Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9836 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pull'dpulled

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

Puritas changed it: 732 times in 429 works
Consistency: 98.6% (732 of 742)
Reach if approved: ~780 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pulled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 742 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (732 changes in 429 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 732)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… was a Usurper; And do you think that Cromwell was not so; when he pull'dpulled down both King, Parliament, and Rump? Nay, Maximus was chosen in England by the …
With rule
… was a Usurper; And do you think that Cromwell was not so; when he pull'dpulled down both King, Parliament, and Rump? Nay, Maximus was chosen in England by the …
Richard Baxter · A Defense of the Principles of Love · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in demanding by what Right, againſt the Will of almoſt all the Kingdom, he pull'dpulled down our lawful Engliſh Monarchy that we were ſworn to, and the Parliament, as …
With rule
… in demanding by what Right, againſt the Will of almoſt all the Kingdom, he pull'dpulled down our lawful Engliſh Monarchy that we were ſworn to, and the Parliament, as …
Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
He hath me pull'dpulled in pieces all, he made me desolate.
With rule
He hath me pull'dpulled in pieces all, he made me desolate.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
Hyppolytus when he was tied to wild horſes to be pull'dpulled a ſunder, thus prayed, Let them rend my limbes, doe thou, O Chriſt, rap …
With rule
Hyppolytus when he was tied to wild horſes to be pull'dpulled a ſunder, thus prayed, Let them rend my limbes, doe thou, O Chriſt, rap …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
For why, Gods Loue, led, yea pull'dpulled-forth our Prince,
With rule
For why, Gods Loue, led, yea pull'dpulled-forth our Prince,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
… which Conscience prest upon their practise and whose guidance they would not follow, they pull'dpulled death upon themselvs in the errors of their waies.
With rule
… which Conscience prest upon their practise and whose guidance they would not follow, they pull'dpulled death upon themselvs in the errors of their waies.
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 261 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth he turne aside his blowes, and is easily intreated to have the rod pull'dpulled out of his hands. David, to encounter with the Gyant, took five smooth stones …
With rule
… doth he turne aside his blowes, and is easily intreated to have the rod pull'dpulled out of his hands. David, to encounter with the Gyant, took five smooth stones …
Thomas Adams · Gods Anger and Mans Comfort · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rest of the Sabbath, and an Ox or Ass was to be watered o… pull'dpulled out of a pit on that day: If the King o… Priest had made …
With rule
… rest of the Sabbath, and an Ox or Ass was to be watered o… pull'dpulled out of a pit on that day: If the King o… Priest had made …
Richard Baxter · The Catechizing of Families · p. 253 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Pull'dPulled from their stalks the blushing strawberries,
With rule
Pull'dPulled from their stalks the blushing strawberries,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… of it was this; when our Pretorian Sectarian Bands had cut all Bonds and Pull'dPulled down all Government, and after the Death of the King had twelve Years kept …
With rule
… of it was this; when our Pretorian Sectarian Bands had cut all Bonds and Pull'dPulled down all Government, and after the Death of the King had twelve Years kept …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 118 · Open in the reader

Poems A50938

Printed
Pull'dPulled off his Boots, and took away the light:
With rule
Pull'dPulled off his Boots, and took away the light:
John Milton · Poems · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Poems 2 A89149

Printed
Pull'dPulled off his Boots, and took away the light:
With rule
Pull'dPulled off his Boots, and took away the light:
John Milton · Poems 2 · p. 28 · Open in the reader