Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10052 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

discharg'ddischarged

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

Puritas changed it: 180 times in 134 works
Consistency: 93.7% (180 of 192)
Reach if approved: ~202 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: discharged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 192 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (180 changes in 134 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 180)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… I say, this first to be regulated, all childish vain needless cares to be discharg'ddischarged, and as being unfit to cast on thy God, quite cast out of thy …
With rule
… I say, this first to be regulated, all childish vain needless cares to be discharg'ddischarged, and as being unfit to cast on thy God, quite cast out of thy …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 2 · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and choose that General; the Butcher they make their Treasurer who both so well discharg'ddischarged their Places, that with an Army soon gather'd they raise the siege of Mosco …
With rule
… and choose that General; the Butcher they make their Treasurer who both so well discharg'ddischarged their Places, that with an Army soon gather'd they raise the siege of Mosco …
John Milton · A Brief History of Moscovia and Other Countries · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
Well, hauing rested and discharg'ddischarged thine host,
With rule
Well, hauing rested and discharg'ddischarged thine host,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… reputed the true Mother but with us, all the controversie is who shall be discharg'ddischarged of it: but all similitudes do not run of four Leggs, and it's very …
With rule
… reputed the true Mother but with us, all the controversie is who shall be discharg'ddischarged of it: but all similitudes do not run of four Leggs, and it's very …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpoken or thought of, Be it far from thee, Lord; but our Saviour immediately diſcharg'ddischarged himſelf of it, in that ſevere rebuke, Get thee behind me Satan. Thou art …
With rule
… ſpoken or thought of, Be it far from thee, Lord; but our Saviour immediately diſcharg'ddischarged himſelf of it, in that ſevere rebuke, Get thee behind me Satan. Thou art …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
The carefull Steward this command diſcharg'ddischarged,
With rule
The carefull Steward this command diſcharg'ddischarged,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Primitive State, might have form'd a Plea of his Right to Life, for having diſcharg'ddischarged all that Duty which the Law of Works commanded and propos'd, as the Condition …
With rule
… Primitive State, might have form'd a Plea of his Right to Life, for having diſcharg'ddischarged all that Duty which the Law of Works commanded and propos'd, as the Condition …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in a few things; I have not over-charg'd thee, and thou hast acceptably discharg'ddischarged thy self.
With rule
… in a few things; I have not over-charg'd thee, and thou hast acceptably discharg'ddischarged thy self.
John Howe · Funeral Sermon for Richard Fairclough · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Only Refuge of a Troubled Soul A78206

Printed
… Chriſt my Surety Actually Dy'd and lay confin'd in the Grave) is new fully Diſcharg'dDischarged; I am (from henceforth) no more liable to the Arreſt of the Law, for …
With rule
… Chriſt my Surety Actually Dy'd and lay confin'd in the Grave) is new fully Diſcharg'dDischarged; I am (from henceforth) no more liable to the Arreſt of the Law, for …
James Barry · The Only Refuge of a Troubled Soul · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Juſtice of God hath (by raiſing my Surety from the Dead) Releas'd and Diſcharg'dDischarged me.
With rule
… the Juſtice of God hath (by raiſing my Surety from the Dead) Releas'd and Diſcharg'dDischarged me.
James Barry · The Only Refuge of a Troubled Soul · p. 147 · Open in the reader

The Militant Christian B20767

Printed
Discharg'dDischarged are only at the Churches Foes.
With rule
Discharg'dDischarged are only at the Churches Foes.
Stephen Coven · The Militant Christian · Open in the reader