Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9591 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

exercis'dexercised

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

Puritas changed it: 273 times in 169 works
Consistency: 96.4% (273 of 283)
Reach if approved: ~297 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: exercised
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 283 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (273 changes in 169 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 273)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Together ſhall on thee be exercis'dexercised.
With rule
Together ſhall on thee be exercis'dexercised.
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that there were some standing by him who should not see death, 'till he exercis'dexercised his Kingly Power in the destruction of the Jewish Nation; which must be grounded …
With rule
… that there were some standing by him who should not see death, 'till he exercis'dexercised his Kingly Power in the destruction of the Jewish Nation; which must be grounded …
Timothy Cruso · The Period of Human Life Determined by Divine Will · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
Arg. 3. As there can be no real Marks and Signs, without Faith exercis'dexercised upon the Object; ſo, to put People upon examining the Sincerity of their ſuppoſed …
With rule
Arg. 3. As there can be no real Marks and Signs, without Faith exercis'dexercised upon the Object; ſo, to put People upon examining the Sincerity of their ſuppoſed …
Richard Davis · Truth and Innocence Vindicated · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome of both ſorts unto us, that ſo our Faith and Fear may be exercis'dexercised, and we kept in a more even frame.
With rule
… ſome of both ſorts unto us, that ſo our Faith and Fear may be exercis'dexercised, and we kept in a more even frame.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 494 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Determinations are different, yet they agree in witneſſing to this Truth, That the Chorepiſcopi exercis'dexercised Epiſcopal Authority. De Marca proves the ſame out of the Arabian Canons, tranſlated by …
With rule
… Determinations are different, yet they agree in witneſſing to this Truth, That the Chorepiſcopi exercis'dexercised Epiſcopal Authority. De Marca proves the ſame out of the Arabian Canons, tranſlated by …
John Humfrey · The Healing Attempt · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Grace: Nor are they such to any man till he have train'd and exercis'dexercised himself into an habit of enduring them, and by a discipline of Torment made …
With rule
… of Grace: Nor are they such to any man till he have train'd and exercis'dexercised himself into an habit of enduring them, and by a discipline of Torment made …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rigor of the Law, and his Mercy is infinitely free; yet they are always exercis'dexercised correspondently to his essential and unchangeable Perfections, his ruling Wisdom, his unspotted Holiness, and …
With rule
… Rigor of the Law, and his Mercy is infinitely free; yet they are always exercis'dexercised correspondently to his essential and unchangeable Perfections, his ruling Wisdom, his unspotted Holiness, and …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Heed-taking not to run into God as a Conſuming Fire, is moſt ſhewn, exercis'dexercised and practis'd in timely Repentance. For all at that Day of Earthquake, Thunders and …
With rule
… Heed-taking not to run into God as a Conſuming Fire, is moſt ſhewn, exercis'dexercised and practis'd in timely Repentance. For all at that Day of Earthquake, Thunders and …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Life and Death of Philip Henry A26780

Printed
… Hall of Oswestry, on Tuesday Sept. 27. 1681. there to give Account by what Right he Exercis'dExercised the Ministry, not having Episcopal Ordination. He directed him also to procure what other …
With rule
… Hall of Oswestry, on Tuesday Sept. 27. 1681. there to give Account by what Right he Exercis'dExercised the Ministry, not having Episcopal Ordination. He directed him also to procure what other …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 A26810

Printed
… habit of Holiness, that is Comprehensive of all the variety of Graces to be Exercis'dExercised in the Life of a Christian. As the Corrupt Nature, stil'd the Old Man …
With rule
… habit of Holiness, that is Comprehensive of all the variety of Graces to be Exercis'dExercised in the Life of a Christian. As the Corrupt Nature, stil'd the Old Man …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 116 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
Exercis'dExercised towards our Firſt Parents, Gentiles and Iſraelites, Pag. 799, 800
With rule
Exercis'dExercised towards our Firſt Parents, Gentiles and Iſraelites, Pag. 799, 800
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader
Printed
Exercis'dExercised towards Sinners and Saints, Pag. 819
With rule
Exercis'dExercised towards Sinners and Saints, Pag. 819
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

Twenty-Four Sermons A35326

Printed
… it is not to be ſuppos'd that our ſpiritual Senſes ſhould be ſo vigorouſly Exercis'dExercised as at other Times. We know, when our natural Spirits are obſtructed and retire …
With rule
… it is not to be ſuppos'd that our ſpiritual Senſes ſhould be ſo vigorouſly Exercis'dExercised as at other Times. We know, when our natural Spirits are obſtructed and retire …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 150 · Open in the reader