Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9600 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pierc'dpierced

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

Puritas changed it: 140 times in 91 works
Consistency: 100% (140 of 140)
Reach if approved: ~147 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pierced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 140 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (140 changes in 91 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 140)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in a perverse generation. There was such a brightness in their Conversations, that it pierc'dpierced through the darkness of Paganisme, and made a visible difference between them and all …
With rule
… in a perverse generation. There was such a brightness in their Conversations, that it pierc'dpierced through the darkness of Paganisme, and made a visible difference between them and all …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 404 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeverely puniſh, by leaving of him to fal into ſo great a ſin, which pierc'dpierced his ſoul through with many ſorrows. I am apt to think that many a …
With rule
… ſeverely puniſh, by leaving of him to fal into ſo great a ſin, which pierc'dpierced his ſoul through with many ſorrows. I am apt to think that many a …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
The doleful'st language, that e're pierc'dpierced thine ear!
With rule
The doleful'st language, that e're pierc'dpierced thine ear!
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
The more my heart is pierc'dpierced and made to bleed:
With rule
The more my heart is pierc'dpierced and made to bleed:
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amongst those instruments of his bloodshed: If the greater were as the spear that pierc'dpierced his side, the less were as the nails that pierc'dpierced his Hands and his …
With rule
… amongst those instruments of his bloodshed: If the greater were as the spear that pierc'dpierced his side, the less were as the nails that pierc'dpierced his Hands and his …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 449 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing deſerves to be more gravely handled or can one ever expect to be pierc'dpierced & wound… by that Preacher; who treating of that argument doth not touch the Soul …
With rule
… thing deſerves to be more gravely handled or can one ever expect to be pierc'dpierced & wound… by that Preacher; who treating of that argument doth not touch the Soul …
Simon Patrick · Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
When she had pierc'dpierced his temples, & through them the nail had drove.
With rule
When she had pierc'dpierced his temples, & through them the nail had drove.
Samuel Slater · Scripture Songs · Open in the reader
Printed
LOok as a stagge, pierc'dpierced with a fatal bow,
With rule
LOok as a stagge, pierc'dpierced with a fatal bow,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 105 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.