Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9626 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

continu'dcontinued

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

Puritas changed it: 164 times in 93 works
Consistency: 94.2% (164 of 174)
Reach if approved: ~183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: continued
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (164 changes in 93 works, 94.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 164)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
To have continu'dcontinued ſeven and fifty yeares,
With rule
To have continu'dcontinued ſeven and fifty yeares,
George Wither · An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Fourthly, that this Presbyterian church Government God hath appointed as his Ordinance to be continu'dcontinued to the end of the World, the which whoſoever reſiſteth, reſiſteth the Ordinance of …
With rule
… Fourthly, that this Presbyterian church Government God hath appointed as his Ordinance to be continu'dcontinued to the end of the World, the which whoſoever reſiſteth, reſiſteth the Ordinance of …
John Bastwick · The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
And there they were continu'dcontinued for a season,
With rule
And there they were continu'dcontinued for a season,
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them; but all, to whome the Care of the Kingdom's Welfare is committed, have continu'dcontinued them. Being nevertheleſs as pitiful as any, that have ſoft Hearts, and Chriſtian Principles …
With rule
… them; but all, to whome the Care of the Kingdom's Welfare is committed, have continu'dcontinued them. Being nevertheleſs as pitiful as any, that have ſoft Hearts, and Chriſtian Principles …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which it intends. Do we not see, not once or oftner, but weekly that continu'dcontinued Court-libell against the Parlament and City, Printed, as the wet sheets can witnes …
With rule
… which it intends. Do we not see, not once or oftner, but weekly that continu'dcontinued Court-libell against the Parlament and City, Printed, as the wet sheets can witnes …
John Milton · Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Solid reasons wherof are continu'dcontinued through the whole chapter. v. 10. ye are complete in him, which is the head …
With rule
… after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Solid reasons wherof are continu'dcontinued through the whole chapter. v. 10. ye are complete in him, which is the head …
John Milton · Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… got this deliverance by Spiritual Means, the uſe whereof however he deſir'd might be continu'dcontinued for him, which accordingly was for ſome time after, being the Miniſters did not …
With rule
… got this deliverance by Spiritual Means, the uſe whereof however he deſir'd might be continu'dcontinued for him, which accordingly was for ſome time after, being the Miniſters did not …
Thomas Jollie · The Surrey Demoniac · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… limitations and distinctions, to be rightly understood; for Christ gives no full comments or continu'dcontinued discourses, but scatters the heavnly grain of his doctrin like pearle heer and there …
With rule
… limitations and distinctions, to be rightly understood; for Christ gives no full comments or continu'dcontinued discourses, but scatters the heavnly grain of his doctrin like pearle heer and there …
John Milton · Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce · p. 38 · 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.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Continu'dContinued with my carnall appetites:
With rule
Continu'dContinued with my carnall appetites:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Abstract of Logic A30233

Printed
Ax. 4. Continu'dContinued is that whoſe Parts are connected together by one common Term.
With rule
Ax. 4. Continu'dContinued is that whoſe Parts are connected together by one common Term.
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The History of Britain A50902

Printed
THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, That Part eſpecially now call'd England; Continu'dContinued to the Norman Conqueſt. BOOK I.
With rule
THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN, That Part eſpecially now call'd England; Continu'dContinued to the Norman Conqueſt. BOOK I.
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Continu'dContinued making, and who knows how long
With rule
Continu'dContinued making, and who knows how long
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

Printed
Continu'dContinued in that place, or went away,
With rule
Continu'dContinued in that place, or went away,
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 3 · Open in the reader