Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9723 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pitch'dpitched

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

Puritas changed it: 190 times in 133 works
Consistency: 96.9% (190 of 196)
Reach if approved: ~207 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pitched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 197 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 133 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reference to all outward Mercies, ſo more eſpecially as to eternal. Where Election hath pitch'dpitched an eye of Love, the Hand of Mercy will certainly guide to Heaven, If …
With rule
… reference to all outward Mercies, ſo more eſpecially as to eternal. Where Election hath pitch'dpitched an eye of Love, the Hand of Mercy will certainly guide to Heaven, If …
Samuel Lee · The Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praise · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have you had protection and deliverance from dangers? Whoſe Angels are it that have pitch'dpitched their Tents about you, God's, or the World's? From whom do you receive all …
With rule
… have you had protection and deliverance from dangers? Whoſe Angels are it that have pitch'dpitched their Tents about you, God's, or the World's? From whom do you receive all …
Benjamin Baxter · Non-Conformity Without Controversy · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
…he Ark was pitch'dpitched; ſo open and unſeen
With rule
…he Ark was pitch'dpitched; ſo open and unſeen
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
My Words were theſe, Now there was a pitch'dpitched Time wherein God did ſerve Execution actually upon him, and that was, when God …
With rule
My Words were theſe, Now there was a pitch'dpitched Time wherein God did ſerve Execution actually upon him, and that was, when God …
Isaac Chauncy · Neonomianism Unmasked · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… smell-feast birds when they saw the cloth laid (the tents of two armies pitch'dpitched) knew there would be good cheere, and came to feed on their carcases.
With rule
… smell-feast birds when they saw the cloth laid (the tents of two armies pitch'dpitched) knew there would be good cheere, and came to feed on their carcases.
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 343 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God conſidered all the ways poſſible that may bring to Salvation, and of all pitch'dpitched upon the way of Faith; this they call Predeſtination unto Life. 2. Then there is …
With rule
… God conſidered all the ways poſſible that may bring to Salvation, and of all pitch'dpitched upon the way of Faith; this they call Predeſtination unto Life. 2. Then there is …
William Haworth · Absolute Election of Persons Not Upon Foreseen Conditions · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Course and Method, which we find the Wisdom and Good-pleasure of God have pitch'dpitched upon, for the carrying on a saving Design in this World; to make use …
With rule
… Course and Method, which we find the Wisdom and Good-pleasure of God have pitch'dpitched upon, for the carrying on a saving Design in this World; to make use …
John Howe · Funeral Sermon for Matthew Mead · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould have been ſo large upon the Dedication of the Perſon, I would have pitch'dpitched upon ſome Scripture which had been more expreſs and proper to it; but that …
With rule
… ſhould have been ſo large upon the Dedication of the Perſon, I would have pitch'dpitched upon ſome Scripture which had been more expreſs and proper to it; but that …
Thomas Jacombe · Holy Dedication Both Personal and Domestic · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 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
5 Ingen, Pitch'dPitched fights against the French
With rule
5 Ingen, Pitch'dPitched fights against the French
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
6 Poictiers, Pitch'dPitched fights against the French
With rule
6 Poictiers, Pitch'dPitched fights against the French
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Report A48858

Printed
… in this Place, but what is True. For, (1.) After ſundry Attempts, an Inſtrument was Pitch'dPitched upon, which you have in the cloſe of the Report. (2.) This was ſent unto …
With rule
… in this Place, but what is True. For, (1.) After ſundry Attempts, an Inſtrument was Pitch'dPitched upon, which you have in the cloſe of the Report. (2.) This was ſent unto …
Stephen Lobb · Defense of the Report · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Salt Upon Salt A96767

Printed
Pitch'dPitched round about them, they will ſlip away.
With rule
Pitch'dPitched round about them, they will ſlip away.
George Wither · Salt Upon Salt · p. 25 · Open in the reader