Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9608 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wro'twrought

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

Puritas changed it: 98 times in 44 works
Consistency: 100% (98 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~105 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 100 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 44 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… we can do nothing at all. I am verily perſwaded, they that have been wro'twrought upon by God, they that have been unhinged of Self, and been enabled to …
With rule
… we can do nothing at all. I am verily perſwaded, they that have been wro'twrought upon by God, they that have been unhinged of Self, and been enabled to …
George Whitefield · The Lord our Righteousness · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one Sinner, there's Joy in Heaven on the Occaſion: much more, when Converſions are wro'twrought in repeated and numerous Inſtances. This ſpeaks it the Day of the Mediator's Power …
With rule
… one Sinner, there's Joy in Heaven on the Occaſion: much more, when Converſions are wro'twrought in repeated and numerous Inſtances. This ſpeaks it the Day of the Mediator's Power …
Thomas Foxcroft · A Seasonable Memento for New Years Day · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… v. 28. Thy God hath commanded thy ſtrength; ſtrengthen, O God, that which thou haſt wro'twrought for us. v. 32, 33, &c. Sing unto God, O ye Kingdoms of the Earth; O …
With rule
… v. 28. Thy God hath commanded thy ſtrength; ſtrengthen, O God, that which thou haſt wro'twrought for us. v. 32, 33, &c. Sing unto God, O ye Kingdoms of the Earth; O …
Benjamin Colman · Imprecation Against the Enemies of God Lawful and a Duty · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which God diſplays in the Work of Sanctification, or his ſaving work of Grace wro'twrought and carried on in our Souls by His Holy Spirit. There are other wonderful …
With rule
… which God diſplays in the Work of Sanctification, or his ſaving work of Grace wro'twrought and carried on in our Souls by His Holy Spirit. There are other wonderful …
Benjamin Colman · Sermons Preached from Luke 11:21-22 · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would ſhare in the Benefits and Advantages thereof it muſt be by a Change wro'twrought in his Spirit: A new Nature muſt be given him, he muſt become a …
With rule
… would ſhare in the Benefits and Advantages thereof it muſt be by a Change wro'twrought in his Spirit: A new Nature muſt be given him, he muſt become a …
Benjamin Colman · Discourse in College-Hall 27 March 1722 · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they now were under, prov'd happy Preparatives to the good Work which was afterwards wro'twrought upon them, when ſeveral Thouſands together were converted by Peter's Preaching.— So in the …
With rule
… they now were under, prov'd happy Preparatives to the good Work which was afterwards wro'twrought upon them, when ſeveral Thouſands together were converted by Peter's Preaching.— So in the …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Voice of the Lord from the Deep Places of the Earth · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… return'd to Folly. And how know you that now you have any better Work wro'twrought on you, than was then! O cry to God, that he wou'd ſearch you …
With rule
… return'd to Folly. And how know you that now you have any better Work wro'twrought on you, than was then! O cry to God, that he wou'd ſearch you …
Thomas Foxcroft · Lessons of Caution to Young Sinners · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and perfect, in an Inſtant, like the Work of GOD. He found the Cure wro'twrought, upon his firſt Eſſay to obey. CHRIST ſpake and it was done! ſo the …
With rule
… and perfect, in an Inſtant, like the Work of GOD. He found the Cure wro'twrought, upon his firſt Eſſay to obey. CHRIST ſpake and it was done! ſo the …
Benjamin Colman · The Withered Hand Stretch Forth and Restored · p. 3 · 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.