Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10090 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

accus'daccused

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

Puritas changed it: 175 times in 95 works
Consistency: 93.0% (175 of 188)
Reach if approved: ~198 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: accused
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 188 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (175 changes in 95 works, 93.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 175)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Curs'd his Creation, Death as … accus'daccused
With rule
Curs'd his Creation, Death as … accus'daccused
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Indictment, and I cannot diſown or deny one Article of what I am accus'daccused?
With rule
… the Indictment, and I cannot diſown or deny one Article of what I am accus'daccused?
John Shower · Exhortation to Youth to Prepare for Judgment · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
For once I stood accus'daccused for this before.
With rule
For once I stood accus'daccused for this before.
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
… had, that it was a Branch of the Presbyterian Plot, and rally'd the Parties accus'daccused severely. It appear'd, either by the Letter, or by the Confession of the Parties …
With rule
… had, that it was a Branch of the Presbyterian Plot, and rally'd the Parties accus'daccused severely. It appear'd, either by the Letter, or by the Confession of the Parties …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
33. Socrates ſaid of Anitus and Melitus, who accus'daccused him to take away his life, Interficere me poſſunt, laedere non poſſunt; They may …
With rule
33. Socrates ſaid of Anitus and Melitus, who accus'daccused him to take away his life, Interficere me poſſunt, laedere non poſſunt; They may …
Matthew Barker · Select Observations Collected out of Several Authors · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… selfe to any one condition of men; which is, [That if a man already accus'daccused, or taken in the manner, for any such crime, upon which his goods should …
With rule
… selfe to any one condition of men; which is, [That if a man already accus'daccused, or taken in the manner, for any such crime, upon which his goods should …
John Donne · Self-Homicide is Not So Naturally Sin that it may Never be Otherwise · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to a ſocial Communication with his Subjects. Which being divulg'd, got him that was accus'daccused a ſtrong Gale of popular Favour, did his Majeſty no right and caſt the …
With rule
… to a ſocial Communication with his Subjects. Which being divulg'd, got him that was accus'daccused a ſtrong Gale of popular Favour, did his Majeſty no right and caſt the …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore I am sure they must all be Guilty of what they are here accus'daccused. What pains did our Head, (and that Prince-hectoring Villain Shaftsbury,) take, to prove …
With rule
… therefore I am sure they must all be Guilty of what they are here accus'daccused. What pains did our Head, (and that Prince-hectoring Villain Shaftsbury,) take, to prove …
Stephen Lobb · A Dreadful Oration · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Accus'dAccused before them; and, yet leave him bound,
With rule
Accus'dAccused before them; and, yet leave him bound,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Accus'dAccused Darius X…xes eldeſt Son,
With rule
Accus'dAccused Darius X…xes eldeſt Son,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
Accus'dAccused becauſe he did not certifie
With rule
Accus'dAccused becauſe he did not certifie
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 152 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… hearing as Felix did, Act. 24.26. Till Mony purchas'd a convenient Seaſon. He never was Accus'dAccused of it. Quod nemo novit, poene non fit, as Apuleius ſays 10. Metam. 'Twas never …
With rule
… hearing as Felix did, Act. 24.26. Till Mony purchas'd a convenient Seaſon. He never was Accus'dAccused of it. Quod nemo novit, poene non fit, as Apuleius ſays 10. Metam. 'Twas never …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
Accus'dAccused as guilty of ſome grievous fact,
With rule
Accus'dAccused as guilty of ſome grievous fact,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 123 · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
… fair Supposition of the Innocency of this Captain, and others, of what they were Accus'dAccused, found Guilty, Sentenc'd, and Dy'd for; it being on West's Evidence, and such as …
With rule
… fair Supposition of the Innocency of this Captain, and others, of what they were Accus'dAccused, found Guilty, Sentenc'd, and Dy'd for; it being on West's Evidence, and such as …
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 98 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Accus'dAccused Darius, Xerxes eldeſt ſon,
With rule
Accus'dAccused Darius, Xerxes eldeſt ſon,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
Accus'dAccused, becauſe he did not certifie
With rule
Accus'dAccused, becauſe he did not certifie
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 144 · Open in the reader