Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9835 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prosper'dprospered

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

Puritas changed it: 101 times in 77 works
Consistency: 97.1% (101 of 104)
Reach if approved: ~109 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prospered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 104 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (101 changes in 77 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… you how to anſwer that ſtartling Queſtion, Who ever hardned himſelf againſt God, and prosper'dprospered! And juſtly hath God ſuited his Judgments to this ſin of the people A …
With rule
… you how to anſwer that ſtartling Queſtion, Who ever hardned himſelf againſt God, and prosper'dprospered! And juſtly hath God ſuited his Judgments to this ſin of the people A …
Matthew Mead · Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and therefore call'd Ophel for its heighth: He was victorious againſt the Ammonites, God proſper'dprospered him, becauſe he proved (as good at laſt as at firſt): His good ways …
With rule
… and therefore call'd Ophel for its heighth: He was victorious againſt the Ammonites, God proſper'dprospered him, becauſe he proved (as good at laſt as at firſt): His good ways …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 587 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wiſe in heart, and mighty in ſtrength; who hath hardned himſelf againſt him, and proſper'dprospered. Prov. 21.30. There is no Wiſdom, nor Ʋnderſtanding, nor Counſel, againſt the Lord. 1 Cor. 1.19. He …
With rule
… wiſe in heart, and mighty in ſtrength; who hath hardned himſelf againſt him, and proſper'dprospered. Prov. 21.30. There is no Wiſdom, nor Ʋnderſtanding, nor Counſel, againſt the Lord. 1 Cor. 1.19. He …
John Tillotson · Discourses Upon the Attributes of God · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you, when your eſtate and condition was very low, but now God hath ſo proſper'dprospered you, as you have attain'd to a great Eſtate; you ſhould therefore think on …
With rule
… you, when your eſtate and condition was very low, but now God hath ſo proſper'dprospered you, as you have attain'd to a great Eſtate; you ſhould therefore think on …
John Bartlet · The Practical Christian · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
But▪ nothing prosper'dprospered, which was then projected,
With rule
But▪ nothing prosper'dprospered, which was then projected,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God are fulfilled, they reſume all with eaſe, and at Pleaſure; for he proſper'dprospered only by Craft and Serpentine Subtilty, inſpir'd into him by Sathan.
With rule
… of God are fulfilled, they reſume all with eaſe, and at Pleaſure; for he proſper'dprospered only by Craft and Serpentine Subtilty, inſpir'd into him by Sathan.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his own legs, or the lesse needs the assistance of God, because he hath prosper'dprospered in the world, by the ways of sin. S. August is an useful mistaking …
With rule
… his own legs, or the lesse needs the assistance of God, because he hath prosper'dprospered in the world, by the ways of sin. S. August is an useful mistaking …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… abortion, as it was ſufficient, and effectuall for a while, ſo it would have proſper'dprospered to perſeverance.
With rule
… abortion, as it was ſufficient, and effectuall for a while, ſo it would have proſper'dprospered to perſeverance.
Henry Hammond · A Pacific Discourse of Gods Grace · p. 80 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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 Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… which maketh the Face to Shine, Eccleſ. 8. 1. She wholly Reſted upon Divine Providence, and Proſper'dProspered accordingly. The 2d. Preparing Means, was Mordecai's Diſcovering the matter of Treaſon (of the …
With rule
… which maketh the Face to Shine, Eccleſ. 8. 1. She wholly Reſted upon Divine Providence, and Proſper'dProspered accordingly. The 2d. Preparing Means, was Mordecai's Diſcovering the matter of Treaſon (of the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 262 · Open in the reader