Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9763 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

amaz'damazed

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

Puritas changed it: 213 times in 149 works
Consistency: 93.4% (213 of 228)
Reach if approved: ~240 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: amazed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 228 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (213 changes in 149 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 213)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
At firſt amaz'damazed, (for ſtill his troubled breaſt
With rule
At firſt amaz'damazed, (for ſtill his troubled breaſt
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… about him to be serious, and to think a while, would not even be amaz'damazed at the Miracle of Nutrition? or that there are things in the world capable …
With rule
… about him to be serious, and to think a while, would not even be amaz'damazed at the Miracle of Nutrition? or that there are things in the world capable …
John Howe · The Living Temple · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall be too weak for his own defence, he that is swift shall be amaz'damazed, and not dare to fly; if he be a bowman, at a great distance …
With rule
… shall be too weak for his own defence, he that is swift shall be amaz'damazed, and not dare to fly; if he be a bowman, at a great distance …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
Are in those Lab…rinths amaz'damazed become:
With rule
Are in those Lab…rinths amaz'damazed become:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… she does assure her self by diagrams and sense, yet she is as much amaz'damazed as at those objects in the highest and remotest Regions of faith, and Mathematicks …
With rule
… she does assure her self by diagrams and sense, yet she is as much amaz'damazed as at those objects in the highest and remotest Regions of faith, and Mathematicks …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 31 December 1665 · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
And who that looks upon Chriſtianity, and this Rule of it, can but be amaz'damazed, Eſſential Chriſtianity ſhould not draw up the intire Love and Zeal of Chriſtians to …
With rule
And who that looks upon Chriſtianity, and this Rule of it, can but be amaz'damazed, Eſſential Chriſtianity ſhould not draw up the intire Love and Zeal of Chriſtians to …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we honour it when we read the ſyllables of it, and not by ſtanding amaz'damazed only at the greatneſs and ſeverity of the Blow, when we read how holy …
With rule
… we honour it when we read the ſyllables of it, and not by ſtanding amaz'damazed only at the greatneſs and ſeverity of the Blow, when we read how holy …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 557 · Open in the reader
Printed
Th' amaz'damazed Centurion mourning cries,
With rule
Th' amaz'damazed Centurion mourning cries,
Samuel Crossman · The Young Mans Monitor · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly A12980

Printed
Amaz'dAmazed, aft…niſht, Apoplecticall;
With rule
Amaz'dAmazed, aft…niſht, Apoplecticall;
Richard Stock · The Churchs Lamentation for the Loss of the Godly · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
Amaz'dAmazed at her perfections, left her roade,
With rule
Amaz'dAmazed at her perfections, left her roade,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Black Prince Edward A33325

Printed
Was stain'd with Blood: Amaz'dAmazed to see the Day,
With rule
Was stain'd with Blood: Amaz'dAmazed to see the Day,
Samuel Clarke · The Life and Death of Black Prince Edward · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Some Prison Meditations A42148

Printed
Amaz'dAmazed to ſee ſuch extream foolery,
With rule
Amaz'dAmazed to ſee ſuch extream foolery,
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 88 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
"Amaz'dAmazed to see these wonders in the Land,
With rule
"Amaz'dAmazed to see these wonders in the Land,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 116 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
Amaz'dAmazed them all; 'twas ſo prodigious ſtrange,
With rule
Amaz'dAmazed them all; 'twas ſo prodigious ſtrange,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 141 · Open in the reader

A Search After Honesty A63972

Printed
And made the Wondring World around Amaz'dAmazed;
With rule
And made the Wondring World around Amaz'dAmazed;
John Tutchin · A Search After Honesty · p. 6 · Open in the reader