Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9706 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

escap'descaped

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

Puritas changed it: 151 times in 98 works
Consistency: 95.5% (151 of 158)
Reach if approved: ~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: escaped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (151 changes in 98 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 151)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
From future danger they're escap'descaped, whilst we
With rule
From future danger they're escap'descaped, whilst we
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… victories, which are as so many Earnests and Pledges of the last; they have escap'descaped the rage of the murtherer of souls several times; and this comfortable experience emboldens …
With rule
… victories, which are as so many Earnests and Pledges of the last; they have escap'descaped the rage of the murtherer of souls several times; and this comfortable experience emboldens …
Timothy Cruso · The Necessity and Advantage of an Early Victory Over Satan · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Canaan that were diſcomfited, Joſh. x. in all likelihood, ſome or all might have eſcap'descaped by flight, but they take a Cave at Makkedah over their head, and there …
With rule
… Canaan that were diſcomfited, Joſh. x. in all likelihood, ſome or all might have eſcap'descaped by flight, but they take a Cave at Makkedah over their head, and there …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 748 · Open in the reader
Printed
Faults eſcap'descaped the Preſs.
With rule
Faults eſcap'descaped the Preſs.
Benjamin Keach · The Rector Rectified · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
Com'st thou, escap'descaped thy prison, and transform'd,
With rule
Com'st thou, escap'descaped thy prison, and transform'd,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his heart; the other repented, and call'd himſelf a many Fools, yet neither eſcap'descaped puniſhment.
With rule
… of his heart; the other repented, and call'd himſelf a many Fools, yet neither eſcap'descaped puniſhment.
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… let them passe as now they appeare to the World. If any faults haue escap'descaped the Presse, (as few Bookes can bee printed without) impose them not on the …
With rule
… let them passe as now they appeare to the World. If any faults haue escap'descaped the Presse, (as few Bookes can bee printed without) impose them not on the …
John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader
Printed
… an heart to wiſh thee here again! No, no, I am glad thou haſt eſcap'descaped their bloody hands, and now got quite without their reach. I am glad thou …
With rule
… an heart to wiſh thee here again! No, no, I am glad thou haſt eſcap'descaped their bloody hands, and now got quite without their reach. I am glad thou …
Richard Baxter · Monthly Preparations for Holy Communion · p. 130 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

1 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.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Escap'dEscaped Destruction by their best endevour.
With rule
Escap'dEscaped Destruction by their best endevour.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 110 · Open in the reader