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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9433 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

view'dviewed

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

Puritas changed it
180 times in 98 works
Consistency
94.7% (180 of 190)
Reach if approved
~200 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: viewed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
190 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (180 changes in 98 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 180)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Wreath'd with a lambent Flame; then view'dviewed the waſte,
    With rule
    Wreath'd with a lambent Flame; then view'dviewed the waſte,

    Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … noiſes of theſe Canons at diſtance? ſhall that inſatiable thirſt and gnawing worm well view'dviewed in the glaſſe of divine threatnings provoke you to mend? Or will you ſtay …
    With rule
    … noiſes of theſe Canons at diſtance? ſhall that inſatiable thirſt and gnawing worm well view'dviewed in the glaſſe of divine threatnings provoke you to mend? Or will you ſtay …

    Samuel Lee · Contemplations on Mortality · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Now when Hercules had carefully view'dviewed this Golden Creature with all her Servants, as well as he had done the …
    With rule
    Now when Hercules had carefully view'dviewed this Golden Creature with all her Servants, as well as he had done the …

    Simon Patrick · The Parable of the Pilgrim · p. 246 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    And view'dviewed with envious Eyes our homely Joy.
    With rule
    And view'dviewed with envious Eyes our homely Joy.

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And very ſmall when view'dviewed thus from on high.
    With rule
    And very ſmall when view'dviewed thus from on high.

    William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    When I with admiration view'dviewed her face,
    With rule
    When I with admiration view'dviewed her face,

    Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Tho' with a kinder Influence ſtill he view'dviewed
    With rule
    Tho' with a kinder Influence ſtill he view'dviewed

    Samuel Annesley · The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Through which the perfect Images are view'dviewed
    With rule
    Through which the perfect Images are view'dviewed

    Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    View'dViewed all their flocks that on the pastures graz'd:
    With rule
    View'dViewed all their flocks that on the pastures graz'd:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    View'dViewed every Room; each Room was beautifi'd
    With rule
    View'dViewed every Room; each Room was beautifi'd

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    View'dViewed every Office; every Office lay
    With rule
    View'dViewed every Office; every Office lay

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    View'dViewed every Orchyard; every Orchyard did
    With rule
    View'dViewed every Orchyard; every Orchyard did

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    View'dViewed every Plot; spent some delightfull houres
    With rule
    View'dViewed every Plot; spent some delightfull houres

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

  • Printed
    View'dViewed acts unborn, and plain diſcoveries wrough▪
    With rule
    View'dViewed acts unborn, and plain diſcoveries wrough▪

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

  • Printed
    View'dViewed first thir lamentable lot, and found
    With rule
    View'dViewed first thir lamentable lot, and found

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    View'dViewed, and behold all was entirely good;
    With rule
    View'dViewed, and behold all was entirely good;

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Like Precious Faith Obtained through the Righteousness of our God N06038

  • Printed
    … latter inſtrumental to the former. We are therefore ſaid to be ſanctified thro' Faith.— View'dViewed particularly in this light, as the ſanctifying Principle, and regarded in its Connections and …
    With rule
    … latter inſtrumental to the former. We are therefore ſaid to be ſanctified thro' Faith.— View'dViewed particularly in this light, as the ſanctifying Principle, and regarded in its Connections and …

    Thomas Foxcroft · Like Precious Faith Obtained through the Righteousness of our God · p. 8 · Open in the reader