Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9592 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foremention'dforementioned

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

Puritas changed it: 126 times in 64 works
Consistency: 92.6% (126 of 136)
Reach if approved: ~143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forementioned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 136 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (126 changes in 64 works, 92.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 126)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… watch for Souls, as those that must give Account. And we see by the foremention'dforementioned Luke xiv. that Ministers must give an Account to their Master, not only of …
With rule
… watch for Souls, as those that must give Account. And we see by the foremention'dforementioned Luke xiv. that Ministers must give an Account to their Master, not only of …
Jonathan Edwards · Farewell Sermon 22 June 1750 · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Church of Chriſt, much leſs makes a Pariſh a Church. But in the foremention'dforementioned inſtances, the whole proceeding of Miniſters and People are a meer uſurpation of Communion …
With rule
… a Church of Chriſt, much leſs makes a Pariſh a Church. But in the foremention'dforementioned inſtances, the whole proceeding of Miniſters and People are a meer uſurpation of Communion …
Isaac Chauncy · The Temple Opened · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with him. For ver. 15. this we say to you (and 'tis said by the foremention'dforementioned Aut…ority, the Lord himself having revealed it to this great Apostle, and directed …
With rule
… with him. For ver. 15. this we say to you (and 'tis said by the foremention'dforementioned Aut…ority, the Lord himself having revealed it to this great Apostle, and directed …
John Howe · The Redeemers Dominion Over the Invisible World · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now the foremention'dforementioned Rights and Immunities of the Christians, as they were Roman Subjects, and the common …
With rule
Now the foremention'dforementioned Rights and Immunities of the Christians, as they were Roman Subjects, and the common …
John Kettlewell · Christianity a Doctrine of the Cross · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were the perſons St. Hierom thinks, that came and worſhipped him, and made the foremention'dforementioned Confeſſion) is a ſufficient proof, that this was not a ſecret, known to St …
With rule
… were the perſons St. Hierom thinks, that came and worſhipped him, and made the foremention'dforementioned Confeſſion) is a ſufficient proof, that this was not a ſecret, known to St …
Simon Patrick · Sermon on Saint Peters Day · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fully the whole ſtate of the controverſie then can be gather'd out of the foremention'dforementioned Petitions and Orders, and will both juſtifie our iterated Petitions, and thoſe paſſages in …
With rule
… fully the whole ſtate of the controverſie then can be gather'd out of the foremention'dforementioned Petitions and Orders, and will both juſtifie our iterated Petitions, and thoſe paſſages in …
Charles Hotham · A True State of the Case of Mr Hotham · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. BY the foremention'dforementioned Aſſertion, our Author has defeated all his Arguments beſides, & in effect given up his …
With rule
2. BY the foremention'dforementioned Aſſertion, our Author has defeated all his Arguments beſides, & in effect given up his …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Ruling and Ordaining Power of Congregational Bishops · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… told me any ſuch Thing, was not among theſe Reaſons.) After this, before our foremention'dforementioned Journey to Boſton, I heard that Mr. Hopkins had reported it to others, and …
With rule
… told me any ſuch Thing, was not among theſe Reaſons.) After this, before our foremention'dforementioned Journey to Boſton, I heard that Mr. Hopkins had reported it to others, and …
Jonathan Edwards · Letter to Mr Clap · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.