Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9790 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

engag'dengaged

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

Puritas changed it: 430 times in 230 works
Consistency: 95.5% (430 of 450)
Reach if approved: ~473 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: engaged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 450 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (430 changes in 230 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 430)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
4. Moreover, conſider, that we are like to Soldiers that are engag'dengaged in an Enemies Countrey, not with a deſign to conquer, and eſtabliſh our Selves …
With rule
4. Moreover, conſider, that we are like to Soldiers that are engag'dengaged in an Enemies Countrey, not with a deſign to conquer, and eſtabliſh our Selves …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Law gave them no Encouragement and Hope; and that Adam after his Fall was engag'dengaged to this Sorrow and Contrition, before any promiſe of Pardon and Acceptance tendred. If …
With rule
… Law gave them no Encouragement and Hope; and that Adam after his Fall was engag'dengaged to this Sorrow and Contrition, before any promiſe of Pardon and Acceptance tendred. If …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Scribling age:) and your Authority commanding it the Pr…ss, hath even therein engag'dengaged for the Patronage of it printed. I promise my self also the third Impression …
With rule
… as Scribling age:) and your Authority commanding it the Pr…ss, hath even therein engag'dengaged for the Patronage of it printed. I promise my self also the third Impression …
Thomas Gilbert · An Assize Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to ſet up in a high manner, in which your Honours Liberties are engag'dengaged: And doth not ſuch a cauſe deſerve your Lordſhips conſideration, before you proceed to …
With rule
… and to ſet up in a high manner, in which your Honours Liberties are engag'dengaged: And doth not ſuch a cauſe deſerve your Lordſhips conſideration, before you proceed to …
John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is like to be most gentle to the courses they have steer'd, and are engag'dengaged in. Now that men hope to find such an one, (whether by its constitution …
With rule
… is like to be most gentle to the courses they have steer'd, and are engag'dengaged in. Now that men hope to find such an one, (whether by its constitution …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
But when engag'dengaged did never backward look.
With rule
But when engag'dengaged did never backward look.
Samuel Annesley · The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand · Open in the reader
Printed
… very certain proof, that there is no Opinion to which the World is more engag'dengaged, than to that which is almoſt generally every where taught and received concerning Spirits …
With rule
… very certain proof, that there is no Opinion to which the World is more engag'dengaged, than to that which is almoſt generally every where taught and received concerning Spirits …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Tree, or as a Ray Separated from the Sun. But when they were engag'dengaged againſt the Arrians, who taught falſe Doctrine, they did not care to make uſe …
With rule
… the Tree, or as a Ray Separated from the Sun. But when they were engag'dengaged againſt the Arrians, who taught falſe Doctrine, they did not care to make uſe …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Engag'dEngaged in undertakings dangerous.
With rule
Engag'dEngaged in undertakings dangerous.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow A47500

Printed
Engag'dEngaged to Abraham and his Seed,
With rule
Engag'dEngaged to Abraham and his Seed,
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Songs A47612

Printed
Engag'dEngaged to Abraham and his Seed,
With rule
Engag'dEngaged to Abraham and his Seed,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Engag'dEngaged for private Reparations;
With rule
Engag'dEngaged for private Reparations;
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 171 · Open in the reader

A Poetic Frenzy A96749

Printed
Engag'dEngaged againſt the publike Intereſt,
With rule
Engag'dEngaged againſt the publike Intereſt,
George Wither · A Poetic Frenzy · p. 8 · Open in the reader

An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub A96759

Printed
Engag'dEngaged our ſelves, this Quarrell to defend,
With rule
Engag'dEngaged our ſelves, this Quarrell to defend,
George Wither · An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub · p. 3 · Open in the reader