Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9482 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

drown'ddrowned

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

Puritas changed it: 606 times in 357 works
Consistency: 95.5% (606 of 634)
Reach if approved: ~666 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: drowned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 634 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (606 changes in 357 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 606)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Yet by degrees he becomes hardned, and freely indulges his Appetite till he is drown'ddrowned in Perdition.
With rule
… Yet by degrees he becomes hardned, and freely indulges his Appetite till he is drown'ddrowned in Perdition.
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and honeſty of heart; and ſometimes it befalleth ſuch as are moſt prophane, and drown'ddrowned in ſin, and never dreamt of ſuch a change; nay, purpoſely ſet their minds …
With rule
… and honeſty of heart; and ſometimes it befalleth ſuch as are moſt prophane, and drown'ddrowned in ſin, and never dreamt of ſuch a change; nay, purpoſely ſet their minds …
Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now in the red sea also drown'ddrowned his chosen captains be.
With rule
Now in the red sea also drown'ddrowned his chosen captains be.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… of happinesse: necessarily this followes; for all these things may belong to a man drown'ddrowned in sinne and hellish wickednes, who contemnes and hates the word of God, and …
With rule
… of happinesse: necessarily this followes; for all these things may belong to a man drown'ddrowned in sinne and hellish wickednes, who contemnes and hates the word of God, and …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Egypt, fattens and fills it with flowers and fruites. What though the Saints lye drown'ddrowned (as the fertile meddowes doe, under the floods) all winter long? the comfort is …
With rule
… Egypt, fattens and fills it with flowers and fruites. What though the Saints lye drown'ddrowned (as the fertile meddowes doe, under the floods) all winter long? the comfort is …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
Shee drown'ddrowned a part (but oh that part was small)
With rule
Shee drown'ddrowned a part (but oh that part was small)
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader
Printed
… had not the moſt conſent of adherents (except at that time, when all were drown'ddrowned except eight perſons) Alaſſe theyr proofe is euen as farre to ſéeke, as heauen …
With rule
… had not the moſt conſent of adherents (except at that time, when all were drown'ddrowned except eight perſons) Alaſſe theyr proofe is euen as farre to ſéeke, as heauen …
Arthur Dent · The Opening of Heaven Gates · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ears, and if he will not take care to ſwim out, let him be drown'ddrowned.
With rule
… ears, and if he will not take care to ſwim out, let him be drown'ddrowned.
Vincent Alsop · The Mischief of Impositions · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Song A12600

Printed
Drown'dDrowned by the winde? and yee O ſwelling waues,
With rule
Drown'dDrowned by the winde? and yee O ſwelling waues,
John Wilson · A Song · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Drown'dDrowned ſome in Alba, others they did brain:
With rule
Drown'dDrowned ſome in Alba, others they did brain:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Drown'dDrowned? yea and bound in that infernall pit
With rule
Drown'dDrowned? yea and bound in that infernall pit
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Present State of London A37482

Printed
… Flowing of the water, it falls with ſo violent a Cataract, that it has Drown'dDrowned many that would adventure to Shoot through the Arches at ſuch times. Before ſome …
With rule
… Flowing of the water, it falls with ſo violent a Cataract, that it has Drown'dDrowned many that would adventure to Shoot through the Arches at ſuch times. Before ſome …
Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 191 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
But Queen Mary though Drenched, not Drown'dDrowned in Popish Principles, would not Unprince herself to Obey his Holiness, and understanding it …
With rule
But Queen Mary though Drenched, not Drown'dDrowned in Popish Principles, would not Unprince herself to Obey his Holiness, and understanding it …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 121 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… undertakings, and you may prevent it; Swim with the Tide, and you cannot be Drown'dDrowned. They will ſeek your favour, (if you do not ſtart from them) to help …
With rule
… undertakings, and you may prevent it; Swim with the Tide, and you cannot be Drown'dDrowned. They will ſeek your favour, (if you do not ſtart from them) to help …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 49 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
Dipt may the Churches Ship be, but not Drown'dDrowned,
With rule
Dipt may the Churches Ship be, but not Drown'dDrowned,
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtill conſults to Save, as well as to Deſtroy; Though the World ſhall be Drown'dDrowned, yet the Church ſhall not be ſo, according to the Devils Deſign: for unto …
With rule
… ſtill conſults to Save, as well as to Deſtroy; Though the World ſhall be Drown'dDrowned, yet the Church ſhall not be ſo, according to the Devils Deſign: for unto …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long-Suffering of God is Admir'd and Ador'd, 1 Pet. 3. 18, 19, 20. All the Devils Vaſſals were Drown'dDrowned, (Yea, and Burn'd too,) (So Deep is the Stain of Sin, it Requires Fire …
With rule
… long-Suffering of God is Admir'd and Ador'd, 1 Pet. 3. 18, 19, 20. All the Devils Vaſſals were Drown'dDrowned, (Yea, and Burn'd too,) (So Deep is the Stain of Sin, it Requires Fire …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Juſt and Ʋpright) was now (perhaps not knowing the ſtrength of the Grape) himſelf Drown'dDrowned in Wine, and was Shamefully Ʋncovered. Though this Act was but once, (he was …
With rule
… Juſt and Ʋpright) was now (perhaps not knowing the ſtrength of the Grape) himſelf Drown'dDrowned in Wine, and was Shamefully Ʋncovered. Though this Act was but once, (he was …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Church may ſometimes be Drench'd, but ſhe ſhall never be Drown'dDrowned, no not by the worſt Storm that the Devil can Raiſe againſt her; the …
With rule
The Church may ſometimes be Drench'd, but ſhe ſhall never be Drown'dDrowned, no not by the worſt Storm that the Devil can Raiſe againſt her; the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 334 · Open in the reader

A Heaven or Hell Upon Earth A64963

Printed
… be in another VVorld. They can hardly hear of any that have Hang'd or Drown'dDrowned themſelves, but they fear they ſhall do the like one time or other. I …
With rule
… be in another VVorld. They can hardly hear of any that have Hang'd or Drown'dDrowned themſelves, but they fear they ſhall do the like one time or other. I …
Nathanael Vincent · A Heaven or Hell Upon Earth · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Drown'dDrowned by the waves, and on that Sea-ſhore caſt,
With rule
Drown'dDrowned by the waves, and on that Sea-ſhore caſt,
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 86 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Drown'dDrowned in thy blood, and in thy paſſion ſlaine.
With rule
Drown'dDrowned in thy blood, and in thy paſſion ſlaine.
John Donne · Poems · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Work Upon the Ark A88934

Printed
… many Carpenters no doubt, that wrought with Noah, upon the Ark, which yet were Drown'dDrowned among those doleful Creatures, whose Foundation was overflown with a Flood. Even so, there …
With rule
… many Carpenters no doubt, that wrought with Noah, upon the Ark, which yet were Drown'dDrowned among those doleful Creatures, whose Foundation was overflown with a Flood. Even so, there …
Cotton Mather · Work Upon the Ark · Open in the reader
Printed
… might be before. But what became of all that Mighty People? Truly, all were Drown'dDrowned but Eight Souls! And though it be not for us to Censure too far …
With rule
… might be before. But what became of all that Mighty People? Truly, all were Drown'dDrowned but Eight Souls! And though it be not for us to Censure too far …
Cotton Mather · Work Upon the Ark · p. 50 · Open in the reader