Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9766 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

back'dbacked

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

Puritas changed it: 181 times in 137 works
Consistency: 98.9% (181 of 183)
Reach if approved: ~192 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: backed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (181 changes in 137 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 181)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But they subdu'd the men of conscience in Parlament, back'dbacked and abetted all seditious and schismatical Proposals against government ecclesiastical and civil.
With rule
But they subdu'd the men of conscience in Parlament, back'dbacked and abetted all seditious and schismatical Proposals against government ecclesiastical and civil.
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It is a wretched thing, when Iustice is made a Hackney, that may bee back'dbacked for money, and put on with golden spurs, euen to the desired iourneys end …
With rule
… It is a wretched thing, when Iustice is made a Hackney, that may bee back'dbacked for money, and put on with golden spurs, euen to the desired iourneys end …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… General Council can pretend to more Authority then that of Nice, whose 20th Canon, back'dbacked with tradition and common practise, now binds not us, and was laid by without …
With rule
… General Council can pretend to more Authority then that of Nice, whose 20th Canon, back'dbacked with tradition and common practise, now binds not us, and was laid by without …
Richard Baxter · Commissioners Petitioning for Review of Book of Common Prayer · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his children) confirmed it by an Oath that by two immutable things, his promise (back'dbacked with an Oath) wherein it is impossible for God to lie, we might have …
With rule
… his children) confirmed it by an Oath that by two immutable things, his promise (back'dbacked with an Oath) wherein it is impossible for God to lie, we might have …
John Bunyan · The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the King to Marry Elizabeth, Edward the Fourths Daughter, which he at their request (back'dbacked by the Lords) agreed to do: the Memorial of which is thus recorded in …
With rule
… the King to Marry Elizabeth, Edward the Fourths Daughter, which he at their request (back'dbacked by the Lords) agreed to do: the Memorial of which is thus recorded in …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
With new temptations, back'dbacked with all his power,
With rule
With new temptations, back'dbacked with all his power,
John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But this is not that Blaſphemy here intended, although that Opinion ſeems to be back'dbacked with good Authority, 1 Cor. 4. 13. & Tit. 3. 2. yet St. Auſtin, who underſtood this matter better than …
With rule
… But this is not that Blaſphemy here intended, although that Opinion ſeems to be back'dbacked with good Authority, 1 Cor. 4. 13. & Tit. 3. 2. yet St. Auſtin, who underſtood this matter better than …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… moreover put into a desperate state of fears and dreadful expectations. For God has back'dbacked his Laws with threatnings as well as promises: and as they propose most noble …
With rule
… moreover put into a desperate state of fears and dreadful expectations. For God has back'dbacked his Laws with threatnings as well as promises: and as they propose most noble …
John Kettlewell · The Measures of Christian Obedience · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Back'dBacked on the North and West by a thick wood,
With rule
Back'dBacked on the North and West by a thick wood,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 101 · Open in the reader