Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9892 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

touch'ttouched

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

Puritas changed it: 63 times in 48 works
Consistency: 98.4% (63 of 64)
Reach if approved: ~67 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: touched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 64 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: touchit (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (63 changes in 48 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
32. There we shall see how he was touch'ttouched
With rule
32. There we shall see how he was touch'ttouched
John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus I have touch'ttouched upon the foure grand deſignes of the Groſſe hypocrite: Firſt, praiſe among all men …
With rule
Thus I have touch'ttouched upon the foure grand deſignes of the Groſſe hypocrite: Firſt, praiſe among all men …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 768 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. The object of their application, Pharaoh hardned beyond sense, he was not touch'ttouched at all with the word of threatning.
With rule
3. The object of their application, Pharaoh hardned beyond sense, he was not touch'ttouched at all with the word of threatning.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 762 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much were the North parts diſquieted through Ambition. For Ethelfrid of Bernicia, as was touch'ttouched before, having thrown Edwin out of Deira, and join'd that Kingdome to his own …
With rule
… much were the North parts diſquieted through Ambition. For Ethelfrid of Bernicia, as was touch'ttouched before, having thrown Edwin out of Deira, and join'd that Kingdome to his own …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
Should Mydas touch'ttouched (I think) it would be gold
With rule
Should Mydas touch'ttouched (I think) it would be gold
John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Had this great and royal Loadſtone, that draws all mens hearts after him; only touch'ttouched our hearts that we might have followed him; what a Mercy had it bin …
With rule
… Had this great and royal Loadſtone, that draws all mens hearts after him; only touch'ttouched our hearts that we might have followed him; what a Mercy had it bin …
William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… utterly his company and society, as if he were pitch that may not be touch'ttouched; or an infirm sheep, which the sound may not approach without danger. This was …
With rule
… utterly his company and society, as if he were pitch that may not be touch'ttouched; or an infirm sheep, which the sound may not approach without danger. This was …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 467 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bacchus is feighned to deale with Midas, who desiring of him, that whatsoever he touch'ttouched might instantly bee converted into gold, granted his request, but so as it became …
With rule
… Bacchus is feighned to deale with Midas, who desiring of him, that whatsoever he touch'ttouched might instantly bee converted into gold, granted his request, but so as it became …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 659 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.