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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10054 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

natur'dnatured

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

Puritas changed it
249 times in 174 works
Consistency
97.2% (249 of 256)
Reach if approved
~269 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: natured
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
256 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (249 changes in 174 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 249)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … either must signifie Man in his Original Constitution, to have been a very ill-natur'dnatured Creature, or must signifie his Nature to be less Ancient than Himself.
    With rule
    … either must signifie Man in his Original Constitution, to have been a very ill-natur'dnatured Creature, or must signifie his Nature to be less Ancient than Himself.

    John Howe · Sermon 2 December 1697 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſit three or foure houres at a Tragedy, ſome can be ſo wiſely, good natur'dnatured too, as to weepe heartely at it. You ſee into what variety of miſtakes …
    With rule
    … ſit three or foure houres at a Tragedy, ſome can be ſo wiſely, good natur'dnatured too, as to weepe heartely at it. You ſee into what variety of miſtakes …

    William Pinke · The Trial of a Christians Sincere Love Unto Christ · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … do not, it in the 8th place deserves however to be consider'd how ill natur'dnatured a thing it is, for any man to think himself more miserable because another …
    With rule
    … do not, it in the 8th place deserves however to be consider'd how ill natur'dnatured a thing it is, for any man to think himself more miserable because another …

    Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … high eſteem of others, and will ſay, that ſuch a one is a good natur'dnatured Man, he hath no deceit in him, he would not wrong a VVorm: when …
    With rule
    … high eſteem of others, and will ſay, that ſuch a one is a good natur'dnatured Man, he hath no deceit in him, he would not wrong a VVorm: when …

    Richard Baxter · The Invaluable Price of an Immortal Soul · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and corrupted by Vice, as to Lie and Swear, to be Disobedient and Ill natur'dnatured, to be Vain and Idle in that tender Age, wherein they might as easily …
    With rule
    … and corrupted by Vice, as to Lie and Swear, to be Disobedient and Ill natur'dnatured, to be Vain and Idle in that tender Age, wherein they might as easily …

    Samuel Clarke · Three Practical Essays · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Christ was valiant and resolute, the danger of Death, and Threats of an ill natur'dnatured King, could not make him retreat, when he had entred the Field, slighted his …
    With rule
    … Christ was valiant and resolute, the danger of Death, and Threats of an ill natur'dnatured King, could not make him retreat, when he had entred the Field, slighted his …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … but of small depth. EDWARD the second, beautifull, but deboist. RICHARD the second, well natur'dnatured, but ill manner'd. HENRY the fourth, fortunate, but having a false title. HENRY the …
    With rule
    … but of small depth. EDWARD the second, beautifull, but deboist. RICHARD the second, well natur'dnatured, but ill manner'd. HENRY the fourth, fortunate, but having a false title. HENRY the …

    Thomas Fuller · Sermon at His Majestys Inauguration · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … was helpleſs, unleſs help came by the Prayer of Moſes. Elſe ſuch a rugged natur'dnatured People would not have been brought to that humility and ſubmiſſion, as St. Chryſoſtom …
    With rule
    … was helpleſs, unleſs help came by the Prayer of Moſes. Elſe ſuch a rugged natur'dnatured People would not have been brought to that humility and ſubmiſſion, as St. Chryſoſtom …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 826 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 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.

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

  • Printed
    … Now had but the Doctor left out that one word [by] as a good Natur'dNatured man would have done, our Author would have had a fair Ear of advantage …
    With rule
    … Now had but the Doctor left out that one word [by] as a good Natur'dNatured man would have done, our Author would have had a fair Ear of advantage …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … justifie him whom the Law condemns? The Judge sits not there as a good Natur'dNatured Man, with a Chancery of Charity in his own breast, but as a Righteous …
    With rule
    … justifie him whom the Law condemns? The Judge sits not there as a good Natur'dNatured Man, with a Chancery of Charity in his own breast, but as a Righteous …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 709 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    … to the Necessities of others; and it is the best thing in a good Natur'dNatured man, that he is willing to give. As the true Advantage of Wealth is …
    With rule
    … to the Necessities of others; and it is the best thing in a good Natur'dNatured man, that he is willing to give. As the true Advantage of Wealth is …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 337 · Open in the reader