Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9664 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

warn'dwarned

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

Puritas changed it: 225 times in 152 works
Consistency: 98.2% (225 of 229)
Reach if approved: ~242 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: warned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 230 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (225 changes in 152 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 225)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Though taught and warn'dwarned by God,
With rule
Though taught and warn'dwarned by God,
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Law of the Lord enlightneth the ſimple, and by them thy ſervant is fore-warn'dwarned of ſinne. You will ſay, The word Law is taken largely there for all …
With rule
… Law of the Lord enlightneth the ſimple, and by them thy ſervant is fore-warn'dwarned of ſinne. You will ſay, The word Law is taken largely there for all …
Anthony Burgess · A Vindication of the Moral Law and the Covenants · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… walk'd otherwiſe, whoſe example was not to be followed; of whom he had often warn'dwarned them, and could not but now again (though with grief of heart) acquaint them …
With rule
… walk'd otherwiſe, whoſe example was not to be followed; of whom he had often warn'dwarned them, and could not but now again (though with grief of heart) acquaint them …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 330 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to that Kingdom wherein he hath but a ſhare and moiety? As the Poet warn'dwarned the Sparrow not to build a neſt in Medaeas Statue, for ſhe ſpar'd not …
With rule
… to that Kingdom wherein he hath but a ſhare and moiety? As the Poet warn'dwarned the Sparrow not to build a neſt in Medaeas Statue, for ſhe ſpar'd not …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 733 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his Doctrine; ſuch glorious Rewards he propounded to them, & ſuch intolerable miſeries he warn'dwarned them to flie from, that they made haſt to deliver themſelves from the bonds …
With rule
… in his Doctrine; ſuch glorious Rewards he propounded to them, & ſuch intolerable miſeries he warn'dwarned them to flie from, that they made haſt to deliver themſelves from the bonds …
John James · Sermon 24 December 1682 · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ninthly, Nay, and Cornelius was warn'dwarned from Heaven to ſend for Peter, and, ſaith the Lord, he ſhall tell thee …
With rule
Ninthly, Nay, and Cornelius was warn'dwarned from Heaven to ſend for Peter, and, ſaith the Lord, he ſhall tell thee …
Benjamin Keach · Gold Refined · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what … will with his own? You that are Tenants at will, your Landlord had warn'dwarned you out of his houſe, wo… have prepar'd to be gone without contending? Or …
With rule
… what … will with his own? You that are Tenants at will, your Landlord had warn'dwarned you out of his houſe, wo… have prepar'd to be gone without contending? Or …
Matthew Mead · Appendix to Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
As blessed Iude hath warn'dwarned.
With rule
As blessed Iude hath warn'dwarned.
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 186 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.