Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9972 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

impress'dimpressed

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

Puritas changed it: 83 times in 49 works
Consistency: 94.3% (83 of 88)
Reach if approved: ~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: impressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (83 changes in 49 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… be written on their Hearts, and that the Truths of the Goſpel may be impreſs'dimpressed on their Minds in their Early Years. Childhood and Youth are vanity. Their Corrupt …
With rule
… be written on their Hearts, and that the Truths of the Goſpel may be impreſs'dimpressed on their Minds in their Early Years. Childhood and Youth are vanity. Their Corrupt …
Joseph Sewall · Desires that Joshuas Resolution May Be Revived · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any thing with their bodily Eyes; but only have had within them Ideas ſtrongly impreſs'dimpressed, and as it were, livel… Pictures in their Minds: As for inſtance, ſome when …
With rule
… any thing with their bodily Eyes; but only have had within them Ideas ſtrongly impreſs'dimpressed, and as it were, livel… Pictures in their Minds: As for inſtance, ſome when …
Jonathan Edwards · Discourses on Various Important Subjects · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by him: but herewith alſo to get their Heart ſuitably affected, their Conſcience deeply impreſs'dimpressed, and their Judgment rightly and firmly perſuaded, their whole Soul renewed, that they may …
With rule
… by him: but herewith alſo to get their Heart ſuitably affected, their Conſcience deeply impreſs'dimpressed, and their Judgment rightly and firmly perſuaded, their whole Soul renewed, that they may …
Thomas Foxcroft · A Seasonable Memento for New Years Day · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and controul the excess of the inferiour Appetites. This is the unhappy Character Satan impress'dimpressed on him in his Fall, and without Renovation upon an infinite account he is …
With rule
… and controul the excess of the inferiour Appetites. This is the unhappy Character Satan impress'dimpressed on him in his Fall, and without Renovation upon an infinite account he is …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 358 · Open in the reader
Printed
… interposed betwixt them and heaven. Yea the Character of loyalty to Kings so deeply impress'dimpressed in Subjects hearts shews that onely Gods finger wrote it there. Hence it is …
With rule
… interposed betwixt them and heaven. Yea the Character of loyalty to Kings so deeply impress'dimpressed in Subjects hearts shews that onely Gods finger wrote it there. Hence it is …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 350 · Open in the reader
Printed
For haste; such … the great command impress'dimpressed
With rule
For haste; such … the great command impress'dimpressed
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… tis next to impossible we should firmly believe that he is, without being vigorously impress'dimpressed with religious Affections upon the Consideration of his Being.
With rule
… tis next to impossible we should firmly believe that he is, without being vigorously impress'dimpressed with religious Affections upon the Consideration of his Being.
John Scott · The Christian Life Part 2 Volume 1 · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more Deſirous of, a future State of Bliſs. The Notions of it which are impreſs'dimpressed on their Minds, are more freſh and quick according to Mens Improvement in Piety …
With rule
… more Deſirous of, a future State of Bliſs. The Notions of it which are impreſs'dimpressed on their Minds, are more freſh and quick according to Mens Improvement in Piety …
Nathanael Taylor · A Preservative Against Deism · p. 78 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.