Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9793 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

extinguish'dextinguished

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

Puritas changed it: 138 times in 88 works
Consistency: 96.5% (138 of 143)
Reach if approved: ~150 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: extinguished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 143 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (138 changes in 88 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 138)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Immortal, yet it is deſirable for a Man in his proper time to be extinguiſh'dextinguished. This cannot be excuſed by a Pretence that Tully ſpeaks it not in his …
With rule
… Immortal, yet it is deſirable for a Man in his proper time to be extinguiſh'dextinguished. This cannot be excuſed by a Pretence that Tully ſpeaks it not in his …
Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like the crackling of Thorns under the Pot, a short Blaze soon damp'd and extinguish'dextinguished.
With rule
… like the crackling of Thorns under the Pot, a short Blaze soon damp'd and extinguish'dextinguished.
William Bates · The Danger of Prosperity · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Heaven, for 'tis accomplish'd in full Fruition: it never enters into Hell, for 'tis extinguish'dextinguished in Despair. In the Glorious Light above, the Perfection of Hope is obtain'd: the …
With rule
… Heaven, for 'tis accomplish'd in full Fruition: it never enters into Hell, for 'tis extinguish'dextinguished in Despair. In the Glorious Light above, the Perfection of Hope is obtain'd: the …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which can by no meanes be extinguiſh'dextinguished quite:
With rule
Which can by no meanes be extinguiſh'dextinguished quite:
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can cast down such a prudent Soul; but even as a spark is easily extinguish'dextinguished in the Sea, so will the favour of God extinguish those troubles. It is …
With rule
… can cast down such a prudent Soul; but even as a spark is easily extinguish'dextinguished in the Sea, so will the favour of God extinguish those troubles. It is …
John Flavel · Divine Conduct · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the common principles of honeſty and civility ſeem in a manner to be extinguiſh'dextinguished, and quite aboliſh'd in ſundry perſons. But that which we intend, is this; Firſt …
With rule
… and the common principles of honeſty and civility ſeem in a manner to be extinguiſh'dextinguished, and quite aboliſh'd in ſundry perſons. But that which we intend, is this; Firſt …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tenant is under by having done Homage to his Lord, is utterly diſſolv'd and extinguiſh'dextinguished. Theſe are the very words of Bracton and Fleta. So that in ſome Caſe …
With rule
… Tenant is under by having done Homage to his Lord, is utterly diſſolv'd and extinguiſh'dextinguished. Theſe are the very words of Bracton and Fleta. So that in ſome Caſe …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all Religion, if ſuch a Thought be entertained? All Devotion to God is thereby extinguiſh'dextinguished, all the Reſtraints of Vice removed, the Floodgates of Impiety opened, the Encouragements of …
With rule
… all Religion, if ſuch a Thought be entertained? All Devotion to God is thereby extinguiſh'dextinguished, all the Reſtraints of Vice removed, the Floodgates of Impiety opened, the Encouragements of …
John Shower · A New Years Gift · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Orphans Legacy A42922

Printed
… Executor by entring into Bond to the Daughter for Payment of the Legacy, had Extinguiſh'dExtinguished the Legacy, and had made the 20 l. Deviſed a Debt, Suable meerly at the …
With rule
… Executor by entring into Bond to the Daughter for Payment of the Legacy, had Extinguiſh'dExtinguished the Legacy, and had made the 20 l. Deviſed a Debt, Suable meerly at the …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 344 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Bones thereof be cut asunder and broken, all the Life and Strength thereof, utterly Extinguish'dExtinguished and Abolish'd, is it a perpetual Warrier against the Spirit of Christ, in himself …
With rule
… Bones thereof be cut asunder and broken, all the Life and Strength thereof, utterly Extinguish'dExtinguished and Abolish'd, is it a perpetual Warrier against the Spirit of Christ, in himself …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 147 · Open in the reader