Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9954 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forg'dforged

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

Puritas changed it: 80 times in 34 works
Consistency: 95.2% (80 of 84)
Reach if approved: ~88 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 84 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 34 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… heer, and after him lineally fowr Kings, Magus, Saron, Druis, and Bardus. But the forg'dforged Beroſus, whom only they have to cite, no where mentions that either hee, or …
With rule
… heer, and after him lineally fowr Kings, Magus, Saron, Druis, and Bardus. But the forg'dforged Beroſus, whom only they have to cite, no where mentions that either hee, or …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us of their ſincerity▪ For is it probable the Evangeliſts ſhould have invented or forg'dforged the murmurings of the Scribes and Phariſees, who reproach'd them ſaying, Why do ye …
With rule
… us of their ſincerity▪ For is it probable the Evangeliſts ſhould have invented or forg'dforged the murmurings of the Scribes and Phariſees, who reproach'd them ſaying, Why do ye …
Jacques Abbadie · Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hundred and five from that damnable and hideous Popiſh powder treaſon, which was hatcht & forg'dforged in hell, and ſhould have been executed à primogenitis Diaboli, by the firſt borne …
With rule
… hundred and five from that damnable and hideous Popiſh powder treaſon, which was hatcht & forg'dforged in hell, and ſhould have been executed à primogenitis Diaboli, by the firſt borne …
Josias Shute · Divine Cordials · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worke, had vnderſtanding to conſider its owne nature, and to knowe the workeman, that forg'dforged and fram'd it, to whoſe keeping, thinke you, would it committe it ſelfe, rather …
With rule
… worke, had vnderſtanding to conſider its owne nature, and to knowe the workeman, that forg'dforged and fram'd it, to whoſe keeping, thinke you, would it committe it ſelfe, rather …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a nature inferiour to it self, the Heathens lookt on it as a Fable forg'dforged according to the model of the fictions concerning Danae, and Antiope. And the Doctrine …
With rule
… a nature inferiour to it self, the Heathens lookt on it as a Fable forg'dforged according to the model of the fictions concerning Danae, and Antiope. And the Doctrine …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and all its rights to the Pope. Every own knows alſo how they had forg'dforged whole Books and Treatiſes under the moſt Antient and Venerable names, as the Epiſtle …
With rule
… and all its rights to the Pope. Every own knows alſo how they had forg'dforged whole Books and Treatiſes under the moſt Antient and Venerable names, as the Epiſtle …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore, &c. The Informers accompany the Officers to the Farmers houſe (this Lye being forg'dforged and fram'd to attain their end) and violently Break open the Doors (there not …
With rule
… therefore, &c. The Informers accompany the Officers to the Farmers houſe (this Lye being forg'dforged and fram'd to attain their end) and violently Break open the Doors (there not …
John Hickes · Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
'Twas forg'dforged and given forth
With rule
'Twas forg'dforged and given forth
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 206 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Forg'dForged in the shop of wrangling sophistrie;
With rule
Forg'dForged in the shop of wrangling sophistrie;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 101 · Open in the reader