Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9946 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

enjoyn'denjoin'd

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

Puritas changed it: 224 times in 154 works
Consistency: 98.6% (224 of 227)
Reach if approved: ~239 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: enjoined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 227 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (224 changes in 154 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 224)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the only argument why those things they did so scruple at should not be enjoyn'denjoin'd by lawful Authority, though lawful in themselves, because, forsooth, the enjoyning of things lawful …
With rule
… the only argument why those things they did so scruple at should not be enjoyn'denjoin'd by lawful Authority, though lawful in themselves, because, forsooth, the enjoyning of things lawful …
Richard Baxter · Account of the Causes of Being Forbidden to Preach · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
In Holy Writ, is on this house enjoyn'denjoin'd;
With rule
In Holy Writ, is on this house enjoyn'denjoin'd;
John Bunyan · The Building Nature Excellency and Government of the House of God · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them on the Sabbath-day, or on any other holy Feſtival which God had enjoyn'denjoin'd them to obſerve. 3ly, That they would leave the land every ſeventh year to …
With rule
… them on the Sabbath-day, or on any other holy Feſtival which God had enjoyn'denjoin'd them to obſerve. 3ly, That they would leave the land every ſeventh year to …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 670 · Open in the reader
Printed
But pitty 'twere that she enjoyn'denjoin'd had been
With rule
But pitty 'twere that she enjoyn'denjoin'd had been
John Donne · Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sohnius enjoyn'denjoin'd with peacefulnesse: his hand
With rule
Sohnius enjoyn'denjoin'd with peacefulnesse: his hand
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 385 · Open in the reader
Printed
… leſs to perform all thoſe various and weighty Duties of Holineſs, which God hath enjoyn'denjoin'd us in his Word, therefore our Saviour hath taught us to beg of God …
With rule
… leſs to perform all thoſe various and weighty Duties of Holineſs, which God hath enjoyn'denjoin'd us in his Word, therefore our Saviour hath taught us to beg of God …
Ezekiel Hopkins · Exposition on the Lords Prayer · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
Doct. 2. A will to embrace ſperitual good offered, or to do ſpiritual good enjoyn'denjoin'd, is of God's working. Eph. 2.10. We are his workmanſhip, created in Chriſt Jeſus unto …
With rule
Doct. 2. A will to embrace ſperitual good offered, or to do ſpiritual good enjoyn'denjoin'd, is of God's working. Eph. 2.10. We are his workmanſhip, created in Chriſt Jeſus unto …
William Alleine · Discourses of William Alleine · p. 266 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fulness): And surely our Author does sometimes pray to Christ, (at least he is enjoyn'denjoin'd by the Litany to say,) O God the Son, Redeemer of the World, have …
With rule
… fulness): And surely our Author does sometimes pray to Christ, (at least he is enjoyn'denjoin'd by the Litany to say,) O God the Son, Redeemer of the World, have …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 230 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

The Vanity of the Creature A23772

Printed
2. Enjoyn'dEnjoin'd, as in sacred and religious: and to change here is impious and Diabolical; and …
With rule
2. Enjoyn'dEnjoin'd, as in sacred and religious: and to change here is impious and Diabolical; and …
Richard Allestree · The Vanity of the Creature · p. 60 · Open in the reader