Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9965 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hurl'dhurled

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

Puritas changed it: 88 times in 67 works
Consistency: 95.6% (88 of 92)
Reach if approved: ~97 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hurled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 92 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (88 changes in 67 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 88)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… who first began it. And therefore Statesmen sometimes must use crooked shoes, to fit hurl'dhurled feet. Besides, the honest Politician would quickly be begger'd, if, receiving black money from …
With rule
… who first began it. And therefore Statesmen sometimes must use crooked shoes, to fit hurl'dhurled feet. Besides, the honest Politician would quickly be begger'd, if, receiving black money from …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
They with a puff alas, oft-times are hurl'dhurled,
With rule
They with a puff alas, oft-times are hurl'dhurled,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Of whom it is ſaid, when he was kill'd, partly by a woman, that hurl'dhurled a piece of a Mill-ſtone upon him, and partly by his own Armour …
With rule
… Of whom it is ſaid, when he was kill'd, partly by a woman, that hurl'dhurled a piece of a Mill-ſtone upon him, and partly by his own Armour …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rebellion, by which if God had not been more mercifull to us, we had hurl'dhurled back our selves again into our old confusions, I could never have imagined we …
With rule
… Rebellion, by which if God had not been more mercifull to us, we had hurl'dhurled back our selves again into our old confusions, I could never have imagined we …
John Scott · Sermon 31 August 1685 · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
Off goes the Scabbard, 'way the Sword is hurl'dhurled;
With rule
Off goes the Scabbard, 'way the Sword is hurl'dhurled;
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
Three thouſand years was hurl'dhurled,
With rule
Three thouſand years was hurl'dhurled,
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles · Open in the reader
Printed
Hath into Seas of Troubles often hurl'dhurled
With rule
Hath into Seas of Troubles often hurl'dhurled
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… abuſe of Divine Goodneſs, as ſoon as it was taſted, that ſome Angels were hurl'dhurled from their Bleſſed Habitation and more happy Nature: It was for this Adam loſt …
With rule
… abuſe of Divine Goodneſs, as ſoon as it was taſted, that ſome Angels were hurl'dhurled from their Bleſſed Habitation and more happy Nature: It was for this Adam loſt …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 662 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Zion in Distress 2 A47095

Printed
Hurl'dHurled to and fro, and toſt as with the wind;
With rule
Hurl'dHurled to and fro, and toſt as with the wind;
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Hurl'dHurled headlong to partake with us, shall curse
With rule
Hurl'dHurled headlong to partake with us, shall curse
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Hurl'dHurled to and fro with jaculation dire,
With rule
Hurl'dHurled to and fro with jaculation dire,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader