Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9707 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

flow'dflowed

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

Puritas changed it: 109 times in 92 works
Consistency: 97.3% (109 of 112)
Reach if approved: ~118 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: flowed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (109 changes in 92 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 109)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and small drops, (for he gave neither grudgingly nor sparingly) but freely and bountifully flow'dflowed from him, who was (as the Prophet speaks of the Merciful man) like a …
With rule
… and small drops, (for he gave neither grudgingly nor sparingly) but freely and bountifully flow'dflowed from him, who was (as the Prophet speaks of the Merciful man) like a …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. XXII · Open in the reader
Printed
… or holding such spiritual Waters or Convictions, any more. And, the Fountain, whence they flow'dflowed, shall be stopp'd up, against them. And then, the Wheel, by which, in mercy …
With rule
… or holding such spiritual Waters or Convictions, any more. And, the Fountain, whence they flow'dflowed, shall be stopp'd up, against them. And then, the Wheel, by which, in mercy …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 468 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are of the like nature, but were more perfect in the Sunne ere they flow'dflowed there: ſo all the good which is in the creature, did not onely proceed …
With rule
… are of the like nature, but were more perfect in the Sunne ere they flow'dflowed there: ſo all the good which is in the creature, did not onely proceed …
Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
Act that which flow'dflowed from some more gentle brest.
With rule
Act that which flow'dflowed from some more gentle brest.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
… Convulſive Motions with the remaining gouty Matter (he had before been troubled with) which flow'dflowed into it and ſhew'd it ſelf in a Remediles deadly Apoplexy, whereof he expir'd …
With rule
… Convulſive Motions with the remaining gouty Matter (he had before been troubled with) which flow'dflowed into it and ſhew'd it ſelf in a Remediles deadly Apoplexy, whereof he expir'd …
Richard Adams · The Earthly and Heavenly Building Opened · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
Laodicea flow'dflowed in wealthy ſtore,
With rule
Laodicea flow'dflowed in wealthy ſtore,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man, and thence the thing done falls in with the divine will, becauſe it flow'dflowed from divine goodneſs; all that which is good in man by way of off …
With rule
… man, and thence the thing done falls in with the divine will, becauſe it flow'dflowed from divine goodneſs; all that which is good in man by way of off …
Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be said that he reportes it at all) which mistake, as Eusebius intimates , flow'dflowed from his misunderstanding of 1 Pet. 5. 13. The Church that is at Babylon &c. And seeing …
With rule
… may be said that he reportes it at all) which mistake, as Eusebius intimates , flow'dflowed from his misunderstanding of 1 Pet. 5. 13. The Church that is at Babylon &c. And seeing …
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · p. 219 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich A26760

Printed
Flow'dFlowed from her tongue moſt fluently.
With rule
Flow'dFlowed from her tongue moſt fluently.
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
Flow'dFlowed ſweetly from her ſugered tongue.
With rule
Flow'dFlowed ſweetly from her ſugered tongue.
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 51 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Flow'dFlowed from him, thus he did himſelf deliver:
With rule
Flow'dFlowed from him, thus he did himſelf deliver:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 14 · Open in the reader