Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9543 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

follow'dfollowed

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

Puritas changed it: 528 times in 233 works
Consistency: 97.7% (528 of 540)
Reach if approved: ~567 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: followed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 540 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (528 changes in 233 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 528)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… if the firſt now were ſucceſſive, it was not the firſt: for why, it follow'dfollowed a former; and the laſt now could not abide, for if it did, it …
With rule
… if the firſt now were ſucceſſive, it was not the firſt: for why, it follow'dfollowed a former; and the laſt now could not abide, for if it did, it …
Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeak well of any Faction, but their own. For certain St. Paul might be follow'dfollowed in a good Senſe, who was made all things to all Men, that by …
With rule
… ſpeak well of any Faction, but their own. For certain St. Paul might be follow'dfollowed in a good Senſe, who was made all things to all Men, that by …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
Alas! what ſhreekes follow'dfollowed their mirth,
With rule
Alas! what ſhreekes follow'dfollowed their mirth,
John Wilson · A Song · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
And thou (Great spirit) which her's follow'dfollowed hast
With rule
And thou (Great spirit) which her's follow'dfollowed hast
John Donne · The First Anniversary · Open in the reader
Printed
… Son, that he might thereby establish the Notion of his temporal Original. From hence follow'dfollowed more monstrous Absurdities, viz. That the Son of God was a mere Creature; and …
With rule
… Son, that he might thereby establish the Notion of his temporal Original. From hence follow'dfollowed more monstrous Absurdities, viz. That the Son of God was a mere Creature; and …
Benedictus Aretius · Valentinus Gentilis – The Tritheist Put to Death In Bern · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be follow'dfollowed with a night.
With rule
Be follow'dfollowed with a night.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… the only perſons of their party, and that all the reſt of the Church follow'dfollowed the ſentiment of Paſchaſus, is a groundleſs fancy. Raban ſpeaking of Paſchaſus his party …
With rule
… the only perſons of their party, and that all the reſt of the Church follow'dfollowed the ſentiment of Paſchaſus, is a groundleſs fancy. Raban ſpeaking of Paſchaſus his party …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to you that ſenſe which I account the trueſt, and which hath likewiſe been follow'dfollowed by divers eminent ſervants of GOD. I ſay then, that this Obligation, whereof the …
With rule
… to you that ſenſe which I account the trueſt, and which hath likewiſe been follow'dfollowed by divers eminent ſervants of GOD. I ſay then, that this Obligation, whereof the …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

9 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.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Follow'dFollowed with deadly grones, usher'd by tears:
With rule
Follow'dFollowed with deadly grones, usher'd by tears:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 170 · Open in the reader

The Shepherds Hunting A15656

Printed
Follow'dFollowed at gaze so close that Loue and Feare
With rule
Follow'dFollowed at gaze so close that Loue and Feare
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Follow'dFollowed in bright procession to b…hold.
With rule
Follow'dFollowed in bright procession to b…hold.
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Follow'dFollowed with benediction. Since to part,
With rule
Follow'dFollowed with benediction. Since to part,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Poems A50938

Printed
Follow'dFollowed thee up to joy and bliſs for ever.
With rule
Follow'dFollowed thee up to joy and bliſs for ever.
John Milton · Poems · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Follow'dFollowed at gaze ſo cloſe, that Loue and Feare
With rule
Follow'dFollowed at gaze ſo cloſe, that Loue and Feare
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Follow'dFollowed the trace of wayes that were not r…
With rule
Follow'dFollowed the trace of wayes that were not r…
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
Follow'dFollowed the trace of ill Jehojakim
With rule
Follow'dFollowed the trace of ill Jehojakim
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 263 · Open in the reader

Funeral Elegy to Thomas Danforth N29534

Printed
Follow'dFollowed a Greater King, to Desart Lot;
With rule
Follow'dFollowed a Greater King, to Desart Lot;
John Danforth · Funeral Elegy to Thomas Danforth · Open in the reader