Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9785 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

drag'ddragged

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

Puritas changed it: 134 times in 106 works
Consistency: 97.8% (134 of 137)
Reach if approved: ~144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dragged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 137 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (134 changes in 106 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and then ti'd one of his Legs to a Mule, (being yet alive) and drag'ddragged him about the Streets, and after all this, they bound a Cord about his …
With rule
… and then ti'd one of his Legs to a Mule, (being yet alive) and drag'ddragged him about the Streets, and after all this, they bound a Cord about his …
Benjamin Keach · Antichrist Stormed · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their finding him. His Grandmother at last saw him creeping on one side, and drag'ddragged him in, where he lay miserable lame, but recovering his speech, he said, that …
With rule
… their finding him. His Grandmother at last saw him creeping on one side, and drag'ddragged him in, where he lay miserable lame, but recovering his speech, he said, that …
Increase Mather · The Illustrious Providences in New England · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after the receit of the ſaid Proclamation, ſome of the Officers of one Corporation drag'ddragged and hal'd ſome poor women, that were hearing of the Word of God, into …
With rule
… after the receit of the ſaid Proclamation, ſome of the Officers of one Corporation drag'ddragged and hal'd ſome poor women, that were hearing of the Word of God, into …
Vavasor Powell · The Bird in the Cage · Open in the reader
Printed
The Husbandmen drag'ddragged thence: now forged are
With rule
The Husbandmen drag'ddragged thence: now forged are
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… know not what the Event of all this may be▪ For ſuppoſe now, being drag'ddragged in my Scarlet, (a habit more ſuitable for him that Triumphs) at the Wheel …
With rule
… know not what the Event of all this may be▪ For ſuppoſe now, being drag'ddragged in my Scarlet, (a habit more ſuitable for him that Triumphs) at the Wheel …
Richard Baxter · The Imputation of Christs Righteousness · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things againſt the worſe than inhumane Cruelties exerciſed on dead Bodies, when they are drag'ddragged along the Streets at the Horſe Tayls, and dig'd out, and denyed Sepulchers. We …
With rule
… things againſt the worſe than inhumane Cruelties exerciſed on dead Bodies, when they are drag'ddragged along the Streets at the Horſe Tayls, and dig'd out, and denyed Sepulchers. We …
Jean Claude · Account of the Persecutions of the Protestants in France · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scaffolds, their Ears cut off, their Fleſh pluckt off with Pincers, drawn with Horſes, drag'ddragged up and down, broyled, roaſted, ſtoned to Death, burnt, drowned, beheaded, diſmembred, and other …
With rule
… Scaffolds, their Ears cut off, their Fleſh pluckt off with Pincers, drawn with Horſes, drag'ddragged up and down, broyled, roaſted, ſtoned to Death, burnt, drowned, beheaded, diſmembred, and other …
Henry Danvers · Baptism · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a dreadful day. Thou awakest, and art beset with terrours, presently apprehended, and drag'ddragged before thy glorious, severe Judge: and thence into eternal torments. O happy thou, might'st …
With rule
… is a dreadful day. Thou awakest, and art beset with terrours, presently apprehended, and drag'ddragged before thy glorious, severe Judge: and thence into eternal torments. O happy thou, might'st …
John Howe · The Blessedness of the Righteous · p. 297 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils A26898

Printed
… even the factious persons on whom he had trusted, Wounded his dead Carkass, and Drag'dDragged it through the City. This Bin. out of Baron. and he exautiquis Vatican-Codicibus.
With rule
… even the factious persons on whom he had trusted, Wounded his dead Carkass, and Drag'dDragged it through the City. This Bin. out of Baron. and he exautiquis Vatican-Codicibus.
Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 334 · Open in the reader