Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9566 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

experienc'dexperienced

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

Puritas changed it: 159 times in 101 works
Consistency: 91.3% (159 of 174)
Reach if approved: ~183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: experienced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (159 changes in 101 works, 91.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 159)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… yet we encourag'd our ſelves in our good God, whoſe Favour we had ſo experienc'dexperienced together, and hop'd we ſhould ſtill enjoy when ſo far aſunder. I deſired all …
With rule
… yet we encourag'd our ſelves in our good God, whoſe Favour we had ſo experienc'dexperienced together, and hop'd we ſhould ſtill enjoy when ſo far aſunder. I deſired all …
Edmund Trench · The Life and Death of Reverend Edmund Trench · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into an habit of enduring them, and by a discipline of Torment made himself experienc'dexperienced for Vice and for Damnation: Nor is there ever any pleasure in some Vices …
With rule
… into an habit of enduring them, and by a discipline of Torment made himself experienc'dexperienced for Vice and for Damnation: Nor is there ever any pleasure in some Vices …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and preferments, &c. becauſe the blinde, poore and beggarly ſort of people, who never experienc'dexperienced what theſe things meane, caſts dirt, dung, ſcorne and reproach upon them; and is …
With rule
… and preferments, &c. becauſe the blinde, poore and beggarly ſort of people, who never experienc'dexperienced what theſe things meane, caſts dirt, dung, ſcorne and reproach upon them; and is …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 446 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaying hopes, or fears. Or ſerves it to make us more wiſe, and well experienc'dexperienced? what wiſdome is that, that makes a man no wiſer than a Beaſt; in …
With rule
… ſaying hopes, or fears. Or ſerves it to make us more wiſe, and well experienc'dexperienced? what wiſdome is that, that makes a man no wiſer than a Beaſt; in …
John Gaule · The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aſſurance. A Mary Magdalen ſhall call Jeſus by the name of Rabboni: When two experienc'dexperienced Diſciples ſhall walk and talk with him many a mile, and not ſee him …
With rule
… aſſurance. A Mary Magdalen ſhall call Jeſus by the name of Rabboni: When two experienc'dexperienced Diſciples ſhall walk and talk with him many a mile, and not ſee him …
Samuel Lee · Contemplations on Mortality · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God …hat no man ever saw, of eternal rewards and punishments, which none ever experienc'dexperienced, of the resurrection of the body, and other things, which the deepest reason cannot …
With rule
… God …hat no man ever saw, of eternal rewards and punishments, which none ever experienc'dexperienced, of the resurrection of the body, and other things, which the deepest reason cannot …
Matthew Poole · A Seasonable Apology for Religion · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
We of this Nation have long experienc'dexperienced the vigilant Care, and continued Kindneſs of Heaven, which have defeated the pernicious Deſigns …
With rule
We of this Nation have long experienc'dexperienced the vigilant Care, and continued Kindneſs of Heaven, which have defeated the pernicious Deſigns …
John Spademan · Sermon 14 November 1698 · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could be to aſſiſt them in ſuch an Expedition, has I believe been dearly experienc'dexperienced ſince; for it was no ſmall Aſſiſtance they receiv'd from the Succours under the …
With rule
… could be to aſſiſt them in ſuch an Expedition, has I believe been dearly experienc'dexperienced ſince; for it was no ſmall Aſſiſtance they receiv'd from the Succours under the …
John Tutchin · The Protestant Martyrs · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… ſhould always heed as well as hear the grave and ſolid Advice that Old Experienc'dExperienced Perſons give them, as Ruth did Boaz.
With rule
… ſhould always heed as well as hear the grave and ſolid Advice that Old Experienc'dExperienced Perſons give them, as Ruth did Boaz.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 193 · Open in the reader

A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages A58159

Printed
… large and Loaden Ships to Venice, therefore that Republick doth keep there always ſeveral Experienc'dExperienced Pilots (to prevent further miſchief) that do nothing elſe but conduct the Ships that …
With rule
… large and Loaden Ships to Venice, therefore that Republick doth keep there always ſeveral Experienc'dExperienced Pilots (to prevent further miſchief) that do nothing elſe but conduct the Ships that …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 394 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… attended with Man's Weeping and Mourning, as the Consequents thereof. These litteral truths are Experienc'dExperienced by Man, in the Decay's, Gray Hairs, Old Age, and Death, inevitably incident to …
With rule
… attended with Man's Weeping and Mourning, as the Consequents thereof. These litteral truths are Experienc'dExperienced by Man, in the Decay's, Gray Hairs, Old Age, and Death, inevitably incident to …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 67 · Open in the reader