Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9893 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

abandon'dabandoned

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

Puritas changed it: 118 times in 84 works
Consistency: 95.1% (118 of 124)
Reach if approved: ~130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: abandoned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 124 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 84 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Saints, are thus blaſphem'd by Antichriſtian Idolatries, and that Sathan and wicked Spirits are abandon'dabandoned and deteſted in Profeſſion generally, though his Kingdom hath ſometimes portentouſly broken out in …
With rule
… Saints, are thus blaſphem'd by Antichriſtian Idolatries, and that Sathan and wicked Spirits are abandon'dabandoned and deteſted in Profeſſion generally, though his Kingdom hath ſometimes portentouſly broken out in …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vital Light shall ever shine to all Eternity: Thou, Oh my Soul, art self-abandon'dabandoned to the blackness of Darkness for ever. Thy doom is in thy Breast, thy …
With rule
… vital Light shall ever shine to all Eternity: Thou, Oh my Soul, art self-abandon'dabandoned to the blackness of Darkness for ever. Thy doom is in thy Breast, thy …
John Howe · Sermon 29 April 1688 · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath given thee, the Daughters of thine Uncles, and of thine Aunts, that have abandon'dabandoned with thee the Company of the Wicked; — Thou ſhalt retain whom of thy Wives …
With rule
… hath given thee, the Daughters of thine Uncles, and of thine Aunts, that have abandon'dabandoned with thee the Company of the Wicked; — Thou ſhalt retain whom of thy Wives …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be more particular, there is a threefold evil influence theſe youthful Luſts (if no… abandon'dabandoned) will certainly have upon you.
With rule
… be more particular, there is a threefold evil influence theſe youthful Luſts (if no… abandon'dabandoned) will certainly have upon you.
Samuel Pomfret · A Directory for Youth · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Appetites of the Body, after it is separated from it; yet having wholly abandon'dabandoned it self to corporeal Pleasures while it was in the Body, it may, and …
With rule
… the Appetites of the Body, after it is separated from it; yet having wholly abandon'dabandoned it self to corporeal Pleasures while it was in the Body, it may, and …
John Scott · The Christian Life Part 3 Volume 4 · p. 404 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet notwithstanding all this, there is a Company of men in the World so abandon'dabandoned and given up by God to the efficacy of delusion as in good earnest …
With rule
… yet notwithstanding all this, there is a Company of men in the World so abandon'dabandoned and given up by God to the efficacy of delusion as in good earnest …
John Tillotson · A Discourse Against Transubstantiation · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Neither ſhall we have any reaſon to be offended becauſe, God formerly abandon'dabandoned the Gentiles, and caſts away other Nations which ſtill abide in profound Ignorance and …
With rule
Neither ſhall we have any reaſon to be offended becauſe, God formerly abandon'dabandoned the Gentiles, and caſts away other Nations which ſtill abide in profound Ignorance and …
Jacques Abbadie · Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I have nothing to say to Him, but leave Him as an everlasting Bedlam, abandon'dabandoned to that folly, which wants a name to expresse it. Turne then thy course …
With rule
… I have nothing to say to Him, but leave Him as an everlasting Bedlam, abandon'dabandoned to that folly, which wants a name to expresse it. Turne then thy course …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.