Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9730 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

retain'dretained

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

Puritas changed it: 197 times in 135 works
Consistency: 97.5% (197 of 202)
Reach if approved: ~212 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: retained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 202 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (197 changes in 135 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 197)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as due to them as can be supposed), whereas if he could suffer, he retain'dretained his mastery over himself, and were, under God, within his own power. Upon this …
With rule
… as due to them as can be supposed), whereas if he could suffer, he retain'dretained his mastery over himself, and were, under God, within his own power. Upon this …
John Howe · Delighting in God · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by opposite or Anti-Bishops in the Primitive Times, and consisting of Men, who retain'dretained the same Faith with the Catholick Church, were those of the Novatians, and Dona …
With rule
… by opposite or Anti-Bishops in the Primitive Times, and consisting of Men, who retain'dretained the same Faith with the Catholick Church, were those of the Novatians, and Dona …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of flourish or depression and calamity, Religion it self, whatever its Professors are, have retain'dretained always the same simplicity of principles, be it self untainted, not new model'd to …
With rule
… of flourish or depression and calamity, Religion it self, whatever its Professors are, have retain'dretained always the same simplicity of principles, be it self untainted, not new model'd to …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
Out of the Rout, retain'dretained ſome modeſty,
With rule
Out of the Rout, retain'dretained ſome modeſty,
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no cauſe to bleſs her ſelf in her waies that are good, becauſe ſhe retain'dretained the true Worſhip of God: Men are very apt to bleſs themſelves in ſome …
With rule
… no cauſe to bleſs her ſelf in her waies that are good, becauſe ſhe retain'dretained the true Worſhip of God: Men are very apt to bleſs themſelves in ſome …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her followers (who were aliens and ſtrangers to the houſe of Iſrael, and poſſibly retain'dretained ſome of their Egyptian profaneneſs) which had been the holy dwelling place of the …
With rule
… her followers (who were aliens and ſtrangers to the houſe of Iſrael, and poſſibly retain'dretained ſome of their Egyptian profaneneſs) which had been the holy dwelling place of the …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 486 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by mixing ſomething with it: ſo the Word of God then profits, when 'tis retain'dretained in the heart: that will be when admiſcetur dono fidei, ſaith Camero on the …
With rule
… by mixing ſomething with it: ſo the Word of God then profits, when 'tis retain'dretained in the heart: that will be when admiſcetur dono fidei, ſaith Camero on the …
John Frost · Sermons Preached Upon Sundry Occasions · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt were knit by a myſterious Union into one Perſon, yet the Natures ſtill retain'dretained their incommunicable Properties; ſo that as the Divine Nature could not by vertue of …
With rule
… Chriſt were knit by a myſterious Union into one Perſon, yet the Natures ſtill retain'dretained their incommunicable Properties; ſo that as the Divine Nature could not by vertue of …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 102 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.