Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9685 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

astonish'dastonished

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

Puritas changed it: 137 times in 97 works
Consistency: 93.2% (137 of 147)
Reach if approved: ~154 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: astonished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 147 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (137 changes in 97 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 137)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… caſt out for ever with contempt: They who ſaw him ſo flouriſhing ſhall be aſtoniſh'dastonished at his Ruin, and ask with amazement, What is become of him?
With rule
… caſt out for ever with contempt: They who ſaw him ſo flouriſhing ſhall be aſtoniſh'dastonished at his Ruin, and ask with amazement, What is become of him?
Simon Patrick · The Book of Job Paraphrased · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might. He that can do little with his reaſon (that's the caſe of an aſtoniſh'dastonished affrighted man) can do leſs with his hands. Now ſuch a one is God …
With rule
… might. He that can do little with his reaſon (that's the caſe of an aſtoniſh'dastonished affrighted man) can do leſs with his hands. Now ſuch a one is God …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 743 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Kingdom of Heaven hereafter. How hard is it, ſays he to his aſtoniſh'dastonished Diſciples, for them that truſt in Riches, to enter into the Kingdom of God …
With rule
… in the Kingdom of Heaven hereafter. How hard is it, ſays he to his aſtoniſh'dastonished Diſciples, for them that truſt in Riches, to enter into the Kingdom of God …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
It all astonish'dastonished hath.
With rule
It all astonish'dastonished hath.
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Saviour! with ſuch loud Acclamations, that the very Birds fell down from Heaven, aſtoniſh'dastonished at the Cry. Truly, when Mr. Mather brought with him unto the poor New …
With rule
… a Saviour! with ſuch loud Acclamations, that the very Birds fell down from Heaven, aſtoniſh'dastonished at the Cry. Truly, when Mr. Mather brought with him unto the poor New …
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
Reprobates when they die do become sensless, and astonish'dastonished like unto a stone, as did Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. 37, 38.
With rule
Reprobates when they die do become sensless, and astonish'dastonished like unto a stone, as did Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. 37, 38.
William Perkins · Abridgment of the Whole Body of Divinity · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Throne of Glory, whom they Nailed to an infamous Croſs. They ſhall be aſtoniſh'dastonished, to behold him ſitting at the Right Hand of God, whoſe Hands they bound …
With rule
… a Throne of Glory, whom they Nailed to an infamous Croſs. They ſhall be aſtoniſh'dastonished, to behold him ſitting at the Right Hand of God, whoſe Hands they bound …
John Shower · A New Years Gift · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Time, and the other lift up to enter Eternity, how will they be astonish'dastonished to see the distance between this World and the next, which seem'd to them …
With rule
… of Time, and the other lift up to enter Eternity, how will they be astonish'dastonished to see the distance between this World and the next, which seem'd to them …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 281 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

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

The Banqueting House A47401

Printed
Astonish'dAstonished often are.
With rule
Astonish'dAstonished often are.
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 972 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Melody A47611

Printed
Aſtoniſh'dAstonished often are.
With rule
Aſtoniſh'dAstonished often are.
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 972 · Open in the reader

Hymns on Several Subjects A81996

Printed
Aſtoniſh'dAstonished be the Heav'ns above!
With rule
Aſtoniſh'dAstonished be the Heav'ns above!
Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Incomprehensibleness of God N03669

Printed
… and Works, they beheld in outward Appearance to be but a mortified holy Prophet: Aſtoniſh'dAstonished indeed at his Doctrine and Miracles, but ſtumbled at his Poverty and Croſs: An …
With rule
… and Works, they beheld in outward Appearance to be but a mortified holy Prophet: Aſtoniſh'dAstonished indeed at his Doctrine and Miracles, but ſtumbled at his Poverty and Croſs: An …
Benjamin Colman · The Incomprehensibleness of God · p. 92 · Open in the reader