Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10074 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

renown'drenowned

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

Puritas changed it: 94 times in 71 works
Consistency: 83.9% (94 of 112)
Reach if approved: ~118 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: renowned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 71 works, 83.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it is God rather annexeth forgiveness to this, then to the highest and most renown'drenowned works of Charity which are so cried up in the World.
With rule
… it is God rather annexeth forgiveness to this, then to the highest and most renown'drenowned works of Charity which are so cried up in the World.
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 830 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Royal Diadem in the hand of her God? Yea, ſo ſhould our Jeruſalem be renown'drenowned indeed, be a praiſe in the Earth.
With rule
… Royal Diadem in the hand of her God? Yea, ſo ſhould our Jeruſalem be renown'drenowned indeed, be a praiſe in the Earth.
John Barret · Sermon Preached to the Society for Reformation · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
A man was famous and renown'drenowned
With rule
A man was famous and renown'drenowned
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
John de Cadurco, a renown'drenowned Divine,
With rule
John de Cadurco, a renown'drenowned Divine,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wilt have the honour of the victory, and thy valour and conduct will be renown'drenowned in the world. And when thou haſt gotten ſuch a vaſt army under thy …
With rule
… wilt have the honour of the victory, and thy valour and conduct will be renown'drenowned in the world. And when thou haſt gotten ſuch a vaſt army under thy …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 435 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtature; but this King was like a Cedar of high ſtature, glorious, great, and renown'drenowned, ſo high that foreign, his top was in the midſt of the clouds, like the …
With rule
… ſtature; but this King was like a Cedar of high ſtature, glorious, great, and renown'drenowned, ſo high that foreign, his top was in the midſt of the clouds, like the …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whose glory is renown'drenowned.
With rule
Whose glory is renown'drenowned.
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
Pythagoras his (a) saying was renown'drenowned.
With rule
Pythagoras his (a) saying was renown'drenowned.
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Renown'dRenowned for bounty, valour, clemency,
With rule
Renown'dRenowned for bounty, valour, clemency,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 181 · Open in the reader

Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects A42085

Printed
… If's and And's, as in that of Nazianzen: foreign, Hear, O thou Soul of the Renown'dRenowned Conſtantine, if thou haſt any ſence or knowledge of theſe matters: For every Schoolboy …
With rule
… If's and And's, as in that of Nazianzen: foreign, Hear, O thou Soul of the Renown'dRenowned Conſtantine, if thou haſt any ſence or knowledge of theſe matters: For every Schoolboy …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Letters of State A50909

Printed
… ſhould highly value the Friendſhip of your Majeſty, a Prince ſo Potent, and ſo Renown'dRenowned for great Atchievements; ſo is it but equally reaſonable that your Extraordinary Embaſſador, the …
With rule
… ſhould highly value the Friendſhip of your Majeſty, a Prince ſo Potent, and ſo Renown'dRenowned for great Atchievements; ſo is it but equally reaſonable that your Extraordinary Embaſſador, the …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 196 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
That Heroic, that Renown'dRenowned,
With rule
That Heroic, that Renown'dRenowned,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 15 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

Printed
… Iam. 5.11. Ye have heard of the Patience of Job. Iob the Sufferer was more Renown'dRenowned than Alexander the Conqueror. Thus Afflictions Magnifie a Person, but sin doth not magnifie …
With rule
… Iam. 5.11. Ye have heard of the Patience of Job. Iob the Sufferer was more Renown'dRenowned than Alexander the Conqueror. Thus Afflictions Magnifie a Person, but sin doth not magnifie …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 864 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Renown'dRenowned for bounty, valour, clemency,
With rule
Renown'dRenowned for bounty, valour, clemency,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Zions Thankful Echoes from the Cliffs of Ireland A79269

Printed
Renown'dRenowned you with miraculous ſucceſſe.
With rule
Renown'dRenowned you with miraculous ſucceſſe.
Edward Calver · Zions Thankful Echoes from the Cliffs of Ireland · p. 13 · Open in the reader