Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9577 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

carry'dcarried

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

Puritas changed it: 197 times in 93 works
Consistency: 98.9% (197 of 199)
Reach if approved: ~209 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: carried
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 199 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (197 changes in 93 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 197)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he feared danger to the State, he preſently ſtood for the Place himſelf and carry'dcarried it; for the People look'd upon him (ſayes the Hiſtorian) not as one that …
With rule
… he feared danger to the State, he preſently ſtood for the Place himſelf and carry'dcarried it; for the People look'd upon him (ſayes the Hiſtorian) not as one that …
Benjamin Colman · The Religious Regards We Owe to Our Country · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or deſtroy them; which is an extraordinary labour that none would ever undertake, unleſs carry'dcarried by the deſire of truth. So far I lay no foundation. I that am …
With rule
… or deſtroy them; which is an extraordinary labour that none would ever undertake, unleſs carry'dcarried by the deſire of truth. So far I lay no foundation. I that am …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… and a true one, altho they knew not in particular which that was, they carry'dcarried off their minds from this difficulty, but in all this they conceiv'd no diſtinct …
With rule
… and a true one, altho they knew not in particular which that was, they carry'dcarried off their minds from this difficulty, but in all this they conceiv'd no diſtinct …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ado with certain idle Questions, (as, How many Rowers belong'd to the Vessel that carry'dcarried Ulysses? and such like, that he there mentions) whereby (says he) they did not …
With rule
… ado with certain idle Questions, (as, How many Rowers belong'd to the Vessel that carry'dcarried Ulysses? and such like, that he there mentions) whereby (says he) they did not …
John Howe · The Carnality of Religious Contention · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he weary Calvin with his Enquiries, and ſeem abundantly ſatisfy'd with his Anſwers; but carry'dcarried it ſo, that at laſt Calvin diſcover'd his perſidious and deceitful Courſes, and his …
With rule
… he weary Calvin with his Enquiries, and ſeem abundantly ſatisfy'd with his Anſwers; but carry'dcarried it ſo, that at laſt Calvin diſcover'd his perſidious and deceitful Courſes, and his …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Great Concern along with him: So every Man is Riding Poſt in this Life, carry'dcarried in the Chariot of Time, which is drawn by the ſwifteſt Horſes, even ſuch …
With rule
… Great Concern along with him: So every Man is Riding Poſt in this Life, carry'dcarried in the Chariot of Time, which is drawn by the ſwifteſt Horſes, even ſuch …
Christopher Ness · A Spiritual Legacy · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out their eyes that they may ſee nothing. Don't we ſee how things are carry'dcarried all for your own advancement? as Corah and his Company ſaid. And when he …
With rule
… out their eyes that they may ſee nothing. Don't we ſee how things are carry'dcarried all for your own advancement? as Corah and his Company ſaid. And when he …
William Strong · A Discourse of the Two Covenants · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… evil; and therefore cannot be the object of the Desire, since his Will is carry'dcarried out to things under the notion of Good: So we cannot hate God as …
With rule
… evil; and therefore cannot be the object of the Desire, since his Will is carry'dcarried out to things under the notion of Good: So we cannot hate God as …
Stephen Charnock · Two Discourses · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Carry'dCarried to bed, he was defir'd to call
With rule
Carry'dCarried to bed, he was defir'd to call
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 210 · Open in the reader