Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9918 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

check'dchecked

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

Puritas changed it: 109 times in 99 works
Consistency: 98.2% (109 of 111)
Reach if approved: ~117 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: checked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 111 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (109 changes in 99 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 109)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… A Fever in the Heart, that kindles Fire in the Eyes; and if not check'dchecked, gives the Face the paleneſs of Aſhes. Makes Reaſon drunk; and like an haſty …
With rule
… A Fever in the Heart, that kindles Fire in the Eyes; and if not check'dchecked, gives the Face the paleneſs of Aſhes. Makes Reaſon drunk; and like an haſty …
Daniel Burgess · Counsel to the Rich · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is no less to the Abilities and Exercises of the Body. He that is check'dchecked or reviled for not dancing well, for not having a good posture, and not …
With rule
… is no less to the Abilities and Exercises of the Body. He that is check'dchecked or reviled for not dancing well, for not having a good posture, and not …
Peter du Moulin Jr · Directions for the Education of a Young Prince · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neglect was committed by this Bishops Officers, for which the King secretly and sharply check'dchecked this Bishop, who layed it so to heart, that he survived the same Reproof …
With rule
… neglect was committed by this Bishops Officers, for which the King secretly and sharply check'dchecked this Bishop, who layed it so to heart, that he survived the same Reproof …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Especially, so as not to signifie a remaining fear, which he had so newly check'dchecked Therefore Thomas's speech, directed to his Fellow-Disciples, but not out of Christ's hearing …
With rule
… Especially, so as not to signifie a remaining fear, which he had so newly check'dchecked Therefore Thomas's speech, directed to his Fellow-Disciples, but not out of Christ's hearing …
John Howe · Funeral Sermon for Matthew Mead · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'dchecked
With rule
Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'dchecked
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… down the Wrath of God upon Governors and Governments, eſpecially when they are not check'dchecked by Law, and the Execution of it. Then go on to plead this Cauſe …
With rule
… down the Wrath of God upon Governors and Governments, eſpecially when they are not check'dchecked by Law, and the Execution of it. Then go on to plead this Cauſe …
John Ryther · Sermon 16 February 1698 · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Bird in a String, when it had gone to its … length, it was check'dchecked by his Judgment and Humility, left it should ascend above its height.
With rule
… a Bird in a String, when it had gone to its … length, it was check'dchecked by his Judgment and Humility, left it should ascend above its height.
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Lightning. It often breaks forth so suddenly, that as some acute Diseases, if check'dchecked at first, become more violent, there is no time for remedy, nor place for …
With rule
… of Lightning. It often breaks forth so suddenly, that as some acute Diseases, if check'dchecked at first, become more violent, there is no time for remedy, nor place for …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… upon Samſon here, in encouraging at all his Inquiſitive Strumpet, whom he ſhould have Check'dChecked at the firſt, and not have feigned one falſe cauſe after another three times …
With rule
… upon Samſon here, in encouraging at all his Inquiſitive Strumpet, whom he ſhould have Check'dChecked at the firſt, and not have feigned one falſe cauſe after another three times …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 154 · Open in the reader