Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9827 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pluck'dplucked

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

Puritas changed it: 272 times in 155 works
Consistency: 96.8% (272 of 281)
Reach if approved: ~295 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: plucked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 281 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (272 changes in 155 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 272)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bee damp'd with carnall affections, or tired with the difficulty of the worke, or pluck'dplucked back by the importunitie of temptations, so that though they beginne in the spirit …
With rule
… bee damp'd with carnall affections, or tired with the difficulty of the worke, or pluck'dplucked back by the importunitie of temptations, so that though they beginne in the spirit …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 332 · Open in the reader
Printed
… imparted to them a Spiritual Gift (Oct. 3. 1676) from Zech. 3. 2. Is not this a brand pluck'dplucked out of the Fire? In the close of that Sermon, pressing them from the …
With rule
… imparted to them a Spiritual Gift (Oct. 3. 1676) from Zech. 3. 2. Is not this a brand pluck'dplucked out of the Fire? In the close of that Sermon, pressing them from the …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then from his throne he pluck'dplucked him down again,
With rule
Then from his throne he pluck'dplucked him down again,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
You that have pluck'dplucked the bloſſomes of my youth,
With rule
You that have pluck'dplucked the bloſſomes of my youth,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not to send such a Repairer of our Breaches, till all our Hedges were pluck'dplucked up; nor to raise up the Righteous man from the East, till Idolatry and …
With rule
… not to send such a Repairer of our Breaches, till all our Hedges were pluck'dplucked up; nor to raise up the Righteous man from the East, till Idolatry and …
Timothy Cruso · The Mighty Wonders of a Merciful Providence · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
I need not tell you, you are but lately pluck'dplucked as brands out of the burning, and that the smell of Fire is yet …
With rule
I need not tell you, you are but lately pluck'dplucked as brands out of the burning, and that the smell of Fire is yet …
John Flavel · Discourse of Mental Errors · p. 425 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſteals any thing Sacred out of a Sacred place, let him have his Eyes pluck'dplucked out. Conſt. Harmen. lib. 6. Prompt. jur. car. 5. Gunctranus King of the Pariſians and Galls …
With rule
… ſteals any thing Sacred out of a Sacred place, let him have his Eyes pluck'dplucked out. Conſt. Harmen. lib. 6. Prompt. jur. car. 5. Gunctranus King of the Pariſians and Galls …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 530 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preached to them, no Ministers to preach it, the Hedge of Protection and Preservation pluck'dplucked up, and ravenous Beasts let in to devour them; like as God threatned the …
With rule
… preached to them, no Ministers to preach it, the Hedge of Protection and Preservation pluck'dplucked up, and ravenous Beasts let in to devour them; like as God threatned the …
Benjamin Keach · The Axe Laid to the Root · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 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.

A Buckler Against the Fear of Death A17129

Printed
Pluck'dPlucked from Satan vi & armi…,
With rule
Pluck'dPlucked from Satan vi & armi…,
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Third Remark is, The very next Sabbath after this Shake-Sheaf-Day the Diſciples Pluck'dPlucked the Ears of Corn, for which the Jews did ſeverely cenſure them and their …
With rule
… Third Remark is, The very next Sabbath after this Shake-Sheaf-Day the Diſciples Pluck'dPlucked the Ears of Corn, for which the Jews did ſeverely cenſure them and their …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 50 · Open in the reader

The Brand Plucked out of the Fire A57132

Printed
THE BRAND Pluck'dPlucked out of the FIRE. A Sermon Preached before the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Companies …
With rule
THE BRAND Pluck'dPlucked out of the FIRE. A Sermon Preached before the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Companies …
Edward Reynolds · The Brand Plucked out of the Fire · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

Printed
Pluck'dPlucked from Satan vi & armis,
With rule
Pluck'dPlucked from Satan vi & armis,
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader

A Prayer-Song A81112

Printed
Pluck'dPlucked by thy gracious hand,
With rule
Pluck'dPlucked by thy gracious hand,
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude 2 A87557

Printed
Pluck'dPlucked up by the roots, Gr. foreign; rooted up as plants, they might be ſaid to …
With rule
Pluck'dPlucked up by the roots, Gr. foreign; rooted up as plants, they might be ſaid to …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 352 · Open in the reader
Printed
… denied to ſuch unſound trees, any longer to ſtand in ſuch a garden. Or 2. Pluck'dPlucked up by the roots, out of the ſoyl of the world; and out of …
With rule
… denied to ſuch unſound trees, any longer to ſtand in ſuch a garden. Or 2. Pluck'dPlucked up by the roots, out of the ſoyl of the world; and out of …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 352 · Open in the reader