Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9741 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wish'dwished

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

Puritas changed it: 346 times in 225 works
Consistency: 98.8% (346 of 350)
Reach if approved: ~368 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 350 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (346 changes in 225 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 346)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of 13 pages; I found in them ſo much weakneſs, contradiction, and calumny, that I wiſh'dwished I had the Money I gave for the Book in my Pocket again.
With rule
… of 13 pages; I found in them ſo much weakneſs, contradiction, and calumny, that I wiſh'dwished I had the Money I gave for the Book in my Pocket again.
Henry Hickman · A Looking Glass for Mr Sherlock · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
I suffer, cause I wish'dwished my Countrey well,
With rule
I suffer, cause I wish'dwished my Countrey well,
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
If ſhe unſeen did ſing, I wiſh'dwished to be
With rule
If ſhe unſeen did ſing, I wiſh'dwished to be
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
The faith-ey'd Saints, who wiſh'dwished proud Babels fall:
With rule
The faith-ey'd Saints, who wiſh'dwished proud Babels fall:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Life, to be under the Terrors of an enraged Conſcience, witneſs Spira, that wiſh'dwished he were in Hell to know the worſt of his Torments: This was for …
With rule
… this Life, to be under the Terrors of an enraged Conſcience, witneſs Spira, that wiſh'dwished he were in Hell to know the worſt of his Torments: This was for …
Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Body of the Epiſtle; wherein, firſt, he tells him, That ſeeing he wiſh'dwished him ſo well, he would be his Monitor and Remembrancer, and would exhort him …
With rule
… to the Body of the Epiſtle; wherein, firſt, he tells him, That ſeeing he wiſh'dwished him ſo well, he would be his Monitor and Remembrancer, and would exhort him …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 426 · Open in the reader
Printed
You wish'dwished him blest, your own experience shows
With rule
You wish'dwished him blest, your own experience shows
Clement Ellis · An Elegy on the Death of George Pitt · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Book after recommended. Be it as it will, all your prosperety is sincerely wish'dwished; and perticulerly a disposition to cander and quiet. By
With rule
… a Book after recommended. Be it as it will, all your prosperety is sincerely wish'dwished; and perticulerly a disposition to cander and quiet. By
John Faldo · Twenty-One Divines Cleared · p. 110 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… one Family only) for Sarai the Chaldee Name (wherein, they that gave it her, Wiſh'dWished her yea Prophecy'd to her much Honour) having [My] in it which is a …
With rule
… one Family only) for Sarai the Chaldee Name (wherein, they that gave it her, Wiſh'dWished her yea Prophecy'd to her much Honour) having [My] in it which is a …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 158 · Open in the reader