Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9672 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

acknowledg'dacknowledged

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

Puritas changed it: 421 times in 210 works
Consistency: 95.0% (421 of 443)
Reach if approved: ~465 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: acknowledged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 443 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (421 changes in 210 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 421)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Spirit, is worse than the sharpest thorn in the Flesh, and is generally acknowledg'dacknowledged so to be, when the time of healing is past. Remember, that your business …
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… the Spirit, is worse than the sharpest thorn in the Flesh, and is generally acknowledg'dacknowledged so to be, when the time of healing is past. Remember, that your business …
Timothy Cruso · The Duty and Blessing of a Tender Conscience · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will be so too, when the time shall come. Now things to come, are acknowledg'dacknowledged not to be within the compass of man's knowledge, especially such as depend not …
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… will be so too, when the time shall come. Now things to come, are acknowledg'dacknowledged not to be within the compass of man's knowledge, especially such as depend not …
Clement Ellis · The Folly of Atheism Demonstrated · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe Lucas, after he had taken a poſitive Oath, that William Gilberd beat him, acknowledg'dacknowledged his Errour. Tom Ford, in open Court, aloud, further told him (that he might …
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… becauſe Lucas, after he had taken a poſitive Oath, that William Gilberd beat him, acknowledg'dacknowledged his Errour. Tom Ford, in open Court, aloud, further told him (that he might …
John Hickes · Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
For signes acknowledg'dacknowledged be,
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For signes acknowledg'dacknowledged be,
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for plenty, licence for liberty, and Atheism for Religion, whil'st miracles of mercy are acknowledg'dacknowledged only by prodigies of ingrateful disobedience: and on the other side, when factious humors …
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… for plenty, licence for liberty, and Atheism for Religion, whil'st miracles of mercy are acknowledg'dacknowledged only by prodigies of ingrateful disobedience: and on the other side, when factious humors …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 29 May 1662 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for undoubtedly he had his Errours and Mistakes, some of them retracted, and publickly acknowledg'dacknowledged by him when discern'd) is to attribute more to him, than any meer Man …
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… for undoubtedly he had his Errours and Mistakes, some of them retracted, and publickly acknowledg'dacknowledged by him when discern'd) is to attribute more to him, than any meer Man …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo great a Probation, that the day of Judgment, and the Reſurrection ſo generally acknowledg'dacknowledged in Chriſtian Doctrine, are at the full dimenſions of Expoſition the very Milennial, or …
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… ſo great a Probation, that the day of Judgment, and the Reſurrection ſo generally acknowledg'dacknowledged in Chriſtian Doctrine, are at the full dimenſions of Expoſition the very Milennial, or …
Thomas Beverley · The Late Great Revolution in this Nation · Open in the reader
Printed
… finding out the Medicinal Virtues of Herbs, how much more is he to be acknowledg'dacknowledged as God who made theſe Herbs, and put this Virtue into them: As Lactantius …
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… finding out the Medicinal Virtues of Herbs, how much more is he to be acknowledg'dacknowledged as God who made theſe Herbs, and put this Virtue into them: As Lactantius …
Matthew Barker · Select Observations Collected out of Several Authors · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer A27600

Printed
… is not the State of the Kingdom of Chriſt; But then ſhall it be Acknowledg'dAcknowledged with Hallelujahs, That the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory is his throughout …
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… is not the State of the Kingdom of Chriſt; But then ſhall it be Acknowledg'dAcknowledged with Hallelujahs, That the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory is his throughout …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Under the Doxology conveyed by way of Argument, This is to be Acknowledg'dAcknowledged; That a conſtant Offering up to God in a way of Praiſe, and Adoration …
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3. Under the Doxology conveyed by way of Argument, This is to be Acknowledg'dAcknowledged; That a conſtant Offering up to God in a way of Praiſe, and Adoration …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
… in Marble, in ſo indelible, and yet ſecret Characters prov'd to be, and was Acknowledg'dAcknowledged in the Inlightned underſtanding, and not Incertain Imagination of this Prince, to be a …
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… in Marble, in ſo indelible, and yet ſecret Characters prov'd to be, and was Acknowledg'dAcknowledged in the Inlightned underſtanding, and not Incertain Imagination of this Prince, to be a …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
Acknowledg'dAcknowledged by all, Pag. 704, 705
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Acknowledg'dAcknowledged by all, Pag. 704, 705
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Acknowledg'dAcknowledged and deplor'd, in Adam …
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Acknowledg'dAcknowledged and deplor'd, in Adam …
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Acknowledg'dAcknowledged not; or not at all consider'd
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Acknowledg'dAcknowledged not; or not at all consider'd
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Generation of Seekers A53275

Printed
Direct. I. Underſtand. 1. What's Acknowledg'dAcknowledged here. In two Particulars. pag. 312,-314.
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Direct. I. Underſtand. 1. What's Acknowledg'dAcknowledged here. In two Particulars. pag. 312,-314.
John Oldfield · The Generation of Seekers · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift A60139

Printed
… God, and our Lord Jeſus; living in joyful repeated Acts of Subjection, Adoration, and Acknowledg'dAcknowledged Dependance; raviſh'd to behold the Glory of God, in the Face of Chriſt, to …
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… God, and our Lord Jeſus; living in joyful repeated Acts of Subjection, Adoration, and Acknowledg'dAcknowledged Dependance; raviſh'd to behold the Glory of God, in the Face of Chriſt, to …
John Shower · A New Years Gift · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

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… Enable my Re-searches into Prophecy in this Wilderness Condition; A Mercy to be Acknowledg'dAcknowledged to the Freeness, Richess, and un-accountableness of his Grace, which Triumphs, as it …
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… Enable my Re-searches into Prophecy in this Wilderness Condition; A Mercy to be Acknowledg'dAcknowledged to the Freeness, Richess, and un-accountableness of his Grace, which Triumphs, as it …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · Open in the reader
Printed
… He had given up in the East, as a Port to Mahomet; an Enemy Acknowledg'dAcknowledged his Enemy by his pretended Subjects of the Antichristianism, though indeed his most Diametrical …
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… He had given up in the East, as a Port to Mahomet; an Enemy Acknowledg'dAcknowledged his Enemy by his pretended Subjects of the Antichristianism, though indeed his most Diametrical …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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… a first breaking out of the Kingdom of Christ; Yet by the so universally Acknowledg'dAcknowledged enemy of the Christian Name, as the Mahometan Signiory upon so Eminent a Mountain …
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… a first breaking out of the Kingdom of Christ; Yet by the so universally Acknowledg'dAcknowledged enemy of the Christian Name, as the Mahometan Signiory upon so Eminent a Mountain …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 11 · Open in the reader
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… Resurrection being at the end of the 1260 days; and so that Reformation, which is Acknowledg'dAcknowledged worthy to be Honour'd with a Vision, and to have a place in this …
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… Resurrection being at the end of the 1260 days; and so that Reformation, which is Acknowledg'dAcknowledged worthy to be Honour'd with a Vision, and to have a place in this …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Subordinate Powers over them, as Beloved, and Partakers of the Benefit be yet Acknowledg'dAcknowledged; The Glory of Christ does not shine out in their Government, as It shall …
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… and Subordinate Powers over them, as Beloved, and Partakers of the Benefit be yet Acknowledg'dAcknowledged; The Glory of Christ does not shine out in their Government, as It shall …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 48 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

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All theſe Things are ſo undoubtedly certain, ſo Univerſally Agreed, and Acknowledg'dAcknowledged, that altho they themſelves make a High Argument in this point; yet They need …
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All theſe Things are ſo undoubtedly certain, ſo Univerſally Agreed, and Acknowledg'dAcknowledged, that altho they themſelves make a High Argument in this point; yet They need …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy A76491

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All theſe Things are ſo undoubtedly certain, ſo Univerſally Agreed, and Acknowledg'dAcknowledged, that altho they themſelves make a High Argument in this point; yet They need …
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All theſe Things are ſo undoubtedly certain, ſo Univerſally Agreed, and Acknowledg'dAcknowledged, that altho they themſelves make a High Argument in this point; yet They need …
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 18 · Open in the reader