Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9580 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

acquir'dacquired

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

Puritas changed it: 105 times in 70 works
Consistency: 95.4% (105 of 110)
Reach if approved: ~116 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: acquired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 110 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (105 changes in 70 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 105)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
No other knowledge then might be acquir'dacquired
With rule
No other knowledge then might be acquir'dacquired
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… it ranks them among Brutes, nay sets them as far beneath those, as an acquir'dacquired vileness is below a native. I need make no collection of the verdicts either …
With rule
… it ranks them among Brutes, nay sets them as far beneath those, as an acquir'dacquired vileness is below a native. I need make no collection of the verdicts either …
Richard Allestree · The Ladys Calling · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
— natural and acquir'dacquired ſtir'd up in conviction. Page. 573, 4.
With rule
— natural and acquir'dacquired ſtir'd up in conviction. Page. 573, 4.
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · Open in the reader
Printed
Then will honour be acquir'dacquired, by living as one that believes a Life to come, and expects to live …
With rule
Then will honour be acquir'dacquired, by living as one that believes a Life to come, and expects to live …
John Howe · The Redeemers Dominion Over the Invisible World · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gift, as I observed before, but as for this ordinary ability, whether natural, or acquir'dacquired, of praying in our native language, it is no where spoken of in Scripture …
With rule
… Gift, as I observed before, but as for this ordinary ability, whether natural, or acquir'dacquired, of praying in our native language, it is no where spoken of in Scripture …
John Scott · Concerning the Lawfulness of Joining with Forms of Prayer Part 1 · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Paul himſelf, who was a prime inſtance of this kind, ſpeaks as if he acquir'dacquired the grace of Contentment by great Conſideration, and diligent Care of himſelf in ſeveral …
With rule
… Paul himſelf, who was a prime inſtance of this kind, ſpeaks as if he acquir'dacquired the grace of Contentment by great Conſideration, and diligent Care of himſelf in ſeveral …
John Tillotson · Discourses of the Great Duties of Natural Religion · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
And, had I but that competence acquir'dacquired,
With rule
And, had I but that competence acquir'dacquired,
George Wither · The Tired Petitioner · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… humane Affairs, it turns without Violence to God-ward, thorough an Habit it has acquir'dacquired. It makes all things to be as ſo many Ladders to ſcale Heaven, and …
With rule
… humane Affairs, it turns without Violence to God-ward, thorough an Habit it has acquir'dacquired. It makes all things to be as ſo many Ladders to ſcale Heaven, and …
Samuel Smith · The Christians Guide to Devotion · p. 183 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abstract of Logic A30233

Printed
… as Faith, Hope, Charity, Prophecy, Gift of Tongues, &c. or acquir'dacquired by frequent Acts. Acquir'dAcquired Habits are either in Body, as, a good Habit of Body acquir'dacquired by Induſtry …
With rule
… as Faith, Hope, Charity, Prophecy, Gift of Tongues, &c. or acquir'dacquired by frequent Acts. Acquir'dAcquired Habits are either in Body, as, a good Habit of Body acquir'dacquired by Induſtry …
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 15 · Open in the reader