Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10188 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

describ'ddescribed

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

Puritas changed it: 223 times in 126 works
Consistency: 94.4% (223 of 236)
Reach if approved: ~248 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: described
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 236 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (223 changes in 126 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 223)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Apostate's Army. For Libanius might have soon found out the Murtherer, and have describ'ddescribed him by name, had there been no more than three Christians in the Army …
With rule
… the Apostate's Army. For Libanius might have soon found out the Murtherer, and have describ'ddescribed him by name, had there been no more than three Christians in the Army …
William Hopkins · Animadversions on Johnsons Answer to Jovian · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is not therefore merely good becauſe it is commanded. And thus Auſtin, ſaith he, deſcrib'ddescribed it long ſince. Alſo Cameron, and multitudes of other Writers and learned Men. But …
With rule
… is not therefore merely good becauſe it is commanded. And thus Auſtin, ſaith he, deſcrib'ddescribed it long ſince. Alſo Cameron, and multitudes of other Writers and learned Men. But …
Benjamin Keach · The Jewish Sabbath Abrogated · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
Gods latest Image: I describ'ddescribed his way
With rule
Gods latest Image: I describ'ddescribed his way
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… which God does most heavily characterize and threaten, Amos 6. 1, 6, 7, 8. Isaiah 22. when the Prophet had describ'ddescribed how it should be in the day of desolation v. 4, 5. then because they did …
With rule
… which God does most heavily characterize and threaten, Amos 6. 1, 6, 7, 8. Isaiah 22. when the Prophet had describ'ddescribed how it should be in the day of desolation v. 4, 5. then because they did …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a New Heaven, and a New Earth, Rev. 21.5. And ſo the Saints Riſen are deſcrib'ddescribed by the Apoſtle to be with Chriſt, as in the New Heaven; And the …
With rule
… a New Heaven, and a New Earth, Rev. 21.5. And ſo the Saints Riſen are deſcrib'ddescribed by the Apoſtle to be with Chriſt, as in the New Heaven; And the …
Thomas Beverley · A Chain of Principles Concerning the Thousand Years Kingdom of Christ · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Enemies of the Kingdom of Chriſt, in their way: To that purpoſe, they are deſcrib'ddescribed, as having laid their Weapons of War under their Heads, with their Iniquities upon …
With rule
… Enemies of the Kingdom of Chriſt, in their way: To that purpoſe, they are deſcrib'ddescribed, as having laid their Weapons of War under their Heads, with their Iniquities upon …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them in his motion to over-run, and over-reach them. The winds are deſcrib'ddescribed with wings, in regard of the quickneſs of their motion.
With rule
… them in his motion to over-run, and over-reach them. The winds are deſcrib'ddescribed with wings, in regard of the quickneſs of their motion.
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 790 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or between them and themſelves before they were Born again. An unregenerate State is deſcrib'ddescribed by being without Strength, Rom. 5.6. And is a regenerate State ſo too? Is a …
With rule
… or between them and themſelves before they were Born again. An unregenerate State is deſcrib'ddescribed by being without Strength, Rom. 5.6. And is a regenerate State ſo too? Is a …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 203 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles A26345

Printed
Describ'dDescribed, A. 92.
With rule
Describ'dDescribed, A. 92.
Thomas Adams · The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… him to ſeize upon an Engliſh Maſs-Prieſt, lodg'd in Drury …me, Named and Deſcrib'dDescribed exactly (for he had the Art to fetch ſuch a Fowl or twain out …
With rule
… him to ſeize upon an Engliſh Maſs-Prieſt, lodg'd in Drury …me, Named and Deſcrib'dDescribed exactly (for he had the Art to fetch ſuch a Fowl or twain out …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 198 · Open in the reader