Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9809 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ingag'dengaged

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

Puritas changed it: 96 times in 70 works
Consistency: 93.2% (96 of 103)
Reach if approved: ~112 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: engaged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 107 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (96 changes in 70 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 96)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… able, that thou hast so powerfully assisted me against those Temptations I have been ingag'dengaged with, and by putting so many good Thoughts into my Mind, hast strengthened my …
With rule
… able, that thou hast so powerfully assisted me against those Temptations I have been ingag'dengaged with, and by putting so many good Thoughts into my Mind, hast strengthened my …
John Scott · The Christian Life · p. 536 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who were in that Conteſt ingag'dengaged,
With rule
Who were in that Conteſt ingag'dengaged,
George Wither · Three Private Meditations · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you: (To you who are his people I may ſay,) that God who hath ingag'dengaged himſelfe to love you, and to be your portion, husband, friend and father. Well …
With rule
… you: (To you who are his people I may ſay,) that God who hath ingag'dengaged himſelfe to love you, and to be your portion, husband, friend and father. Well …
William Carter · Israels Peace with God Benjamins Overthrow · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVithout recoyling? Or, ingag'dengaged this Nation
With rule
VVithout recoyling? Or, ingag'dengaged this Nation
George Wither · An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all this, when all the Philosophy, and all the power of the world were ingag'dengaged in the belief and practise of this, and resolv'd with all their wit and …
With rule
… all this, when all the Philosophy, and all the power of the world were ingag'dengaged in the belief and practise of this, and resolv'd with all their wit and …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
To win the town his honour he ingag'dengaged:
With rule
To win the town his honour he ingag'dengaged:
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mercies the Lord beſtowed upon this Jewiſh eſtate, even ſuch mercies as ſhould have ingag'dengaged her heart and ſtrength to God for ever. In theſe verſes, and the 15. following …
With rule
… mercies the Lord beſtowed upon this Jewiſh eſtate, even ſuch mercies as ſhould have ingag'dengaged her heart and ſtrength to God for ever. In theſe verſes, and the 15. following …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Ministry of the Word, with other meanes appointed unto the same end be ingag'dengaged in, to recall Professors, unto that strict Mortification, that Sincerity of Conversation, that seperation …
With rule
… the Ministry of the Word, with other meanes appointed unto the same end be ingag'dengaged in, to recall Professors, unto that strict Mortification, that Sincerity of Conversation, that seperation …
John Owen · The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War N02021

Printed
… diſpoſe, He orders them as He will. Therefore it highly becomes a profeſſing People Ingag'dEngaged in War, to keep in good terms with GOD, to keep themſelves from every …
With rule
… diſpoſe, He orders them as He will. Therefore it highly becomes a profeſſing People Ingag'dEngaged in War, to keep in good terms with GOD, to keep themſelves from every …
Benjamin Wadsworth · True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of David when they went forth to Battle, Judg. 12.3. I Sam. 19.5. When Perſons are Ingag'dEngaged in Battle, thô they're never ſo Healthy, Stout, Strong, yet they know not but …
With rule
… of David when they went forth to Battle, Judg. 12.3. I Sam. 19.5. When Perſons are Ingag'dEngaged in Battle, thô they're never ſo Healthy, Stout, Strong, yet they know not but …
Benjamin Wadsworth · True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… GOD alone can … 'em Skill, Wiſdom, Prudence rightly to manage the Military buſineſs they're Ingag'dEngaged in. Some Skill & Prudence is needful for the right managing of any buſineſs whatſoever …
With rule
… GOD alone can … 'em Skill, Wiſdom, Prudence rightly to manage the Military buſineſs they're Ingag'dEngaged in. Some Skill & Prudence is needful for the right managing of any buſineſs whatſoever …
Benjamin Wadsworth · True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War · p. 9 · Open in the reader