Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9837 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

quench'dquenched

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

Puritas changed it: 124 times in 87 works
Consistency: 98.4% (124 of 126)
Reach if approved: ~132 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: quenched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 126 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (124 changes in 87 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 124)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… repeat it three times, Where the Worm never dies, and the Fire is never quench'dquenched? but that we may have it often in our Thoughts, that we may not …
With rule
… repeat it three times, Where the Worm never dies, and the Fire is never quench'dquenched? but that we may have it often in our Thoughts, that we may not …
Thomas Manton · Sermons · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his neck at last: many a man is zealous, but his fire is soone quench'dquenched, & his zeale is soone spent; they hold not out. Whereas I am constant, and …
With rule
… his neck at last: many a man is zealous, but his fire is soone quench'dquenched, & his zeale is soone spent; they hold not out. Whereas I am constant, and …
Thomas Shepard · The Sincere Convert · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Alexand. was but as one ſpark, a little water at firſt would have quench'dquenched that fire which afterward ſet almoſt all the world in flames. I ſee by …
With rule
… in Alexand. was but as one ſpark, a little water at firſt would have quench'dquenched that fire which afterward ſet almoſt all the world in flames. I ſee by …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
I burne for love of him and muſt be quench'dquenched,
With rule
I burne for love of him and muſt be quench'dquenched,
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… deprecated his sufferings, Master spare thy self, he who was incarnate goodness, and never quench'dquenched the smoking flax, expresses the same indignation against him, Get thee behind me Satan …
With rule
… deprecated his sufferings, Master spare thy self, he who was incarnate goodness, and never quench'dquenched the smoking flax, expresses the same indignation against him, Get thee behind me Satan …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Spirit of Debauchery, Prophaneſs, and Atheiſticneſs, that is ſo Prodigiouſly abroad, may be quench'dquenched; And that Choice of Perſons, who are to Adventure their Lives, may be made …
With rule
… the Spirit of Debauchery, Prophaneſs, and Atheiſticneſs, that is ſo Prodigiouſly abroad, may be quench'dquenched; And that Choice of Perſons, who are to Adventure their Lives, may be made …
Thomas Beverley · A Memorial of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ Near Approaching · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Tow is quencht in Water, Iſa. 43.17. as the ſnuff of a Candle is quench'dquenched by being bruis'd by the fingers. He cuts them off as foam, the excrement …
With rule
… as Tow is quencht in Water, Iſa. 43.17. as the ſnuff of a Candle is quench'dquenched by being bruis'd by the fingers. He cuts them off as foam, the excrement …
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prepar'd a Worm that will never die, and a Fire that will ne'er be quench'dquenched. We know (I ſay) that Refin'd and Purified Souls will be receiv'd into ſerene …
With rule
… prepar'd a Worm that will never die, and a Fire that will ne'er be quench'dquenched. We know (I ſay) that Refin'd and Purified Souls will be receiv'd into ſerene …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 127 · 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.

Scripture Proof the Kingdom of Christ in its Succession A76489

Printed
… the Seventh King, but no Head, by Abdication, Emblem'd by the Falling, as a Quench'dQuenched Lamp into the Waters; as I have abundantly made out …n a Trcatiſe, Publiſh'd …
With rule
… the Seventh King, but no Head, by Abdication, Emblem'd by the Falling, as a Quench'dQuenched Lamp into the Waters; as I have abundantly made out …n a Trcatiſe, Publiſh'd …
Thomas Beverley · Scripture Proof the Kingdom of Christ in its Succession · p. 14 · Open in the reader