Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9552 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

upon'tupon

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

Puritas changed it: 91 times in 49 works
Consistency: 98.9% (91 of 92)
Reach if approved: ~97 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 92 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: uponit (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 49 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in the gate, and succsesfully to undergoe their assaults, if any such be made upon'tupon. One thing is indeed to be regrated, wherof I could not but acquaint the …
With rule
… in the gate, and succsesfully to undergoe their assaults, if any such be made upon'tupon. One thing is indeed to be regrated, wherof I could not but acquaint the …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · Open in the reader
Printed
… if thou hast need of that argument to restrain thee, then before thou run upon'tupon, sit down and reckon the expence, see what it will cost thee if thou …
With rule
… if thou hast need of that argument to restrain thee, then before thou run upon'tupon, sit down and reckon the expence, see what it will cost thee if thou …
Robert Leighton · Sermons · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
… world (as they call it) they uſually grow greedy and gripple: they are ſet upon'tupon, and will be rich, however they come by it. Job was none ſuch neither …
With rule
… world (as they call it) they uſually grow greedy and gripple: they are ſet upon'tupon, and will be rich, however they come by it. Job was none ſuch neither …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… World with a Saddle on their Backs, nor others booted and ſpurr'd to ride upon'tupon.] And being askt if he thought not his Sentence dreadful? Anſwered, [He wiſht he …
With rule
… World with a Saddle on their Backs, nor others booted and ſpurr'd to ride upon'tupon.] And being askt if he thought not his Sentence dreadful? Anſwered, [He wiſht he …
John Tutchin · The Protestant Martyrs · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Vice that God has declar'd that he himſelf will Judge, and we may depend upon'tupon, without Repentance that Judgment of his will be the moſt ſevere and dreadful.
With rule
… Vice that God has declar'd that he himſelf will Judge, and we may depend upon'tupon, without Repentance that Judgment of his will be the moſt ſevere and dreadful.
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Man Epitomized · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoul. What's paſt cannot be helped, what ſhouldeſt thou trouble thy ſelf to think upon'tupon. God forgets thy ſin, and wilt not thou? Sinner, Satan is rocking thy ſoul …
With rule
… ſoul. What's paſt cannot be helped, what ſhouldeſt thou trouble thy ſelf to think upon'tupon. God forgets thy ſin, and wilt not thou? Sinner, Satan is rocking thy ſoul …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
And that's a ſecond leſſon wee learne by Affliction, (ſith wee are falne upon'tupon.) It teacheth us to pray, puts affections of prayer into our hearts, and words …
With rule
And that's a ſecond leſſon wee learne by Affliction, (ſith wee are falne upon'tupon.) It teacheth us to pray, puts affections of prayer into our hearts, and words …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
§. 4. Whilst my Eye is upon'tupon, I will give you a Rare Specimen of our Author's Argumentative Excellencies, which I …
With rule
§. 4. Whilst my Eye is upon'tupon, I will give you a Rare Specimen of our Author's Argumentative Excellencies, which I …
Vincent Alsop · Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.