Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9806 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hedg'dhedged

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

Puritas changed it: 65 times in 60 works
Consistency: 92.8% (65 of 70)
Reach if approved: ~74 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hedged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 70 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (65 changes in 60 works, 92.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 65)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Tis not a dead flower cropt and flung there, but thrives and flouriſhes though hedg'dhedged and hem'd with thorns. It ſends forth a gracious ſmell among noiſome briars, when …
With rule
… Tis not a dead flower cropt and flung there, but thrives and flouriſhes though hedg'dhedged and hem'd with thorns. It ſends forth a gracious ſmell among noiſome briars, when …
Samuel Lee · Two Discourses on the Mournful State of the Church · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they, nor thoſe Citizens of Jeruſalem could make a ſafe retreat, being hem'd and hedg'dhedged in by the hands of thoſe bloody Conſpirators.
With rule
… they, nor thoſe Citizens of Jeruſalem could make a ſafe retreat, being hem'd and hedg'dhedged in by the hands of thoſe bloody Conſpirators.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 386 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Prodigal, Luke 15. the Church in Hoſea, chap. 2.6.7. She conſidered ſhe was croſſed and hedg'dhedged in with afflictions, and reſolveth to return to her firſt husband. The contrary inconſiderateneſſe …
With rule
… the Prodigal, Luke 15. the Church in Hoſea, chap. 2.6.7. She conſidered ſhe was croſſed and hedg'dhedged in with afflictions, and reſolveth to return to her firſt husband. The contrary inconſiderateneſſe …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 473 · Open in the reader
Printed
… raiſe us up, and we ſhall live in his ſight. So when God had hedg'dhedged up their way with thorns, then they ſay, I will goe and returne to …
With rule
… raiſe us up, and we ſhall live in his ſight. So when God had hedg'dhedged up their way with thorns, then they ſay, I will goe and returne to …
Thomas Brooks · Precious Remedies Against Satans Devices · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that their foot-ſteps ſlip not: ſtrait is the gate and narrow the way, hedg'dhedged up on every ſide; malice and envy are perpetually ſpies upon 'em, ſpread a …
With rule
… that their foot-ſteps ſlip not: ſtrait is the gate and narrow the way, hedg'dhedged up on every ſide; malice and envy are perpetually ſpies upon 'em, ſpread a …
Thomas Foxcroft · A Practical Discourse Relating to the Gospel Ministry · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Is this thy complaint? that is, wo is me, I am ſo limited, and hedg'dhedged in on all hands, that there's no liberty left me to be miſerable; if …
With rule
… Is this thy complaint? that is, wo is me, I am ſo limited, and hedg'dhedged in on all hands, that there's no liberty left me to be miſerable; if …
Richard Alleine · Heaven Opened · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſubdued, but not reconciled. When Iſrael had played the harlot and done ſhamefully, God hedg'dhedged her way with thornes, and made a wall that ſhe ſhould not finde her …
With rule
… ſubdued, but not reconciled. When Iſrael had played the harlot and done ſhamefully, God hedg'dhedged her way with thornes, and made a wall that ſhe ſhould not finde her …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 415 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and death before them, good and evill, Deut. 30.15. bleſſing and curſing, Deut. 11.26. He had hedg'dhedged them about with promiſes, with threats, bound them in a covenant and oath; yet …
With rule
… and death before them, good and evill, Deut. 30.15. bleſſing and curſing, Deut. 11.26. He had hedg'dhedged them about with promiſes, with threats, bound them in a covenant and oath; yet …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 346 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.