Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9896 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

address'daddressed

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

Puritas changed it: 67 times in 56 works
Consistency: 91.7% (67 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: addressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (67 changes in 56 works, 91.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 67)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and therefore we read of the Ancient Romans, that upon thoſe Occaſions, they never addreſs'daddressed their Prayers and Vows to any one particular Deity, as in other Caſes they …
With rule
… and therefore we read of the Ancient Romans, that upon thoſe Occaſions, they never addreſs'daddressed their Prayers and Vows to any one particular Deity, as in other Caſes they …
John Shower · Practical Reflections on the Late Earthquakes · p. iv · Open in the reader
Printed
… why, ſetting up this impure unmortifi'd ſinner in a throne, (to have an Embaſſie addreſs'daddressed to him, is an argument of a Prince) and not only men, but God …
With rule
… why, ſetting up this impure unmortifi'd ſinner in a throne, (to have an Embaſſie addreſs'daddressed to him, is an argument of a Prince) and not only men, but God …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 507 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the eye of the underſtanding, offered the moſt convincing demonſtration to the judgment, and addreſs'daddressed the affections in the moſt ſenſible and moving manner, to rouſe and engage them …
With rule
… the eye of the underſtanding, offered the moſt convincing demonſtration to the judgment, and addreſs'daddressed the affections in the moſt ſenſible and moving manner, to rouſe and engage them …
Thomas Foxcroft · A Practical Discourse Relating to the Gospel Ministry · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… At which he laugh'd, turn'd his Back upon me, and went away. I then addreſs'daddressed another Principal Man in the ſame Manner, who ſaid he was willing to hear …
With rule
… At which he laugh'd, turn'd his Back upon me, and went away. I then addreſs'daddressed another Principal Man in the ſame Manner, who ſaid he was willing to hear …
Ebenezer Pemberton · Sermon at Ordination of David Brainerd · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and heavy punishment due for our Sins, perplex'd his Holy and Humane Nature: he address'daddressed a Request to God, Father save me from this hour, but it was with …
With rule
… and heavy punishment due for our Sins, perplex'd his Holy and Humane Nature: he address'daddressed a Request to God, Father save me from this hour, but it was with …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 383 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Divine records, whoſe piety and the exerciſes that depend upon it, are addreſs'daddressed to a meer creature. Here, as you ſee the Apoſtle requires, that not only …
With rule
… in the Divine records, whoſe piety and the exerciſes that depend upon it, are addreſs'daddressed to a meer creature. Here, as you ſee the Apoſtle requires, that not only …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the world; and under it, were the Provinces to which this Epistle is address'daddressed; yet the Apostle enjoyn's his brethren subjection and obedience to its Authority.
With rule
… of the world; and under it, were the Provinces to which this Epistle is address'daddressed; yet the Apostle enjoyn's his brethren subjection and obedience to its Authority.
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
And with fair speech these words to him address'daddressed.
With rule
And with fair speech these words to him address'daddressed.
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 44 · 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.