Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9856 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

toss'dtossed

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 90 works
Consistency: 94.3% (116 of 123)
Reach if approved: ~129 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: tossed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 90 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it safe through those incessant Storms of Persecution, wherein at that time it was toss'dtossed and agitated. For when Christians have once thrown off the Obligations of a good …
With rule
… it safe through those incessant Storms of Persecution, wherein at that time it was toss'dtossed and agitated. For when Christians have once thrown off the Obligations of a good …
John Scott · The Christian Life Volume 5 · p. 455 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did float up and down like an unſteady Veſſel in the Sea, that is toſs'dtossed this way and that; they wander'd in an Endleſs Maze of wild Gueſſes and …
With rule
… did float up and down like an unſteady Veſſel in the Sea, that is toſs'dtossed this way and that; they wander'd in an Endleſs Maze of wild Gueſſes and …
Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your Order; when the Apostles were scarce safe within their ship, they were so toss'dtossed with waves and fears, yet if our Lord will call him, Peter is confident …
With rule
… your Order; when the Apostles were scarce safe within their ship, they were so toss'dtossed with waves and fears, yet if our Lord will call him, Peter is confident …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 6 January 1660 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that are strong, rooted, settled, established; and some that are weak, and like Children toss'dtossed up and down, Rom. 4. 20. & 15. 1. Heb. 5. 12, 14. 1 Ioh. 2. 14. 1 Cor. 16. 13. Eph. 6. 10. 2 Tim. 2. 1. 1 Cor. 15. 58. 1 Pet. 5. 9. Col. 2. 5. Eph. 3. 16, 17. Col …
With rule
… that are strong, rooted, settled, established; and some that are weak, and like Children toss'dtossed up and down, Rom. 4. 20. & 15. 1. Heb. 5. 12, 14. 1 Ioh. 2. 14. 1 Cor. 16. 13. Eph. 6. 10. 2 Tim. 2. 1. 1 Cor. 15. 58. 1 Pet. 5. 9. Col. 2. 5. Eph. 3. 16, 17. Col …
Richard Baxter · An End of Doctrinal Controversies · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
They having therefore for fourteen days together been thus toſs'dtossed in the Adriatick Sea, (not ſtrictly ſo call'd, but in a large ſenſe), at …
With rule
They having therefore for fourteen days together been thus toſs'dtossed in the Adriatick Sea, (not ſtrictly ſo call'd, but in a large ſenſe), at …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 300 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which one small spark had toss'dtossed i'th' aire.
With rule
Which one small spark had toss'dtossed i'th' aire.
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
Like to a Ship with raging tempeſts toſs'dtossed,
With rule
Like to a Ship with raging tempeſts toſs'dtossed,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should sin and sorrow no more; but I now see I must again be toss'dtossed on the Waves and Billows thereof. When it was told her, that according to …
With rule
… should sin and sorrow no more; but I now see I must again be toss'dtossed on the Waves and Billows thereof. When it was told her, that according to …
Thomas Manton · Advice to Mourners Under the Loss of Dear Relations · p. xvi · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

A Treasury of Divine Raptures A28161

Printed
Toſs'dTossed like a foot-ball by the mad-cap World
With rule
Toſs'dTossed like a foot-ball by the mad-cap World
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Toſs'dTossed by the pamper'd fleſh, toſs'dtossed by the De…
With rule
Toſs'dTossed by the pamper'd fleſh, toſs'dtossed by the De…
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Toſs'dTossed by enchanting ſin which ſoon would re…
With rule
Toſs'dTossed by enchanting ſin which ſoon would re…
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 28 · Open in the reader