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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9829 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

plung'dplunged

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

Puritas changed it
129 times in 90 works
Consistency
93.4% (129 of 138)
Reach if approved
~145 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: plunged
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
138 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (129 changes in 90 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 129)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ill-natur'd, ſurly and melancholy Pſeudo-Prophets, or poſſibly all theſe three together, have plung'dplunged their tender Spirits in the profoundeſt Depth of Amazement and Deſpair. They think they …
    With rule
    … ill-natur'd, ſurly and melancholy Pſeudo-Prophets, or poſſibly all theſe three together, have plung'dplunged their tender Spirits in the profoundeſt Depth of Amazement and Deſpair. They think they …

    Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … they see it. The further one lookes into the Law, the more one is plung'dplunged into the depths; it wounds it the more; its rather the worse then the …
    With rule
    … they see it. The further one lookes into the Law, the more one is plung'dplunged into the depths; it wounds it the more; its rather the worse then the …

    Henry Jessey · The Exceeding Riches of Grace · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or to recover any particular Churches out of any Disorders which they may be plung'dplunged into: For Councels to enquire into the Love, the Peace, the Holiness maintain'd by …
    With rule
    … or to recover any particular Churches out of any Disorders which they may be plung'dplunged into: For Councels to enquire into the Love, the Peace, the Holiness maintain'd by …

    Cotton Mather · The Life and Death of John Eliot · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … after Christ, the Councels themselves were fouly corrupted with ungodly Prelatisme, and so farre plung'dplunged into worldly ambition, as that it stood them upon long ere this to uphold …
    With rule
    … after Christ, the Councels themselves were fouly corrupted with ungodly Prelatisme, and so farre plung'dplunged into worldly ambition, as that it stood them upon long ere this to uphold …

    John Milton · Of Prelatical Episcopacy · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … own blood; and can raise up unto Martyrdom a man that had so deeply plung'dplunged himself into Apostacy! He that suffer'd Judas to be the horrid subject of his …
    With rule
    … own blood; and can raise up unto Martyrdom a man that had so deeply plung'dplunged himself into Apostacy! He that suffer'd Judas to be the horrid subject of his …

    Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Fall and Rising of Peter · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    VVhen she the Knight espies, then plung'dplunged in hate,
    With rule
    VVhen she the Knight espies, then plung'dplunged in hate,

    Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … become the Accuser. Doleful State! beyond the Conception of all, but those who are plung'dplunged into it. How often do they run to the Grave for Sanctuary, and seek …
    With rule
    … become the Accuser. Doleful State! beyond the Conception of all, but those who are plung'dplunged into it. How often do they run to the Grave for Sanctuary, and seek …

    William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Phraſes to denote the Extremity of thoſe Soul-troubles that our Lord Jeſus was plung'dplunged into, by Reaſon of the Wrath of God let out againſt him, as well …
    With rule
    … Phraſes to denote the Extremity of thoſe Soul-troubles that our Lord Jeſus was plung'dplunged into, by Reaſon of the Wrath of God let out againſt him, as well …

    Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 219 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Doctrine of Baptisms A41579

  • Printed
    … of Bloud, in opposition to a lesser Degree or Measure of Suffering, being Dipped & Plung'dPlunged unto afflictions. So Wilsons Dictionary. And still, this carries the signification of the Word …
    With rule
    … of Bloud, in opposition to a lesser Degree or Measure of Suffering, being Dipped & Plung'dPlunged unto afflictions. So Wilsons Dictionary. And still, this carries the signification of the Word …

    John Gosnold · The Doctrine of Baptisms · p. 38 · Open in the reader