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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10155 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

colour'dcolor'd

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

Puritas changed it
136 times in 74 works
Consistency
100% (136 of 136)
Reach if approved
~143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: coloured
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
136 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (136 changes in 74 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 136)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Must weare noe party-colour'dcolor'd livory:
    With rule
    Must weare noe party-colour'dcolor'd livory:

    Clement Ellis · An Elegy on the Death of George Pitt · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … look that Solomon speaks of, eyeing the Wine when it is red, and well colour'dcolor'd in the cup. Prov. 23. That is, is taken with looking on the glittering skin …
    With rule
    … look that Solomon speaks of, eyeing the Wine when it is red, and well colour'dcolor'd in the cup. Prov. 23. That is, is taken with looking on the glittering skin …

    Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 462 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    This parti-colour'dcolor'd coat wrought ſuch debate,
    With rule
    This parti-colour'dcolor'd coat wrought ſuch debate,

    Richard Moore · A Pearl in an Oyster Shell · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … who was late Miniſter of Bourdeaux; by Profeſſion an Advocate, a ſhort Fellow, cheſnut-colour'dcolor'd Hair, meagre Face, his Eyes deep ſunk into his Head, lame of his left …
    With rule
    … who was late Miniſter of Bourdeaux; by Profeſſion an Advocate, a ſhort Fellow, cheſnut-colour'dcolor'd Hair, meagre Face, his Eyes deep ſunk into his Head, lame of his left …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Lace, Ribbons, and fine colour'dcolor'd Cloaths?
    With rule
    Lace, Ribbons, and fine colour'dcolor'd Cloaths?

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Her confirm'd ſonnes, behold my colour'dcolor'd bow.
    With rule
    Her confirm'd ſonnes, behold my colour'dcolor'd bow.

    Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Like the Rosie-colour'dcolor'd thread.
    With rule
    Like the Rosie-colour'dcolor'd thread.

    George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Her confirm'd ſons behold my colour'dcolor'd bow.
    With rule
    Her confirm'd ſons behold my colour'dcolor'd bow.

    Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.