Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10005 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

purpos'dpurposed

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

Puritas changed it: 83 times in 52 works
Consistency: 100% (83 of 83)
Reach if approved: ~88 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: purposed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 84 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 52 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſpoken it, (ſaith the Lord) I will alſo bring it to paſſe, I have purpoſ'dpurposed it, I will alſo do it. Hearken unto this ye ſtout-hearted that are …
With rule
… ſpoken it, (ſaith the Lord) I will alſo bring it to paſſe, I have purpoſ'dpurposed it, I will alſo do it. Hearken unto this ye ſtout-hearted that are …
John Vicars · God in the Mount · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
And purpos'dpurposed nothing worthy blame,
With rule
And purpos'dpurposed nothing worthy blame,
George Wither · Three Private Meditations · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
They were but twain, and purpos'dpurposed quick return.
With rule
They were but twain, and purpos'dpurposed quick return.
John Milton · Poems 2 · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
To all the purpos'dpurposed Cavils of his Foes.
With rule
To all the purpos'dpurposed Cavils of his Foes.
George Wither · The Protector · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fore-known to Him with all His Works from the beginning of the World) purpos'dpurposed from the Ruins of fallen man, to take out of them a People for …
With rule
… fore-known to Him with all His Works from the beginning of the World) purpos'dpurposed from the Ruins of fallen man, to take out of them a People for …
Samuel Cheever · Gods Sovereign Government Among the Nations Asserted · Open in the reader
Printed
His purpos'dpurposed Message to pursue:
With rule
His purpos'dpurposed Message to pursue:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
Who wholly for to overthrow my goings purpos'dpurposed have.
With rule
Who wholly for to overthrow my goings purpos'dpurposed have.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
There is yet behind of what I purpos'dpurposed to lay open, the incredible losse, and detriment that this plot of licencing puts …
With rule
There is yet behind of what I purpos'dpurposed to lay open, the incredible losse, and detriment that this plot of licencing puts …
John Milton · Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing · p. 29 · 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.