Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9501 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hop'dhoped

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

Puritas changed it: 206 times in 152 works
Consistency: 95.3% (206 of 216)
Reach if approved: ~227 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hoped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 216 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (206 changes in 152 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 206)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… praying, that my Miniſtry might not be in vain; whereupon telling her, that I hop'dhoped, it had not been in vain to her, ſhe with much heartineſs replyed, No …
With rule
… praying, that my Miniſtry might not be in vain; whereupon telling her, that I hop'dhoped, it had not been in vain to her, ſhe with much heartineſs replyed, No …
John Oakes · Blessed Pauls Trial and Triumph · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such were the sweets I hop'dhoped to haue possest,
With rule
Such were the sweets I hop'dhoped to haue possest,
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the two laſt, that they might the better pleaſe the Reader. Beſides I hop'dhoped, God would give me the Grace to make an end of the whole work …
With rule
… of the two laſt, that they might the better pleaſe the Reader. Beſides I hop'dhoped, God would give me the Grace to make an end of the whole work …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… and not only defend, but by being zealous and forward for his waies they hop'dhoped to have promo…ion by him, they did not fear to be queſtioned for …
With rule
… and not only defend, but by being zealous and forward for his waies they hop'dhoped to have promo…ion by him, they did not fear to be queſtioned for …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fell a Hiſſing and Spitting their Venom at their Benefactors. Surely we might have hop'dhoped for at leaſt that Favour at their hands which the Cyclops gave to Ulyſſes …
With rule
… fell a Hiſſing and Spitting their Venom at their Benefactors. Surely we might have hop'dhoped for at leaſt that Favour at their hands which the Cyclops gave to Ulyſſes …
Thomas Doolittle · Fears and Jealousies Ceased · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the leaſt degree of releaſe to the ſufferer, and no relief being to be hop'dhoped for from Heaven, from whence only it was poſſible to come, the fire and …
With rule
… the leaſt degree of releaſe to the ſufferer, and no relief being to be hop'dhoped for from Heaven, from whence only it was poſſible to come, the fire and …
Henry Hammond · Judgment Worthy of God · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shut upon him. When Esau lost a Blessing for which he had wrought and hop'dhoped considerably, it's said, He cried with a great and exceeding bitter Cry. What a …
With rule
… shut upon him. When Esau lost a Blessing for which he had wrought and hop'dhoped considerably, it's said, He cried with a great and exceeding bitter Cry. What a …
Cotton Mather · Batteries Upon the Kingdom of the Devil · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſad and bitter a Caſe muſt this prove, when the beſt that can be hop'dhoped for, is a Confeſſion of your Theft, full of ſorrow and ſhame, and the …
With rule
… ſad and bitter a Caſe muſt this prove, when the beſt that can be hop'dhoped for, is a Confeſſion of your Theft, full of ſorrow and ſhame, and the …
Richard Mayo · A Present for Servants · p. 29 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Memorial of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ Near Approaching A27617

Printed
… the Supreme Councel of the Nation, and their Unanimity herein; and Greateſt Effects are Hop'dHoped and Pray'd for from thence.
With rule
… the Supreme Councel of the Nation, and their Unanimity herein; and Greateſt Effects are Hop'dHoped and Pray'd for from thence.
Thomas Beverley · A Memorial of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ Near Approaching · p. 7 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

Printed
… all the Bleak Winds and Thick Snows of that Northern Country. But it was Hop'dHoped, That Good Forts, being thus Garriſon'd with Stout Hearts, in ſeveral Convenient places, …he …
With rule
… all the Bleak Winds and Thick Snows of that Northern Country. But it was Hop'dHoped, That Good Forts, being thus Garriſon'd with Stout Hearts, in ſeveral Convenient places, …he …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 25 · Open in the reader