Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9863 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vow'dvowed

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

Puritas changed it: 158 times in 90 works
Consistency: 92.9% (158 of 170)
Reach if approved: ~179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: vowed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 170 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (158 changes in 90 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 158)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… over your ſins: I remember one writing to Luther, tells him that he had vow'dvowed and covenanted againſt his ſin, and yet his ſin prevail'd againſt him, until he …
With rule
… over your ſins: I remember one writing to Luther, tells him that he had vow'dvowed and covenanted againſt his ſin, and yet his ſin prevail'd againſt him, until he …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Remission · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being in want requires releef of his Son; the Son anſwers, that he hath vow'dvowed he will not, and ſo that to him it remains not lawful to releeve …
With rule
… being in want requires releef of his Son; the Son anſwers, that he hath vow'dvowed he will not, and ſo that to him it remains not lawful to releeve …
Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to him, then he to our Libertie and Religion; next, that which was there vow'dvowed, to cast out of the Church an Antichristian Hierarchy which God had not planted …
With rule
… to him, then he to our Libertie and Religion; next, that which was there vow'dvowed, to cast out of the Church an Antichristian Hierarchy which God had not planted …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eternal Death what I was doing: I have hearkned to Temptation, tho' I had vow'dvowed, and promis'd, and reſolv'd, and engag'd againſt that very Sin I was tempted to …
With rule
… Eternal Death what I was doing: I have hearkned to Temptation, tho' I had vow'dvowed, and promis'd, and reſolv'd, and engag'd againſt that very Sin I was tempted to …
John Shower · Gods Thoughts and Ways Above Ours · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
He vow'dvowed that I was to my Sires disgrace,
With rule
He vow'dvowed that I was to my Sires disgrace,
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
Go, go; for I have vow'dvowed to see thee never,
With rule
Go, go; for I have vow'dvowed to see thee never,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
With Milke and Honney, which he vow'dvowed to giue
With rule
With Milke and Honney, which he vow'dvowed to giue
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
And will performe what vow'dvowed I haue:
With rule
And will performe what vow'dvowed I haue:
George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 66 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to a Book A50898

Printed
… Vowes of hypocrits use to be, are most commonly absurd, and som wicked. Jacob Vow'dVowed that God should be his God, if he granted him but what was necessary …
With rule
… Vowes of hypocrits use to be, are most commonly absurd, and som wicked. Jacob Vow'dVowed that God should be his God, if he granted him but what was necessary …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Davids Harp Strung and Tuned A52303

Printed
… His offerings were not ſo much a gift, as a debt, due upon vow. Vow'dVowed with his lips, and ſpoken by his mouth, when he was in trouble.
With rule
… His offerings were not ſo much a gift, as a debt, due upon vow. Vow'dVowed with his lips, and ſpoken by his mouth, when he was in trouble.
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Vow'dVowed to this trench, like an Anachorit.
With rule
Vow'dVowed to this trench, like an Anachorit.
John Donne · Poems · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Britains Genius A96763

Printed
Vow'dVowed their protection, when the policy
With rule
Vow'dVowed their protection, when the policy
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Vow'dVowed ſo religiouſly, and ſo atteſted,
With rule
Vow'dVowed ſo religiouſly, and ſo atteſted,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 160 · Open in the reader