Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9768 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beg'dbegged

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

Puritas changed it: 289 times in 194 works
Consistency: 97.3% (289 of 297)
Reach if approved: ~312 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: begged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 297 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (289 changes in 194 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 289)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Bellama anſwer'd, beg'dbegged, excus'd, and purg'd
With rule
Bellama anſwer'd, beg'dbegged, excus'd, and purg'd
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… came to beg, like one that felt the want and worth of what he beg'dbegged, with Faith and Fervency, and true Importunity; his Affections working, but working rationally as …
With rule
… came to beg, like one that felt the want and worth of what he beg'dbegged, with Faith and Fervency, and true Importunity; his Affections working, but working rationally as …
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or some of them, were the accusers, witnesses, and sollicitors of the cause; who beg'dbegged for deliverance, and a better Ministry, as if it concerned the benefit of their …
With rule
… or some of them, were the accusers, witnesses, and sollicitors of the cause; who beg'dbegged for deliverance, and a better Ministry, as if it concerned the benefit of their …
Richard Baxter · An Apology for the Nonconformists Ministry · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and left the dying without their help, many Nonconformiſts ventured their lives among them, beg'dbegged Money for them, and relieved them, and found the dying Perſons ſo much inclined …
With rule
… and left the dying without their help, many Nonconformiſts ventured their lives among them, beg'dbegged Money for them, and relieved them, and found the dying Perſons ſo much inclined …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
Anſ. Therefore it is that the Nonconformiſts have 20 or 19 years ſo earneſtly beg'dbegged for leave to preach in publick conſecrated places to promiſcuous Aſſemblies, that they might …
With rule
Anſ. Therefore it is that the Nonconformiſts have 20 or 19 years ſo earneſtly beg'dbegged for leave to preach in publick conſecrated places to promiſcuous Aſſemblies, that they might …
Richard Baxter · The True History of Councils · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
I hop'd for ſuccour, and I beg'dbegged reliefe.
With rule
I hop'd for ſuccour, and I beg'dbegged reliefe.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some beg'dbegged, ſome wept, and ſome confus'dly mutter'd,
With rule
Some beg'dbegged, ſome wept, and ſome confus'dly mutter'd,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the second fire was spent he wiped both Eyes, and looking on the people, beg'dbegged for Gods sake more fire: And in the third fire he cryed out, Lord …
With rule
… the second fire was spent he wiped both Eyes, and looking on the people, beg'dbegged for Gods sake more fire: And in the third fire he cryed out, Lord …
John Foxe · An Alphabetical Martyrology · p. 78 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book A26982

Printed
… that Book anſwered to this day, when ſo many Nonconformiſts have Challenged, Called and Beg'dBegged for an Anſwer to it? Will a Lying Scorn ſatisfie any Conſcionable Nonconformiſt? 5. That …
With rule
… that Book anſwered to this day, when ſo many Nonconformiſts have Challenged, Called and Beg'dBegged for an Anſwer to it? Will a Lying Scorn ſatisfie any Conſcionable Nonconformiſt? 5. That …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
Beg'dBegged that distressed Widdows he'l not make,
With rule
Beg'dBegged that distressed Widdows he'l not make,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 23 · Open in the reader