Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10183 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deem'ddeemed

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

Puritas changed it: 162 times in 108 works
Consistency: 98.7% (162 of 164)
Reach if approved: ~172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deemed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (162 changes in 108 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 162)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… two, which you juſtly call very weighty, and ſo I ſuppoſe they will be deem'ddeemed by any man, that ſhall conſider the force of them, without prejudice, I ſhall …
With rule
… two, which you juſtly call very weighty, and ſo I ſuppoſe they will be deem'ddeemed by any man, that ſhall conſider the force of them, without prejudice, I ſhall …
Henry Hammond · A Pacific Discourse of Gods Grace · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Authority? nay, and which is worſt of all, if that Infant-Baptiſm may be deem'ddeemed to be a Divine Rite, or an Ordinance of God, ſith 'tis not recorded …
With rule
… Authority? nay, and which is worſt of all, if that Infant-Baptiſm may be deem'ddeemed to be a Divine Rite, or an Ordinance of God, ſith 'tis not recorded …
Benjamin Keach · Gold Refined · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and defence of the Engliſh Veſſels, notwithſtanding the oppoſite endeavours of the Dutch, they deem'ddeemed this opportunity not to be paſs'd over, to let your Highneſs underſtand once more …
With rule
… and defence of the Engliſh Veſſels, notwithſtanding the oppoſite endeavours of the Dutch, they deem'ddeemed this opportunity not to be paſs'd over, to let your Highneſs underſtand once more …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lactamius deem'ddeemed this Madneſſe heretofore
With rule
Lactamius deem'ddeemed this Madneſſe heretofore
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which made it deem'ddeemed and nam'd vnconquered.
With rule
Which made it deem'ddeemed and nam'd vnconquered.
John Wilson · A Song · Open in the reader
Printed
… Heathens with our falshoods; learn from Historians, that among the Persians, foreign, to lye was deem'ddeemed a fault of the greatest turpitude, and they therefore laid an ill Character upon …
With rule
… Heathens with our falshoods; learn from Historians, that among the Persians, foreign, to lye was deem'ddeemed a fault of the greatest turpitude, and they therefore laid an ill Character upon …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but immediately diſperſes it ſelf to every member of our Body. This Propoſition was deem'ddeemed Heretical, and in effect, we cannot believe that the matter of the Sacrament diſperſes …
With rule
… but immediately diſperſes it ſelf to every member of our Body. This Propoſition was deem'ddeemed Heretical, and in effect, we cannot believe that the matter of the Sacrament diſperſes …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their King, they muſt paſſe betweene two fires, by which being purged, they are deem'ddeemed worthie of his preſence, wee muſt paſſe through the fire of the Law and …
With rule
… their King, they muſt paſſe betweene two fires, by which being purged, they are deem'ddeemed worthie of his preſence, wee muſt paſſe through the fire of the Law and …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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