Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9613 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reach'dreached

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

Puritas changed it: 204 times in 133 works
Consistency: 92.3% (204 of 221)
Reach if approved: ~232 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reached
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 221 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (204 changes in 133 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 204)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as in doubt of his former Orders (for then the ſalve would not have reach'dreached near the ſoar, when there is not one of a hundred doubt of any …
With rule
… as in doubt of his former Orders (for then the ſalve would not have reach'dreached near the ſoar, when there is not one of a hundred doubt of any …
John Humfrey · A Second Discourse About Re-Ordination · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with us, when they are neither like to be Neglected or Deceived, and Over-reach'dreached in their Business. To Do all that is Right, and with a willing mind …
With rule
… with us, when they are neither like to be Neglected or Deceived, and Over-reach'dreached in their Business. To Do all that is Right, and with a willing mind …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Prudence · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſperate, fore-revenges his own fall with the Death of another, whom his Poinard reach'dreached home. Paulinus omitting no opportunity to win the King from miſbeleef, obtain'd at length …
With rule
… deſperate, fore-revenges his own fall with the Death of another, whom his Poinard reach'dreached home. Paulinus omitting no opportunity to win the King from miſbeleef, obtain'd at length …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
Till I reach'dreached Aeternity.
With rule
Till I reach'dreached Aeternity.
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, that was the name thereof. And their Names exprest their Natures. His knowledg reach'dreached through the whole compass of the Creation, from the Sun the glorious vessel of …
With rule
… them, that was the name thereof. And their Names exprest their Natures. His knowledg reach'dreached through the whole compass of the Creation, from the Sun the glorious vessel of …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was truly viſible in the ſingle Witneſſes, however anathematiz'd: but it could not be reach'dreached in a Body, even by the Serpent himſelf; for it was not in a …
With rule
… was truly viſible in the ſingle Witneſſes, however anathematiz'd: but it could not be reach'dreached in a Body, even by the Serpent himſelf; for it was not in a …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inſtance of the Eunuch, Acts 8. 27: As alſo in the ſtory of Zacheus, whoſe intent reach'dreached no higher but to ſee what manner of perſon Chriſt was, being ſo much …
With rule
… inſtance of the Eunuch, Acts 8. 27: As alſo in the ſtory of Zacheus, whoſe intent reach'dreached no higher but to ſee what manner of perſon Chriſt was, being ſo much …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wel inſighted into the thing to be ſold, as the ſubtle buyer, is over-reach'dreached and defrauded. Prov. 20.14. It is naught, it is naught ſaith the buyer. Hee brings …
With rule
… wel inſighted into the thing to be ſold, as the ſubtle buyer, is over-reach'dreached and defrauded. Prov. 20.14. It is naught, it is naught ſaith the buyer. Hee brings …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 485 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

Printed
… Weary of Life? Our Death will then soon set us where we cannot be Reach'dReached by the, Fist of Wickednoss: and where the, Perfect cannot be shotten at. It …
With rule
… Weary of Life? Our Death will then soon set us where we cannot be Reach'dReached by the, Fist of Wickednoss: and where the, Perfect cannot be shotten at. It …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Journal of a Voyage from Gibraltar to Georgia N03643

Printed
Saturday, Dec. 2. Reach'dReached Mancheſter by four this Afternoon, and was much edified by dear Mr. Clayton's judicious …
With rule
Saturday, Dec. 2. Reach'dReached Mancheſter by four this Afternoon, and was much edified by dear Mr. Clayton's judicious …
George Whitefield · Journal of a Voyage from Gibraltar to Georgia · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Georgia to Return from Pennsylvania N03780

Printed
… in the Morning with many Friends. Baited at a Friend's Houſe in the Midway▪ Reach'dReached Neſhaminy about Three in the Afternoon, and preach'd to upwards of Five Thouſand People …
With rule
… in the Morning with many Friends. Baited at a Friend's Houſe in the Midway▪ Reach'dReached Neſhaminy about Three in the Afternoon, and preach'd to upwards of Five Thouſand People …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Georgia to Return from Pennsylvania · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Savannah to Leaving Stanford N03932

Printed
… Octob. 21. Set out for Suffield about eight Miles from the …lace where I lay: Reach'dReached there, and preached about eleven to ſeveral Thouſands of People. Met with a Miniſter …
With rule
… Octob. 21. Set out for Suffield about eight Miles from the …lace where I lay: Reach'dReached there, and preached about eleven to ſeveral Thouſands of People. Met with a Miniſter …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Savannah to Leaving Stanford · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal from Savannah to Arrival at Rhode Island N03934

Printed
Wedneſday, Octob. 22. Reach'dReached Hartford, 7 miles from Windſor, about 10 laſt Night: Preach'd to many Thouſands, and with much …
With rule
Wedneſday, Octob. 22. Reach'dReached Hartford, 7 miles from Windſor, about 10 laſt Night: Preach'd to many Thouſands, and with much …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal from Savannah to Arrival at Rhode Island · p. 87 · Open in the reader