Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10022 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stay'dstayed

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

Puritas changed it: 198 times in 142 works
Consistency: 99.0% (198 of 200)
Reach if approved: ~210 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stayed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (198 changes in 142 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 198)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Fire. Thirty two of them were got into the Dukes Wine-Cellar, where they ſtay'dstayed Drinking ſo long that they were not able to come out in time, but …
With rule
… Fire. Thirty two of them were got into the Dukes Wine-Cellar, where they ſtay'dstayed Drinking ſo long that they were not able to come out in time, but …
Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 446 · Open in the reader
Printed
I have stay'dstayed the longer in the Stating of these two Expressions, that I may the more …
With rule
I have stay'dstayed the longer in the Stating of these two Expressions, that I may the more …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from that Noble Instance of Phinehas's Heroical Zeal, upon which a raging Plague was stay'dstayed, compar'd with the Effect which Ahab's Humiliation, and Nineveh's Repentance had in averting Temporal …
With rule
… from that Noble Instance of Phinehas's Heroical Zeal, upon which a raging Plague was stay'dstayed, compar'd with the Effect which Ahab's Humiliation, and Nineveh's Repentance had in averting Temporal …
John Howe · Sermon 14 February 1698 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Much wiser was the Pope: At home he stay'dstayed,
With rule
Much wiser was the Pope: At home he stay'dstayed,
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader
Printed
… little? will not one Alms ſuffice you? God will rather ſay, why have you ſtay'dstayed ſo long ere you came? why have I heard no ſooner? or why hear …
With rule
… little? will not one Alms ſuffice you? God will rather ſay, why have you ſtay'dstayed ſo long ere you came? why have I heard no ſooner? or why hear …
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 311 · Open in the reader
Printed
Their Faith to th' Tyrant, I no longer ſtay'dstayed
With rule
Their Faith to th' Tyrant, I no longer ſtay'dstayed
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
When man grows ſtay'dstayed, and Wiſe;
With rule
When man grows ſtay'dstayed, and Wiſe;
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Faith on God. Iſai. 26.3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whoſe mind is ſtay'dstayed on thee, becauſe he truſteth in thee.
With rule
… Faith on God. Iſai. 26.3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whoſe mind is ſtay'dstayed on thee, becauſe he truſteth in thee.
Samuel Cradock · A Supplement to Knowledge and Practice · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.