Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9832 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

practis'dpractice'd

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

Puritas changed it: 218 times in 143 works
Consistency: 99.0% (218 of 220)
Reach if approved: ~231 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: practised
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 220 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (218 changes in 143 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 218)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Parries pernicious practis'dpractice'd Jnsolence,
With rule
Parries pernicious practis'dpractice'd Jnsolence,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. III. Of things to be practis'dpractice'd, according to the Gospel: Or the Ordinances of the Gospel, particularly of the two …
With rule
CHAP. III. Of things to be practis'dpractice'd, according to the Gospel: Or the Ordinances of the Gospel, particularly of the two …
Thomas Adams · The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expound in the 19th Chapter, as a Specimen of whatever may be invented or practis'dpractice'd as to this. The Third is, the ſtory which happen'd Twelve years ago at …
With rule
… expound in the 19th Chapter, as a Specimen of whatever may be invented or practis'dpractice'd as to this. The Third is, the ſtory which happen'd Twelve years ago at …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
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… God as of a ſlight and ſottiſh Being: This is worſe than the Heathens practis'dpractice'd, who would purge their Fleſh before they Sacrific'd, and make ſome preparations in a …
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… God as of a ſlight and ſottiſh Being: This is worſe than the Heathens practis'dpractice'd, who would purge their Fleſh before they Sacrific'd, and make ſome preparations in a …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 544 · Open in the reader
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… theſe Iob lived, among theſe Iob govern'd, there he exercis'd thoſe pretious graces, and practis'dpractice'd thoſe excellent duties both of holineſſe toward God, and of Juſtice toward men. It …
With rule
… theſe Iob lived, among theſe Iob govern'd, there he exercis'd thoſe pretious graces, and practis'dpractice'd thoſe excellent duties both of holineſſe toward God, and of Juſtice toward men. It …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
Baptism was practis'dpractice'd upon these Terms all along the History of the Acts. So Chapter 8. 12. VVhen they …
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Baptism was practis'dpractice'd upon these Terms all along the History of the Acts. So Chapter 8. 12. VVhen they …
John Gosnold · The Doctrine of Baptisms · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… have seen this Point open'd unto us, how and when it is to be practis'dpractice'd by us, whom our fear should be carried to; and in what Cases and …
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… have seen this Point open'd unto us, how and when it is to be practis'dpractice'd by us, whom our fear should be carried to; and in what Cases and …
Thomas Horton · Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dispossessing of Devils was among'st the greatest and most miraculous Works that ever was practis'dpractice'd even by the greatest Apostles. It may be thought that this Exorcist was one …
With rule
… dispossessing of Devils was among'st the greatest and most miraculous Works that ever was practis'dpractice'd even by the greatest Apostles. It may be thought that this Exorcist was one …
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · p. 232 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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

The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles A26345

Printed
… be I. Believed, comprehended in the CREED. II. Done, in the TEN COMMANDMENTS. III. Practis'dPractice'd, in the GOSPEL, particularly TWO SACRAMENTS. IV. Pray'd for, in the LORDS PRAYER.
With rule
… be I. Believed, comprehended in the CREED. II. Done, in the TEN COMMANDMENTS. III. Practis'dPractice'd, in the GOSPEL, particularly TWO SACRAMENTS. IV. Pray'd for, in the LORDS PRAYER.
Thomas Adams · The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles · Open in the reader