Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9646 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

long'dlonged

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

Puritas changed it: 190 times in 133 works
Consistency: 98.4% (190 of 193)
Reach if approved: ~203 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: longed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 193 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 133 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… more. There were thoſe, ſays Suetonius, that praiſed Nero after he was dead, that long'dlonged to have had him again, That hung Garlands of Flowers upon his Sepulchre, and …
With rule
… more. There were thoſe, ſays Suetonius, that praiſed Nero after he was dead, that long'dlonged to have had him again, That hung Garlands of Flowers upon his Sepulchre, and …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
As if it panting long'dlonged for an imbrace.
With rule
As if it panting long'dlonged for an imbrace.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
… He lived to see the Godly Learned Conformists, so grieved for this, that they long'dlonged for a Reformation; and many Conformists (as Bishop Robert Abbot, Bishop Downame, & divers others …
With rule
… He lived to see the Godly Learned Conformists, so grieved for this, that they long'dlonged for a Reformation; and many Conformists (as Bishop Robert Abbot, Bishop Downame, & divers others …
Richard Baxter · Cain and Abel Malignity · Open in the reader
Printed
… a gracious Soul is, to long to be dissolved, and to go to his long'dlonged-for home, that he may be with Christ.
With rule
… a gracious Soul is, to long to be dissolved, and to go to his long'dlonged-for home, that he may be with Christ.
Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
This is my long'dlonged-for wedding day.
With rule
This is my long'dlonged-for wedding day.
Samuel Crossman · The Young Mans Monitor · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… influence of Heaven pious Souls did enjoy, and whom Providence hedg'd in he chiefly long'dlonged to devour. This is fully illuſtrated in the Inſtance of Job, where, as ſoon …
With rule
… influence of Heaven pious Souls did enjoy, and whom Providence hedg'd in he chiefly long'dlonged to devour. This is fully illuſtrated in the Inſtance of Job, where, as ſoon …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
To gain a long'dlonged for ſhort-liv'd reſt,
With rule
To gain a long'dlonged for ſhort-liv'd reſt,
Thomas Harrison · Old Jacobs Account Cast Up and Owned · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
V nto thy long'dlonged fo… Jeſus thou art fled,
With rule
V nto thy long'dlonged fo… Jeſus thou art fled,
Edward Bagshaw · The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell · p. 201 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.