Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10068 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kil'dkilled

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

Puritas changed it: 137 times in 91 works
Consistency: 98.5% (137 of 139)
Reach if approved: ~146 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: killed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 139 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (137 changes in 91 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 137)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in reſpect of the accuſing, condemning, and executing office of conſcience. Though they have kil'dkilled conſcience as a Preacher, they cannot kill conſcience as a Judge and executioner; or …
With rule
… in reſpect of the accuſing, condemning, and executing office of conſcience. Though they have kil'dkilled conſcience as a Preacher, they cannot kill conſcience as a Judge and executioner; or …
Thomas Case · Gods Rising His Enemies Scattering · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cities of refuge for ſuch an offendor, whether flying hee was not only not kil'dkilled, but not toucht. I will not apply, but Gregory doth.
With rule
… Cities of refuge for ſuch an offendor, whether flying hee was not only not kil'dkilled, but not toucht. I will not apply, but Gregory doth.
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 434 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Cave that he had made in the Mountain, and when one came he kil'dkilled that before the Enemy, and he cal'd another and kill'd him, and ſo he …
With rule
… the Cave that he had made in the Mountain, and when one came he kil'dkilled that before the Enemy, and he cal'd another and kill'd him, and ſo he …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Luther fell suddenly sick of a congealing of blood about his hears, which almost kil'dkilled him: but the drinking of the water of Carduus Benedictus, whose vertues then was …
With rule
… Luther fell suddenly sick of a congealing of blood about his hears, which almost kil'dkilled him: but the drinking of the water of Carduus Benedictus, whose vertues then was …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Thomas Plamm…ck, and Robert Ket with his Oak of Reformation, and then kil'dkilled us quite dead with an arrow our of Robin Hoods bow? In the Reign …
With rule
… and Thomas Plamm…ck, and Robert Ket with his Oak of Reformation, and then kil'dkilled us quite dead with an arrow our of Robin Hoods bow? In the Reign …
John Humfrey · The Obligation of Human Laws · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
Though the people of God may be kil'dkilled, yet they can neither be hurt nor overcome.
With rule
Though the people of God may be kil'dkilled, yet they can neither be hurt nor overcome.
Vavasor Powell · The Bird in the Cage · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… horse and Dragoones encountred and utterly routed 90 Colours of his Enemies at Winsey, and kil'dkilled and tooke about 1100 of them and neere 30 of their Colours.
With rule
… horse and Dragoones encountred and utterly routed 90 Colours of his Enemies at Winsey, and kil'dkilled and tooke about 1100 of them and neere 30 of their Colours.
John Vicars · Englands Worthies · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with truth, as Herod did with the Baptist, who imprisoned him first, and then kil'dkilled him after; or as Travelers, who fearing those they meet on the high way …
With rule
… with truth, as Herod did with the Baptist, who imprisoned him first, and then kil'dkilled him after; or as Travelers, who fearing those they meet on the high way …
Christopher Blackwood · Concerning Denial of Christ · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Kil'dKilled, ſav'd pul'd down, ſet up, or pain'd or eas'd;
With rule
Kil'dKilled, ſav'd pul'd down, ſet up, or pain'd or eas'd;
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 84 · Open in the reader