Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9638 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gather'dgathered

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

Puritas changed it: 319 times in 198 works
Consistency: 96.0% (319 of 332)
Reach if approved: ~349 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gathered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 332 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (319 changes in 198 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 319)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… midst of them, as the words run in the Text, where any Perſons are gather'dgathered together in his Name, there is He in the midſt amongſt them. It holds …
With rule
… midst of them, as the words run in the Text, where any Perſons are gather'dgathered together in his Name, there is He in the midſt amongſt them. It holds …
Thomas Horton · Sermon 28 February 1671 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
My Spice I gather'dgathered, with my Myrrhe,
With rule
My Spice I gather'dgathered, with my Myrrhe,
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shot through with Ordnance, and had two Canon-bullets in each thigh; He that gather'dgathered up the vomited fragments of his friend, eaten by the Canibals, placed them together …
With rule
… shot through with Ordnance, and had two Canon-bullets in each thigh; He that gather'dgathered up the vomited fragments of his friend, eaten by the Canibals, placed them together …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being dead, our lives are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gather'dgathered up again: yet hath thy gracious Providence (whilst li… remaineth) appointed means which thou …
With rule
… being dead, our lives are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gather'dgathered up again: yet hath thy gracious Providence (whilst li… remaineth) appointed means which thou …
Lewis Bayly · The Practice of Piety · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… underſtand to be that, where he ſays, If Two or three agree, and are gather'dgathered, or enchurch'd in my Name, I will be in the midſt of them.
With rule
… underſtand to be that, where he ſays, If Two or three agree, and are gather'dgathered, or enchurch'd in my Name, I will be in the midſt of them.
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to maintain her Honour, and to avoid a Rape; the length of her Garments gather'dgathered so much wind into them, as did greatly bear her up, and saved her …
With rule
… to maintain her Honour, and to avoid a Rape; the length of her Garments gather'dgathered so much wind into them, as did greatly bear her up, and saved her …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… too. It is the Husbandry and the Harveſt of the righteous man; (as it gather'dgathered in David) The Mouth of the righteous ſpeaketh wiſdom: ſo we read it; there …
With rule
… too. It is the Husbandry and the Harveſt of the righteous man; (as it gather'dgathered in David) The Mouth of the righteous ſpeaketh wiſdom: ſo we read it; there …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to taste it again. Surely where the Carcass is, thither will the Eagles be gather'dgathered, Math. 24. 28. There is a two fold appetite, a dainty, and an hungry appetite; beware …
With rule
… to taste it again. Surely where the Carcass is, thither will the Eagles be gather'dgathered, Math. 24. 28. There is a two fold appetite, a dainty, and an hungry appetite; beware …
John Flavel · Sacramental Meditations · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

Printed
… Work committed to him, He knew the Elect by Name, and accordingly took them; Gather'dGathered them One by One; (each One in his proper time) and open'd their Ear …
With rule
… Work committed to him, He knew the Elect by Name, and accordingly took them; Gather'dGathered them One by One; (each One in his proper time) and open'd their Ear …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 165 · Open in the reader

A Brief History of Moscovia and Other Countries A50886

Printed
Gather'dGathered from the Writings of several Eye-witnesses.
With rule
Gather'dGathered from the Writings of several Eye-witnesses.
John Milton · A Brief History of Moscovia and Other Countries · Open in the reader
Printed
Gather'dGathered from the Writings of several Eye-witnesses: And of other less-known Countries lying …
With rule
Gather'dGathered from the Writings of several Eye-witnesses: And of other less-known Countries lying …
John Milton · A Brief History of Moscovia and Other Countries · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Church Described B23962

Printed
… together, a… comes from the Hebrew, Kahal, which sign… fies to be Congregated, or Gather'dGathered togethe… The Word signifies, 1. Any Multitude g… thered together into one place, for any …
With rule
… together, a… comes from the Hebrew, Kahal, which sign… fies to be Congregated, or Gather'dGathered togethe… The Word signifies, 1. Any Multitude g… thered together into one place, for any …
Michael Harrison · A Gospel Church Described · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Christ Victorious Over the Powers of Darkness N03090

Printed
… to communicate Chriſtian Knowledge; ſo that we behold a conſiderable number of Indian Churches Gather'dGathered, and walking together in the Faith and Order of the Goſpel; ſome furniſh'd with …
With rule
… to communicate Chriſtian Knowledge; ſo that we behold a conſiderable number of Indian Churches Gather'dGathered, and walking together in the Faith and Order of the Goſpel; ſome furniſh'd with …
Joseph Sewall · Christ Victorious Over the Powers of Darkness · p. 23 · Open in the reader