Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10153 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clos'dclosed

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

Puritas changed it: 98 times in 83 works
Consistency: 92.4% (98 of 106)
Reach if approved: ~111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: closed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 106 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 83 works, 92.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Profoundly hid, they cunningly lye clos'dclosed,
With rule
Profoundly hid, they cunningly lye clos'dclosed,
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy confinement be in a ſtinking and loathſome Sepulchre? Muſt theſe beautiful Eyes be clos'dclosed? Theſe Lips of Coral become pale? This Golden Mouth be ſtopt? and muſt this …
With rule
… thy confinement be in a ſtinking and loathſome Sepulchre? Muſt theſe beautiful Eyes be clos'dclosed? Theſe Lips of Coral become pale? This Golden Mouth be ſtopt? and muſt this …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
We have clos'dclosed with, and tell to those,
With rule
We have clos'dclosed with, and tell to those,
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whereof this ominous night that clos'dclosed thee round,
With rule
Whereof this ominous night that clos'dclosed thee round,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which thou shootest the noisome Fire-balls of thy Lust, had been e're this clos'dclosed up in endless darkness, had not he taken pity on thee, and snatched thee …
With rule
… which thou shootest the noisome Fire-balls of thy Lust, had been e're this clos'dclosed up in endless darkness, had not he taken pity on thee, and snatched thee …
John Scott · Sermon 2 September 1686 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
Had clos'dclosed their eyes; yea, and the Wise
With rule
Had clos'dclosed their eyes; yea, and the Wise
Michael Wigglesworth · The Day of Doom · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
This Objection then Fore-clos'dclosed, let Him that can make void, what I have ſaid concerning Rome.
With rule
This Objection then Fore-clos'dclosed, let Him that can make void, what I have ſaid concerning Rome.
Thomas Beverley · The Voice from Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
Eu'n to my Soule the waters clos'dclosed me had:
With rule
Eu'n to my Soule the waters clos'dclosed me had:
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 99 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Clos'dClosed with the ring, in midst (though sitting) reels:
With rule
Clos'dClosed with the ring, in midst (though sitting) reels:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
Clos'dClosed in a Chest, as dead, he money keeps;
With rule
Clos'dClosed in a Chest, as dead, he money keeps;
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 200 · Open in the reader