Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10159 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

contemn'dcontemned

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

Puritas changed it: 160 times in 99 works
Consistency: 90.9% (160 of 176)
Reach if approved: ~185 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: contemned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 176 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (160 changes in 99 works, 90.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 160)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
28 He darknesse sent and made it dark, they not contemn'dcontemned his word.
With rule
28 He darknesse sent and made it dark, they not contemn'dcontemned his word.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly: God is ſlighted and contemn'dcontemned in this, When thou chooſeſt rather to make the earth to be thy God …
With rule
Secondly: God is ſlighted and contemn'dcontemned in this, When thou chooſeſt rather to make the earth to be thy God …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Two Treatises · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to appeare in the Court of conſcience, and that before him whom they had contemn'dcontemned and ſcorn'd, when before, all their life time, they made no conſcience of what …
With rule
… to appeare in the Court of conſcience, and that before him whom they had contemn'dcontemned and ſcorn'd, when before, all their life time, they made no conſcience of what …
Nicholas Darton · The True and Absolute Bishop · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… zealouſly preſt and urg'd others to live by Faith (a life ſo vilyſied and contemn'dcontemned by, and unknown (as to its excellency and uſefulneſs) unto many, yea the far …
With rule
… zealouſly preſt and urg'd others to live by Faith (a life ſo vilyſied and contemn'dcontemned by, and unknown (as to its excellency and uſefulneſs) unto many, yea the far …
John Hickes · The Excellency of the Heavenly Substance · Open in the reader
Printed
… all this, they would not take Arms to defend themselves in these Temporals, but contemn'dcontemned things temporal, in regard to their Saviour, and to secure eternal. Nay, lastly, even …
With rule
… all this, they would not take Arms to defend themselves in these Temporals, but contemn'dcontemned things temporal, in regard to their Saviour, and to secure eternal. Nay, lastly, even …
John Kettlewell · Christianity a Doctrine of the Cross · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… break one of the leaſt, have every one a greater weight than may be contemn'dcontemned of any man.
With rule
… break one of the leaſt, have every one a greater weight than may be contemn'dcontemned of any man.
Stephen Lobb · The Harmony Between the Old and Present Non-Conformists · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… moſt come thither, Becauſe they rebelled against the words of the Lord, Ver. 11 and contemn'dcontemned the counſel of the moſt High, as did the Iſraelites in the time of …
With rule
… moſt come thither, Becauſe they rebelled against the words of the Lord, Ver. 11 and contemn'dcontemned the counſel of the moſt High, as did the Iſraelites in the time of …
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 345 · Open in the reader
Printed
the whiles contemn'dcontemned for nought!
With rule
the whiles contemn'dcontemned for nought!
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
2. This Power is Contemn'dContemned in Diſtruſt of God. All Diſtruſt is founded in a doubting of his Truth …
With rule
2. This Power is Contemn'dContemned in Diſtruſt of God. All Diſtruſt is founded in a doubting of his Truth …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 481 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. 'Tis Contemn'dContemned in too great a fear of Man, which ariſeth from a diſtruſt of Divine …
With rule
3. 'Tis Contemn'dContemned in too great a fear of Man, which ariſeth from a diſtruſt of Divine …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 481 · Open in the reader
Printed
4. 'Tis Contemn'dContemned by truſting in our ſelves, in Means, in Man, more than in God. When …
With rule
4. 'Tis Contemn'dContemned by truſting in our ſelves, in Means, in Man, more than in God. When …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 482 · Open in the reader
Printed
Contemn'dContemned and abuſed, and wherein, Pag. 480 ad 484
With rule
Contemn'dContemned and abuſed, and wherein, Pag. 480 ad 484
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

The Conversion of the Soul A64956

Printed
… yet the offer is made light of. How much is contemn'dcontemned, when Chriſt is Contemn'dContemned! and how much of Sin is there in the Contempt! The bleſſed God in …
With rule
… yet the offer is made light of. How much is contemn'dcontemned, when Chriſt is Contemn'dContemned! and how much of Sin is there in the Contempt! The bleſſed God in …
Nathanael Vincent · The Conversion of the Soul · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Warning Given to Secure Sinners to Prepare for Judgment A64974

Printed
… yet the offer is made light of. How much is contemn'dcontemned, when Chriſt is Contemn'dContemned! and how much of Sin is there in the Contempt! The bleſſed God in …
With rule
… yet the offer is made light of. How much is contemn'dcontemned, when Chriſt is Contemn'dContemned! and how much of Sin is there in the Contempt! The bleſſed God in …
Nathanael Vincent · Warning Given to Secure Sinners to Prepare for Judgment · p. 52 · Open in the reader