Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10069 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

murder'dmurdered

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

Puritas changed it: 87 times in 53 works
Consistency: 72.5% (87 of 120)
Reach if approved: ~126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: murdered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 120 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 53 works, 72.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Sinews of this Objection: One, That this was the very day before he was murder'dmurdered, that he sent both for his Wine and Silver Vessels. Now Bomeny lays the …
With rule
… Sinews of this Objection: One, That this was the very day before he was murder'dmurdered, that he sent both for his Wine and Silver Vessels. Now Bomeny lays the …
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Vaidovita a Professour of the Ʋniversity, by whose meanes he was delivered from being murder'dmurdered: but this fel out in the year 1598 as is evident from the date of …
With rule
… Vaidovita a Professour of the Ʋniversity, by whose meanes he was delivered from being murder'dmurdered: but this fel out in the year 1598 as is evident from the date of …
John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hearers, and were under ſpecial Obligations to have treated him with Honour. They cruelly murder'dmurdered him, by ſevering his Head from his Body; and his Head was carried in …
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… Hearers, and were under ſpecial Obligations to have treated him with Honour. They cruelly murder'dmurdered him, by ſevering his Head from his Body; and his Head was carried in …
Jonathan Edwards · The Resort and Remedy of those Bereaved by Death of William Williams · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Parent, that the birth seems like that of Agrippina when she bare Nero that murder'dmurdered her. And surely not only reason, but common sense, will say this is a …
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… Parent, that the birth seems like that of Agrippina when she bare Nero that murder'dmurdered her. And surely not only reason, but common sense, will say this is a …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one day into the Forreſt to Hunt, and there cauſed him to be cruelly murder'dmurdered. Another of his wickedneſſes was the forcibly carrying away a Maid that he loved …
With rule
… one day into the Forreſt to Hunt, and there cauſed him to be cruelly murder'dmurdered. Another of his wickedneſſes was the forcibly carrying away a Maid that he loved …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as this is, to be God's Executioners. I remember a Story, when Phocas had murder'dmurdered the Emperor his Maſter, and made himſelf Emperor, and a holy man complaining why …
With rule
… as this is, to be God's Executioners. I remember a Story, when Phocas had murder'dmurdered the Emperor his Maſter, and made himſelf Emperor, and a holy man complaining why …
George Gifford · The Great Mystery of Providence · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
VI. He murder'dmurdered himſelf and all his Poſterity.
With rule
VI. He murder'dmurdered himſelf and all his Poſterity.
Benjamin Keach · The Jewish Sabbath Abrogated · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… words of two Emperours; the one is Mauritius, who ſeeing his Wife and Children murder'dmurdered, ſaid, Juſtus es, Domine, juſta judicia tua. The other is Maximilian, who in the …
With rule
… words of two Emperours; the one is Mauritius, who ſeeing his Wife and Children murder'dmurdered, ſaid, Juſtus es, Domine, juſta judicia tua. The other is Maximilian, who in the …
Edward Polhill · Divine Truths in Jesus Christ · p. 198 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 are listed here. 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety A23697

Printed
… the Anointed of the Lord taken in their Pits, Imprison'd, and Arraign'd, and barbarously Murder'dMurdered, by those who slew him like the Heir in the Gospel, that they might …
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… the Anointed of the Lord taken in their Pits, Imprison'd, and Arraign'd, and barbarously Murder'dMurdered, by those who slew him like the Heir in the Gospel, that they might …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 192 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… Game, fills Mens hearts with the ſame Sentiments, and by the ſame means he Murder'dMurdered our firſt Parents, he redoubles the Stabs to his Poſterity. Every violation of the …
With rule
… Game, fills Mens hearts with the ſame Sentiments, and by the ſame means he Murder'dMurdered our firſt Parents, he redoubles the Stabs to his Poſterity. Every violation of the …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 660 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
Be Murder'dMurdered by a bloudy Inquisition?
With rule
Be Murder'dMurdered by a bloudy Inquisition?
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Zion in Distress A47607

Printed
Be Murder'dMurdered by a bloudy Inquiſition?
With rule
Be Murder'dMurdered by a bloudy Inquiſition?
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of many Thouſands Murder'dMurdered by the Sword.
With rule
Of many Thouſands Murder'dMurdered by the Sword.
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſlaves, but thy own accursed Tribe of Cardinals, Arch-Biſhops, Biſhops, &c. Thou hast Murder'dMurdered multitudes of Souls, as well as deſtroy'd multitudes of Bodys. In ſhort, thou hast …
With rule
… ſlaves, but thy own accursed Tribe of Cardinals, Arch-Biſhops, Biſhops, &c. Thou hast Murder'dMurdered multitudes of Souls, as well as deſtroy'd multitudes of Bodys. In ſhort, thou hast …
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 113 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… the Carnal City; and Myſtical Babylon (to wit, Rome) was Built by Romulus, who Murder'dMurdered his Brother Rhemus as Cain did his Brother Abel; yet Abel by Faith Conquer'd …
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… the Carnal City; and Myſtical Babylon (to wit, Rome) was Built by Romulus, who Murder'dMurdered his Brother Rhemus as Cain did his Brother Abel; yet Abel by Faith Conquer'd …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the faln Eſtate, as it was with all the Kindred of Ravilliac (who Murder'dMurdered Henry the Fourth of France:) They were Univerſally injoin'd to change their Names, and …
With rule
… in the faln Eſtate, as it was with all the Kindred of Ravilliac (who Murder'dMurdered Henry the Fourth of France:) They were Univerſally injoin'd to change their Names, and …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the Hands of thoſe Arabians, who might with more Colour of right have Murder'dMurdered him as their Slave, than they might do as their Brother, becauſe they being …
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… into the Hands of thoſe Arabians, who might with more Colour of right have Murder'dMurdered him as their Slave, than they might do as their Brother, becauſe they being …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 344 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a juſt judgment of God upon him for his oppoſing the Papiſts) he had Murder'dMurdered himſelf: Hereupon Hill gets a Sedan, the Murderers meet him about Twelve a Clock …
With rule
… a juſt judgment of God upon him for his oppoſing the Papiſts) he had Murder'dMurdered himſelf: Hereupon Hill gets a Sedan, the Murderers meet him about Twelve a Clock …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 350 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt, the King's ſending forth his Roman Armies, Matth. 22.7 to Murder thoſe that had Murder'dMurdered him, and to burn their City and Temple, and to put a period to …
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… Chriſt, the King's ſending forth his Roman Armies, Matth. 22.7 to Murder thoſe that had Murder'dMurdered him, and to burn their City and Temple, and to put a period to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 738 · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
I FIND MURDER'DMURDERED BY ROGUES.
With rule
I FIND MURDER'DMURDERED BY ROGUES.
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
Murder'dMurdered at once, by Francis, and by Thee.
With rule
Murder'dMurdered at once, by Francis, and by Thee.
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 167 · Open in the reader