Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9923 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

convers'dconversed

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

Puritas changed it: 77 times in 61 works
Consistency: 95.0% (77 of 81)
Reach if approved: ~85 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: conversed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 81 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 61 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
VI. Adam in Paradiſe enjoyed the ſweet and bleſſed Preſence of God, he convers'dconversed, and had glorious Acquaintance and Communion with him; God and Man lived then in …
With rule
VI. Adam in Paradiſe enjoyed the ſweet and bleſſed Preſence of God, he convers'dconversed, and had glorious Acquaintance and Communion with him; God and Man lived then in …
Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 408 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ir, Commissary of Virginia, and by far the most worthy Clergyman I have yet convers'dconversed with in all America; his Discourse was savory, such as tended to the Use …
With rule
… ir, Commissary of Virginia, and by far the most worthy Clergyman I have yet convers'dconversed with in all America; his Discourse was savory, such as tended to the Use …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of paying an extraordinary Honour to Adam, who was wiſer than they were, and convers'dconversed more familiarly with God. For God taught Adam the Names of all things, and …
With rule
… of paying an extraordinary Honour to Adam, who was wiſer than they were, and convers'dconversed more familiarly with God. For God taught Adam the Names of all things, and …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sat mourning in the dark without one glimpse of a promise, you that have convers'dconversed with nothing but dismal thoughts of Hell and Wrath; O I shall be cast …
With rule
… sat mourning in the dark without one glimpse of a promise, you that have convers'dconversed with nothing but dismal thoughts of Hell and Wrath; O I shall be cast …
John Flavel · Englands Duty Under the Present Gospel Liberty · p. 363 · Open in the reader
Printed
That they convers'dconversed with him full forty days,
With rule
That they convers'dconversed with him full forty days,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without our Knowledge of One Another in the other World, who were acquainted, and convers'dconversed together in this. 'Tis true, the preſent Relations by Marriages and Blood will then …
With rule
… without our Knowledge of One Another in the other World, who were acquainted, and convers'dconversed together in this. 'Tis true, the preſent Relations by Marriages and Blood will then …
John Shower · The Mourners Companion · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such Assemblies, setting a mark of reproach upon him, that he might not be … convers'dconversed with by any, which is foreign, Luk. 6. 22. the Nidui so known among the Jews. This …
With rule
… such Assemblies, setting a mark of reproach upon him, that he might not be … convers'dconversed with by any, which is foreign, Luk. 6. 22. the Nidui so known among the Jews. This …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 634 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Geneva; but the case was far different. Schlictingius lived in his owne country and convers'dconversed with men of his owne persuasion, who in a succession had been so, before …
With rule
… Geneva; but the case was far different. Schlictingius lived in his owne country and convers'dconversed with men of his owne persuasion, who in a succession had been so, before …
John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.