Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9943 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

encourag'dencouraged

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

Puritas changed it: 108 times in 78 works
Consistency: 92.3% (108 of 117)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: encouraged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (108 changes in 78 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… continually tending upwards with importunate Reaches towards heavenly Objects. Then we ſhall be ſufficiently encourag'dencouraged to take up the Croſs of Chriſt, and willingly and chearfully undergo all the …
With rule
… continually tending upwards with importunate Reaches towards heavenly Objects. Then we ſhall be ſufficiently encourag'dencouraged to take up the Croſs of Chriſt, and willingly and chearfully undergo all the …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then be encourag'dencouraged you that ſpread your ſails,
With rule
Then be encourag'dencouraged you that ſpread your ſails,
Edward Bagshaw · The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their Scruples are remov'd, many of their Objections anſwer'd, and they are now encourag'dencouraged to ſeek the Mercy of God, and prepare to receive it.
With rule
… of their Scruples are remov'd, many of their Objections anſwer'd, and they are now encourag'dencouraged to ſeek the Mercy of God, and prepare to receive it.
John Shower · Gods Thoughts and Ways Above Ours · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and from that perpetual fountain of charity the City of London, led on and encourag'dencouraged by the most bountifull example of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the …
With rule
… and from that perpetual fountain of charity the City of London, led on and encourag'dencouraged by the most bountifull example of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the …
John Tillotson · Sermon at Funeral of Thomas Gouge · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be exſtinguiſhed by Death; that was ſubject to the Laws of Nature, yet encourag'dencouraged with motives Super-natural; that converſed in the World, yet deſpiſed it; that was …
With rule
… to be exſtinguiſhed by Death; that was ſubject to the Laws of Nature, yet encourag'dencouraged with motives Super-natural; that converſed in the World, yet deſpiſed it; that was …
Jacques Abbadie · Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
Theſe, are encourag'dencouraged to deviſe and ſay
With rule
Theſe, are encourag'dencouraged to deviſe and ſay
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Independent Covenant, Catalogue of Fundamentals, &c. are made Idolatry. 5. The contrary Extream is encourag'dencouraged, To charge all this falsly on the Nonconformists, if we confute it not. 6. The …
With rule
… and Independent Covenant, Catalogue of Fundamentals, &c. are made Idolatry. 5. The contrary Extream is encourag'dencouraged, To charge all this falsly on the Nonconformists, if we confute it not. 6. The …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Communion Defended Against Both Extremes · Open in the reader
Printed
… Commonwealth, becauſe by dreſſing up their Gods in wanton garbs in their Poems, they encourag'dencouraged wickedneſs in the People. But if the thoughts of Gods holineſs were impreſt upon …
With rule
… Commonwealth, becauſe by dreſſing up their Gods in wanton garbs in their Poems, they encourag'dencouraged wickedneſs in the People. But if the thoughts of Gods holineſs were impreſt upon …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 554 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of Britain A50902

Printed
… Earl, with all the reſt there found; who choſe to die rather then yeild. Encourag'dEncouraged by this, the men of Kent, Surrey, and part of Eſſex, enterpriſe the Seige …
With rule
… Earl, with all the reſt there found; who choſe to die rather then yeild. Encourag'dEncouraged by this, the men of Kent, Surrey, and part of Eſſex, enterpriſe the Seige …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 215 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
(Encourag'dEncouraged by ſome other underhand)
With rule
(Encourag'dEncouraged by ſome other underhand)
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 101 · Open in the reader