Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10189 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

devis'ddevised

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

Puritas changed it: 77 times in 63 works
Consistency: 96.2% (77 of 80)
Reach if approved: ~84 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devised
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 80 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 63 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Fruition of Himſelfe, and therewith Everlaſting Happineſſe; His Puniſhment, the terribleſt that can be devis'ddevised, Exile for ever from his Preſence, and therewith everlaſting Miſery. I trow, theſe will …
With rule
… Fruition of Himſelfe, and therewith Everlaſting Happineſſe; His Puniſhment, the terribleſt that can be devis'ddevised, Exile for ever from his Preſence, and therewith everlaſting Miſery. I trow, theſe will …
Thomas Hooker · A Treatise of Self Denial · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
By Courts and Officers, devis'ddevised for nought
With rule
By Courts and Officers, devis'ddevised for nought
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou haſt devis'ddevised a pretty ſtory in thy owne defence, 1'ſt beſt to follow thy counſell, and …
With rule
Thou haſt devis'ddevised a pretty ſtory in thy owne defence, 1'ſt beſt to follow thy counſell, and …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
His Father was not Mars as ſome devis'ddevised,
With rule
His Father was not Mars as ſome devis'ddevised,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and it was Ierusalem's measure-filling Sin. 2 Chron. 36. 16. 'Twas one of the Devices they devis'ddevised against Ieremiah to smite him with the tongue, because they would not, and they …
With rule
… and it was Ierusalem's measure-filling Sin. 2 Chron. 36. 16. 'Twas one of the Devices they devis'ddevised against Ieremiah to smite him with the tongue, because they would not, and they …
Matthew Henry · Meekness and Quietness of Spirit · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be more op'nly known then those retardings and delaies which by himself were continually devis'ddevised, to hinder and put back the releif of those distressed Protestants, which undoubtedly had …
With rule
… be more op'nly known then those retardings and delaies which by himself were continually devis'ddevised, to hinder and put back the releif of those distressed Protestants, which undoubtedly had …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
And this course so happily devis'ddevised and begun by Mr. Gouge in his own Parish, was I think that which …
With rule
And this course so happily devis'ddevised and begun by Mr. Gouge in his own Parish, was I think that which …
John Tillotson · Sermon at Funeral of Thomas Gouge · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and it was Jeruſalem's meaſure-filling Sin. 2 Chron. 36.16. 'Twas one of the Devices they devis'ddevised againſt Jeremiah to ſmite him with the tongue, becauſe they would not, and they …
With rule
… and it was Jeruſalem's meaſure-filling Sin. 2 Chron. 36.16. 'Twas one of the Devices they devis'ddevised againſt Jeremiah to ſmite him with the tongue, becauſe they would not, and they …
Matthew Henry · Sermon on Acts 28:22 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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.

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Devis'dDevised by them, who in your ſpoiles delight,
With rule
Devis'dDevised by them, who in your ſpoiles delight,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 55 · Open in the reader