Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9994 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perish'dperished

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

Puritas changed it: 163 times in 98 works
Consistency: 97.6% (163 of 167)
Reach if approved: ~175 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: perished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 167 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (163 changes in 98 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 163)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… very little houſhold, yet one of his own Domeſticks that look'd back upon Sodom periſh'dperished as well as thoſe his Enemies that never came out. But if God ſpared …
With rule
… very little houſhold, yet one of his own Domeſticks that look'd back upon Sodom periſh'dperished as well as thoſe his Enemies that never came out. But if God ſpared …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 817 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at laſt had his Skin flead off, and his Body ſeaſoned with Salt, and periſh'dperished miſerably. Let none boaſt of to morrow, for who knows what bloudy Rain may …
With rule
… at laſt had his Skin flead off, and his Body ſeaſoned with Salt, and periſh'dperished miſerably. Let none boaſt of to morrow, for who knows what bloudy Rain may …
Samuel Lee · The Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praise · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſay, The Lord is King for ever and ever, and the wicked are periſh'dperished out of the good land which he hath given to his people for an …
With rule
… and ſay, The Lord is King for ever and ever, and the wicked are periſh'dperished out of the good land which he hath given to his people for an …
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called wormwood, and the third part of the waters were become bitter, and many periſh'dperished in his downfall. It were not harſh to ſay, that moſt of the Magiſtrates …
With rule
… called wormwood, and the third part of the waters were become bitter, and many periſh'dperished in his downfall. It were not harſh to ſay, that moſt of the Magiſtrates …
William Strong · A Discourse of the Two Covenants · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
For, that is periſh'dperished, which is gone.
With rule
For, that is periſh'dperished, which is gone.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as an instance of Nero's savage temper, that in a general Famine, when many perish'dperished by hunger, he ordered a Ship should come from Egypt (the Granary of Italy …
With rule
… as an instance of Nero's savage temper, that in a general Famine, when many perish'dperished by hunger, he ordered a Ship should come from Egypt (the Granary of Italy …
William Bates · A Funeral Sermon for Thomas Manton · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
and hope als perish'dperished are.
With rule
and hope als perish'dperished are.
Zacharie Boyd · The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo as by fire? Were not thoſe impriſon'd ſpirits, the ſouls of thoſe who periſh'dperished in the Flood, and were reſerv'd in ſome ſafe, but tolerable cuſtody, till Chriſt …
With rule
… ſo as by fire? Were not thoſe impriſon'd ſpirits, the ſouls of thoſe who periſh'dperished in the Flood, and were reſerv'd in ſome ſafe, but tolerable cuſtody, till Chriſt …
John Dobson · Queries Upon Queries · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.