Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9453 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gain'dgained

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

Puritas changed it: 592 times in 364 works
Consistency: 98.6% (592 of 600)
Reach if approved: ~630 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 600 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (592 changes in 364 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 592)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And he hath gain'dgained a Lady for his Bride, that durſt not wooe his Maide a while agoe:
With rule
And he hath gain'dgained a Lady for his Bride, that durſt not wooe his Maide a while agoe:
George Wither · An Excellent Sonnet · Open in the reader
Printed
Men aske me what Preserment I haue gain'dgained?
With rule
Men aske me what Preserment I haue gain'dgained?
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader
Printed
… compassion and goodness to them, and beat off the very victory that Christ hath gain'dgained for them, refuse all the kind offers of the Law of grace, and chuse …
With rule
… compassion and goodness to them, and beat off the very victory that Christ hath gain'dgained for them, refuse all the kind offers of the Law of grace, and chuse …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Light, and again taking his turns in the Darker Shades; Gained; he has, Isay, gain'dgained such an Interest amongst our Brethren in Bishops gate-street, as to Conciliate some …
With rule
… Light, and again taking his turns in the Darker Shades; Gained; he has, Isay, gain'dgained such an Interest amongst our Brethren in Bishops gate-street, as to Conciliate some …
Vincent Alsop · Confutation of Errors of Daniel Williams · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the opposition of all. The more it was opprest the more it prosper'd. It gain'dgained credit and Disciples by Contradiction and Persecution; it was multiplied by the Deaths of …
With rule
… the opposition of all. The more it was opprest the more it prosper'd. It gain'dgained credit and Disciples by Contradiction and Persecution; it was multiplied by the Deaths of …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 456 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the whole Chriſtian Church, tending towards and preparing for ſuch an Apoſtacy, that it gain'dgained Pretenſions (undeſign'd yet to it particularly) to intitle it ſelf to ſuch a blooming …
With rule
… the whole Chriſtian Church, tending towards and preparing for ſuch an Apoſtacy, that it gain'dgained Pretenſions (undeſign'd yet to it particularly) to intitle it ſelf to ſuch a blooming …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do to them? But mark what follows? this follows upon it, they were not gain'dgained to God ever a whit the more, But they have ſpoken Words, ſwearing falſly …
With rule
… do to them? But mark what follows? this follows upon it, they were not gain'dgained to God ever a whit the more, But they have ſpoken Words, ſwearing falſly …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 361 · Open in the reader
Printed
… parts againſt the Spaniard, and what huge credit and glory the Engliſh Nation hath gain'dgained of late among Turks, and Jews, and Heathens, and where not! When I hear …
With rule
… parts againſt the Spaniard, and what huge credit and glory the Engliſh Nation hath gain'dgained of late among Turks, and Jews, and Heathens, and where not! When I hear …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 186 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment A01341

Printed
Gain'dGained with losing of his Mother.
With rule
Gain'dGained with losing of his Mother.
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

The Loss of the Soul A27616

Printed
… be) to be clearly underſtood, and deeply Reſented; It will fully appear, To have Gain'dGained the whole World, much leſs any part of it, at ſuch a Rate, as …
With rule
… be) to be clearly underſtood, and deeply Reſented; It will fully appear, To have Gain'dGained the whole World, much leſs any part of it, at ſuch a Rate, as …
Thomas Beverley · The Loss of the Soul · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 A48865

Printed
… Libertine Errors in his own City: But Quintinus, of Hainault, ſoon after excelling him, Gain'dGained the Reputation of being Head of the Sect in France, to which Country he …
With rule
… Libertine Errors in his own City: But Quintinus, of Hainault, ſoon after excelling him, Gain'dGained the Reputation of being Head of the Sect in France, to which Country he …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… By-word, v. 27. Deut. 28. 17.) and Gives it to Iſrael: Thus they Loſt not, but Gain'dGained by it herein.
With rule
… By-word, v. 27. Deut. 28. 17.) and Gives it to Iſrael: Thus they Loſt not, but Gain'dGained by it herein.
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 67 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Gain'dGained, as habits, not borne, is underſtood.
With rule
Gain'dGained, as habits, not borne, is underſtood.
John Donne · Poems · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow A96786

Printed
Gain'dGained entrance, by a miſ begot ſuſpition,
With rule
Gain'dGained entrance, by a miſ begot ſuſpition,
George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 7 · Open in the reader