Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9522 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

join'djoined

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

Puritas changed it: 293 times in 150 works
Consistency: 97.9% (293 of 299)
Reach if approved: ~314 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: joined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 299 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (293 changes in 150 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 293)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… self: It is a thing more sweet and pleasing to the Soul to be join'djoined and united to God, than to be join'djoined and united to the Body, by …
With rule
… self: It is a thing more sweet and pleasing to the Soul to be join'djoined and united to God, than to be join'djoined and united to the Body, by …
Thomas Horton · Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms · p. 552 · Open in the reader
Printed
Justice and Mercy now are join'djoined,
With rule
Justice and Mercy now are join'djoined,
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which have another kinde of beautie than London in all its glorie, and this join'djoined with a ſtabilitie that will never ſuffer them to bee turned into Rubbiſh. What …
With rule
… which have another kinde of beautie than London in all its glorie, and this join'djoined with a ſtabilitie that will never ſuffer them to bee turned into Rubbiſh. What …
Matthew Mead · Appendix to Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dwell on the face of the Earth. A dissolute voluptuous course of Life, is join'djoined with a brutish neglect of God and the Soul: and the indulging the carnal …
With rule
… dwell on the face of the Earth. A dissolute voluptuous course of Life, is join'djoined with a brutish neglect of God and the Soul: and the indulging the carnal …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the most excellent Good, the suffering of the most afflicting painful Evil is join'djoined. The Sentence is, Depart ye cursed into everlasting Fire. And if an imaginary Sorrow …
With rule
… of the most excellent Good, the suffering of the most afflicting painful Evil is join'djoined. The Sentence is, Depart ye cursed into everlasting Fire. And if an imaginary Sorrow …
William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which hearts together joyns, and join'djoined maintains.
With rule
Which hearts together joyns, and join'djoined maintains.
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mighty men whom David had, who held ſtrongly with him in his Kingdom, and join'djoined with the Elders of the people to make him King. they were in all …
With rule
… mighty men whom David had, who held ſtrongly with him in his Kingdom, and join'djoined with the Elders of the people to make him King. they were in all …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 450 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe great Miniſters of providence the Angels tho not ſeen to us are eminently join'djoined in on this ſervice, who are the ſtated Servants of Christ as Mediator, & Head …
With rule
… theſe great Miniſters of providence the Angels tho not ſeen to us are eminently join'djoined in on this ſervice, who are the ſtated Servants of Christ as Mediator, & Head …
Robert Flemming · The True Settlement of a Christians Faith · p. 168 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of Scripture Ordination A53662

Printed
… that Timothy could not be entruſted with the ſole Power of Ordination, becauſe Paul Join'dJoined Barnabas with him, Acts 14.23.
With rule
… that Timothy could not be entruſted with the ſole Power of Ordination, becauſe Paul Join'dJoined Barnabas with him, Acts 14.23.
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Senſe, and Paul's equal, J. O's. Argument ſtill holds good. If Paul and Apoſtle, Join'dJoined Barnabas with him, another Apoſtle, or Evangeliſt; it's not likely that Timothy would Ordain …
With rule
… Senſe, and Paul's equal, J. O's. Argument ſtill holds good. If Paul and Apoſtle, Join'dJoined Barnabas with him, another Apoſtle, or Evangeliſt; it's not likely that Timothy would Ordain …
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Join'dJoined all together, was her Fate writ down.
With rule
Join'dJoined all together, was her Fate writ down.
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 52 · Open in the reader