebrew Copies to have been incorrupt in our Saviour's Time, becauſe he never Charg'dCharged the Jews with Corrupting the Scriptures.
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 59 · Open in the reader

A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings A66772

Printed
Charg'dCharged with ſuſpition of no leſs Crimes here
With rule
Charg'dCharged with ſuſpition of no leſs Crimes here
George Wither · A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings · p. 58 · Open in the reader

A Plea for the Non-Conformists A69915

Printed
… There is nothing of matters Relating to the Civil State, in what I am Charg'dCharged with, for I am not concern'd with that, but if the Guid's of the …
With rule
… There is nothing of matters Relating to the Civil State, in what I am Charg'dCharged with, for I am not concern'd with that, but if the Guid's of the …
Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

Printed
Charg'dCharged by thine Horſe,
With rule
Charg'dCharged by thine Horſe,
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Early Piety Again Inculcated N01772

Printed
… GOD betimes. Yea it may be your dying as well as living Parents have Charg'dCharged you, O our Children; or they may do ſo. They have (it may be …
With rule
… GOD betimes. Yea it may be your dying as well as living Parents have Charg'dCharged you, O our Children; or they may do ſo. They have (it may be …
Benjamin Colman · Early Piety Again Inculcated · p. 35 · Open in the reader