Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9869 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preach'tpreached

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

Puritas changed it: 149 times in 98 works
Consistency: 79.2% (149 of 188)
Reach if approved: ~198 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: preached
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 188 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: preachit (38)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 98 works, 79.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
9. I have preach'tpreached righteousness in the great congregation: loe I have not refrained my lips, O Lord …
With rule
9. I have preach'tpreached righteousness in the great congregation: loe I have not refrained my lips, O Lord …
Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so call'd, as consisting of all Nations to whom the Gospel was to be preach'tpreached, in contradistinction to the Jewish Church, which consisted for the most part of Jews …
With rule
… so call'd, as consisting of all Nations to whom the Gospel was to be preach'tpreached, in contradistinction to the Jewish Church, which consisted for the most part of Jews …
John Milton · Of True Religion · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when you have read; use them to Sermons, and to remember somthing that was preach'tpreached; encourage them to get choice Scriptures; fill the vessel, somthing will stick: Engage them …
With rule
… when you have read; use them to Sermons, and to remember somthing that was preach'tpreached; encourage them to get choice Scriptures; fill the vessel, somthing will stick: Engage them …
Richard Steele · The Husbandmans Calling · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all that commendation for Devotion and Alms-deeds, Acts x.1. before either Chriſt was preach'tpreached to him in the 37. or the Holy Ghoſt fell on him, in the 44. verſe.
With rule
… all that commendation for Devotion and Alms-deeds, Acts x.1. before either Chriſt was preach'tpreached to him in the 37. or the Holy Ghoſt fell on him, in the 44. verſe.
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 622 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by: so that whatsoever was not consonant to that must be refus'd. This they preach'tpreached in France and over Europe in the latter end of the 12 Century: and that …
With rule
… by: so that whatsoever was not consonant to that must be refus'd. This they preach'tpreached in France and over Europe in the latter end of the 12 Century: and that …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them) when yet we that led the way, and drew on others, and daily preach'tpreached up Reformation and Diſcipline, have ſo horribly violated this Covenant our ſelves, that in …
With rule
… them) when yet we that led the way, and drew on others, and daily preach'tpreached up Reformation and Diſcipline, have ſo horribly violated this Covenant our ſelves, that in …
Richard Baxter · The Reformed Pastor · p. 382 · Open in the reader
Printed
Before thou preach'tpreached by weeks, but now by hours,
With rule
Before thou preach'tpreached by weeks, but now by hours,
Samuel Clarke · A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
In fine, our Author either is unwilling to have the Gospell as soon preach'tpreached here as in other places, or else we must have preachers for it from …
With rule
In fine, our Author either is unwilling to have the Gospell as soon preach'tpreached here as in other places, or else we must have preachers for it from …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.