Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10002 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

profess'dprofessed

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

Puritas changed it: 320 times in 154 works
Consistency: 97.2% (320 of 329)
Reach if approved: ~346 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: professed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 329 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (320 changes in 154 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 320)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Who once profess'dprofessed the Truth, they now oppose.
With rule
Who once profess'dprofessed the Truth, they now oppose.
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the preſent ſpiritual eſtate of all true Believers among them, who had (as they profeſs'dprofessed in their Baptiſm) begun to put off the old man, that is, the corruption …
With rule
… the preſent ſpiritual eſtate of all true Believers among them, who had (as they profeſs'dprofessed in their Baptiſm) begun to put off the old man, that is, the corruption …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, may believe it and ſpread it, and it may at laſt be openly profeſs'dprofessed, without profeſſing a change from what it was at firſt, which is not the …
With rule
… it, may believe it and ſpread it, and it may at laſt be openly profeſs'dprofessed, without profeſſing a change from what it was at firſt, which is not the …
Clement Ellis · The Reflecters Defense of His Letter to a Friend · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and candid ways of Accommodation, that can reaſonably be thought on? Have we not profeſs'dprofessed … you, That if we ſaw laying on of hands (in the … you practiſe it …
With rule
… and candid ways of Accommodation, that can reaſonably be thought on? Have we not profeſs'dprofessed … you, That if we ſaw laying on of hands (in the … you practiſe it …
John Griffith · The Searchers for Schism Searched · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are either in truth, or profeſſion parts of the Church: the Turk or Infidel profeſs'dprofessed is not honoured ſo much as to be bound to them. The orders and …
With rule
… are either in truth, or profeſſion parts of the Church: the Turk or Infidel profeſs'dprofessed is not honoured ſo much as to be bound to them. The orders and …
Henry Hammond · Sermons · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saints, whom we communicate with. And the Things and Offices, must all be of profess'dprofessed Saintship, which we are call'd to communicate in. And such, those publick Offices are …
With rule
… Saints, whom we communicate with. And the Things and Offices, must all be of profess'dprofessed Saintship, which we are call'd to communicate in. And such, those publick Offices are …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… does more provide for the security of Kings, than the Christian as it is profess'dprofessed in our Church does. And when we see the Interest of the Crown and …
With rule
… does more provide for the security of Kings, than the Christian as it is profess'dprofessed in our Church does. And when we see the Interest of the Crown and …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ship: They may as well hate Phyſick, becauſe many ignorant Women and Mountebanks have profeſs'dprofessed it? They may as well reproach us for Loyalty to our King, becauſe there …
With rule
… Ship: They may as well hate Phyſick, becauſe many ignorant Women and Mountebanks have profeſs'dprofessed it? They may as well reproach us for Loyalty to our King, becauſe there …
Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects A42085

Printed
… Lives, and doing all the Good they can, that they go about with his Profeſs'dProfessed Adverſary, ſeeking whom they may devour. That the Profeſſors of that Religion, which is …
With rule
… Lives, and doing all the Good they can, that they go about with his Profeſs'dProfessed Adverſary, ſeeking whom they may devour. That the Profeſſors of that Religion, which is …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 235 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… of his Sins, craved Abſolution, rendred the Confeſſion of his Faith before many Witneſſes, Profeſs'dProfessed he Died in the Boſom of the Church of England, whoſe Doctrine he had …
With rule
… of his Sins, craved Abſolution, rendred the Confeſſion of his Faith before many Witneſſes, Profeſs'dProfessed he Died in the Boſom of the Church of England, whoſe Doctrine he had …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Account of a Late Debate at Lime N02650

Printed
… of them. I deſired never to hear any other Miniſters, and ſhould have readily Profeſs'dProfessed my ſelf a Quaker (for their Habit and Language I could eaſily have Conformed …
With rule
… of them. I deſired never to hear any other Miniſters, and ſhould have readily Profeſs'dProfessed my ſelf a Quaker (for their Habit and Language I could eaſily have Conformed …
John Bulkley · Account of a Late Debate at Lime · p. 188 · Open in the reader