Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9477 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

attain'dattained

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

Puritas changed it: 440 times in 281 works
Consistency: 98.4% (440 of 447)
Reach if approved: ~470 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: attained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 447 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (440 changes in 281 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 440)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… care & diligene, beſtow our ſelues vpon the purchaſing of that prerogatiue, which being once attain'dattained to, giues vs certaine intereſt t̄o euerlaſting happineſſe.
With rule
… care & diligene, beſtow our ſelues vpon the purchaſing of that prerogatiue, which being once attain'dattained to, giues vs certaine intereſt t̄o euerlaſting happineſſe.
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 426 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proposeth, and the means it chooseth for that end to be pursued with and attain'dattained by, and take care both these have all conditions that can justify the undertaking …
With rule
… proposeth, and the means it chooseth for that end to be pursued with and attain'dattained by, and take care both these have all conditions that can justify the undertaking …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that you should not be at the end of this Paper, before it hath attain'dattained its end; That you should not turn away your eyes from these Lines, till …
With rule
… that you should not be at the end of this Paper, before it hath attain'dattained its end; That you should not turn away your eyes from these Lines, till …
Joseph Alleine · A Call to Archippus · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of theſe Opinions, which I have undertaken to find out. For when one has attain'dattained to that knowledge, he is in a condition to judge ſolidly, whether thoſe Opinions …
With rule
… of theſe Opinions, which I have undertaken to find out. For when one has attain'dattained to that knowledge, he is in a condition to judge ſolidly, whether thoſe Opinions …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
Too undeſervedly attain'dattained the honour
With rule
Too undeſervedly attain'dattained the honour
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of affliction. That's one thing that is of very great uſe. A man hath attain'dattained to a good meaſure of Grace when he comes to this, that he ſees …
With rule
… of affliction. That's one thing that is of very great uſe. A man hath attain'dattained to a good meaſure of Grace when he comes to this, that he ſees …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Useful Discourses · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… acknowledgment of what we owe to God on that account) that our endeavours have attain'dattained the end we propoſed to Our ſelves, foraſmuch as the greater and better part …
With rule
… acknowledgment of what we owe to God on that account) that our endeavours have attain'dattained the end we propoſed to Our ſelves, foraſmuch as the greater and better part …
Jean Claude · Account of the Persecutions of the Protestants in France · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in preventing future attempts; nor can this pureneſs of heart, though by theſe means attain'dattained to, be preſerved, but by this noble and incorruptible affection of Love, that puts …
With rule
… in preventing future attempts; nor can this pureneſs of heart, though by theſe means attain'dattained to, be preſerved, but by this noble and incorruptible affection of Love, that puts …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 341 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons A27592

Printed
… our Hearts, and the Divine Revelation of Christ, (From Faith, Rom. 1. 17. having not yet Attain'dAttained To Faith, in Perfection) are ready in this our Imperfect State, to enter a …
With rule
… our Hearts, and the Divine Revelation of Christ, (From Faith, Rom. 1. 17. having not yet Attain'dAttained To Faith, in Perfection) are ready in this our Imperfect State, to enter a …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… great Assurance of; as of the Time, when it began, the measures which it Attain'dAttained, and the continuing state of it; such Former Sentiments must be over-ruled by …
With rule
… great Assurance of; as of the Time, when it began, the measures which it Attain'dAttained, and the continuing state of it; such Former Sentiments must be over-ruled by …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · Open in the reader