Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9698 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

detain'ddetained

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 85 works
Consistency: 98.2% (111 of 113)
Reach if approved: ~119 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: detained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 113 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 85 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
That were found with her I detain'ddetained with me,
With rule
That were found with her I detain'ddetained with me,
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… being dated the 17. of October 1648. desiring the persons taken in the ingagement to be detain'ddetained as pledges of that Kingdoms peace.
With rule
… being dated the 17. of October 1648. desiring the persons taken in the ingagement to be detain'ddetained as pledges of that Kingdoms peace.
Archibald Argyll · Defenses Against the Grand Indictment of High Treason · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… raſh and cruel order he had given when he came to the Meſſenger (now detain'ddetained at the door) he gave him a countermand. So quickly can God change the …
With rule
… raſh and cruel order he had given when he came to the Meſſenger (now detain'ddetained at the door) he gave him a countermand. So quickly can God change the …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 574 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deserts, we had not been a people at this very day: but thy mercy detain'ddetained the hands of thy Justice; and thou didst not so much design to consume …
With rule
… deserts, we had not been a people at this very day: but thy mercy detain'ddetained the hands of thy Justice; and thou didst not so much design to consume …
Thomas Gouge · Gods Call to England · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at the Sparth, upon the ſaid occaſion: We were but few, the Demoniack was detain'ddetained at home by a Fit; in that Fit the Devil told him he would …
With rule
… at the Sparth, upon the ſaid occaſion: We were but few, the Demoniack was detain'ddetained at home by a Fit; in that Fit the Devil told him he would …
Thomas Jollie · A Vindication of the Surrey Demoniac · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they saw him stand? Have they not converted his revenue to other uses, and detain'ddetained from him all meanes of livelyhood, so that for them long since he might …
With rule
… they saw him stand? Have they not converted his revenue to other uses, and detain'ddetained from him all meanes of livelyhood, so that for them long since he might …
John Milton · The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
But that which me detain'ddetained so long was this:
With rule
But that which me detain'ddetained so long was this:
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… joining in affinity with the People of these abominations, by whom they had been detain'ddetained in a long Captivity: This, I say, seems to have had, both from the …
With rule
… joining in affinity with the People of these abominations, by whom they had been detain'ddetained in a long Captivity: This, I say, seems to have had, both from the …
John Tillotson · Sermon on 31 January 1688 · p. 23 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Letters of State A50909

Printed
… his Faith with the Turks, and the Ship and Goods to be Seiz'd and Detain'dDetained, till Reſtitution ſhould be made to the Turks, leaſt the Cnriſtian Name ſhould receive …
With rule
… his Faith with the Turks, and the Ship and Goods to be Seiz'd and Detain'dDetained, till Reſtitution ſhould be made to the Turks, leaſt the Cnriſtian Name ſhould receive …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 282 · Open in the reader