Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9971 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

importun'dimportuned

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

Puritas changed it: 70 times in 58 works
Consistency: 100% (70 of 70)
Reach if approved: ~74 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: importuned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 70 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (70 changes in 58 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 70)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Judg. 16.16. but ſo could not this wanton wiſe weary this chaſt Joſeph, though ſhe importun'dimportuned him Jom. Jom, Day by Day. Though the Iron, (as the Hebrew reading [Barzil …
With rule
… Judg. 16.16. but ſo could not this wanton wiſe weary this chaſt Joſeph, though ſhe importun'dimportuned him Jom. Jom, Day by Day. Though the Iron, (as the Hebrew reading [Barzil …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my Grave at land or Sea; and withall, remembring how oft I have been importun'dimportuned by worthy friends, of all sorts, to afford them some helps this way.
With rule
… my Grave at land or Sea; and withall, remembring how oft I have been importun'dimportuned by worthy friends, of all sorts, to afford them some helps this way.
Roger Williams · A Key into the Language of America · Open in the reader
Printed
If Heav'n importun'dimportuned with early pray'rs:
With rule
If Heav'n importun'dimportuned with early pray'rs:
Samuel Jacombe · Moses Death · Open in the reader
Printed
UPON occaſion of what I ſaid laſt, how the Pope has been loudly importun'dimportuned, to put an End to Controverſies, I cannot well paſs over that famous Hiſtory …
With rule
UPON occaſion of what I ſaid laſt, how the Pope has been loudly importun'dimportuned, to put an End to Controverſies, I cannot well paſs over that famous Hiſtory …
Simon Patrick · The Virgin Mary Misrepresented by the Roman Church · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that hee oftentimes denies the firſt ſuit of his ſervants, becauſe he would bee importun'dimportuned by a ſecond; oftentimes the ſecond, becauſe hee would have a third. Indeed, that …
With rule
… that hee oftentimes denies the firſt ſuit of his ſervants, becauſe he would bee importun'dimportuned by a ſecond; oftentimes the ſecond, becauſe hee would have a third. Indeed, that …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Seven Psalms of David · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to receive his Reward, he replied, It is free Grace. [Mr. Henry was much importun'dimportuned to Print his Sermon at Mr. Nevet's Funeral, with some account of his Life …
With rule
… to receive his Reward, he replied, It is free Grace. [Mr. Henry was much importun'dimportuned to Print his Sermon at Mr. Nevet's Funeral, with some account of his Life …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perchance 20.) as that without staying for that furniture of an Epistle, That my Friends importun'dimportuned me to Print them, I importune my Friends to receive them Printed. That, being …
With rule
… perchance 20.) as that without staying for that furniture of an Epistle, That my Friends importun'dimportuned me to Print them, I importune my Friends to receive them Printed. That, being …
John Donne · Letters to Several Persons of Honor · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had not Strength enough to Edify his Congregation with publick Prayers and Sermons, he importun'dimportuned his People with some impatience to call another Minister; professing himself, unable to die …
With rule
… had not Strength enough to Edify his Congregation with publick Prayers and Sermons, he importun'dimportuned his People with some impatience to call another Minister; professing himself, unable to die …
Cotton Mather · The Life and Death of John Eliot · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.