Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9678 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stab'dstabbed

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

Puritas changed it: 92 times in 77 works
Consistency: 92.9% (92 of 99)
Reach if approved: ~104 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stabbed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 99 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (92 changes in 77 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 92)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… forgiveneſs, profeſſing that if any one had offered him ſuch affronts, he ſhould have ſtab'dstabbed him to the heart.
With rule
… forgiveneſs, profeſſing that if any one had offered him ſuch affronts, he ſhould have ſtab'dstabbed him to the heart.
James Wood · Shepherdy Spiritualized · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pride, they make men deſperate and bleed them to death deſperately; a proud man ſtab'dstabbed to the heart by the word, if it be not ſanctified to let out …
With rule
… pride, they make men deſperate and bleed them to death deſperately; a proud man ſtab'dstabbed to the heart by the word, if it be not ſanctified to let out …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 461 · Open in the reader
Printed
… only err from the faith, but also foreign, they pierced themselves through and through, and stab'dstabbed their own hearts with many sorrows. A worldly mind and a melancholly are some …
With rule
… only err from the faith, but also foreign, they pierced themselves through and through, and stab'dstabbed their own hearts with many sorrows. A worldly mind and a melancholly are some …
Richard Baxter · The Crucifying of the World · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Marcus was ſent to ſucceed Sextus, and in the mean time Julius Ceſar was ſtab'dstabbed in the Senate-houſe, which as it bred trouble and diſturbance to the whole …
With rule
… Marcus was ſent to ſucceed Sextus, and in the mean time Julius Ceſar was ſtab'dstabbed in the Senate-houſe, which as it bred trouble and diſturbance to the whole …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… new day. The next day when he ſhould have read his letter, he was ſtab'dstabbed; Whence this proverbe came in Gréece To morrow is a new day. God ſends …
With rule
… new day. The next day when he ſhould have read his letter, he was ſtab'dstabbed; Whence this proverbe came in Gréece To morrow is a new day. God ſends …
William Fenner · The Danger of Deferring Repentance · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Rap't Maidens ſtab'dstabbed, poor Infants yet unborn,
With rule
Rap't Maidens ſtab'dstabbed, poor Infants yet unborn,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… utterly unknown to him, to ask of Father Arnoux, Whether Fryer James Clement that ſtab'dstabbed Henry the Third in the Bovvels vvith a poyſoned Knife, being a Prince Excommunicated …
With rule
… utterly unknown to him, to ask of Father Arnoux, Whether Fryer James Clement that ſtab'dstabbed Henry the Third in the Bovvels vvith a poyſoned Knife, being a Prince Excommunicated …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like Traytor hope for immunity from vengeance; yea, what Saeton reporteth of ſuch as ſtab'dstabbed King Julius Ceſar, is generally true of all ſuch; Nequiſquam [ſuâ] morte defunctus eſt …
With rule
… like Traytor hope for immunity from vengeance; yea, what Saeton reporteth of ſuch as ſtab'dstabbed King Julius Ceſar, is generally true of all ſuch; Nequiſquam [ſuâ] morte defunctus eſt …
William Sclater · Deborahs Prayer Against Gods Enemies · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 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.

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
Stab'dStabbed with a Byrdport Dagger.]
With rule
Stab'dStabbed with a Byrdport Dagger.]
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 278 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… hard to Cure; that the Son of God muſt be killed before the Soul, (Stab'dStabbed by ſin) can be Cured: No leſs than the warm Blood of Chriſt on …
With rule
… hard to Cure; that the Son of God muſt be killed before the Soul, (Stab'dStabbed by ſin) can be Cured: No leſs than the warm Blood of Chriſt on …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 253 · Open in the reader