Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10191 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

diffus'ddiffused

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

Puritas changed it: 57 times in 37 works
Consistency: 89.0% (57 of 64)
Reach if approved: ~67 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: diffused
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 64 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (57 changes in 37 works, 89.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 57)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And not as feeling through all parts diffus'ddiffused,
With rule
And not as feeling through all parts diffus'ddiffused,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your Affections, and their ſeveral Objects; and ſee whether a criminal Lukewarmneſs hath not diffus'ddiffused it ſelf into every of them. Examine every Grace; and ſee whether your Faith …
With rule
… your Affections, and their ſeveral Objects; and ſee whether a criminal Lukewarmneſs hath not diffus'ddiffused it ſelf into every of them. Examine every Grace; and ſee whether your Faith …
John Shower · Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that its Generality hinders not its efficacy, for uſually 'tis otherwiſe. The Sun-beams diffus'ddiffused at large rather cheriſh then offend, they burne not, till contracted into a narrow …
With rule
… that its Generality hinders not its efficacy, for uſually 'tis otherwiſe. The Sun-beams diffus'ddiffused at large rather cheriſh then offend, they burne not, till contracted into a narrow …
Thomas Hooker · A Treatise of Self Denial · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from Heaven in a remarkable Manner, and the Kingdom of God be every where diffus'ddiffused and eſtabliſh'd thrô all the Earth; when the Kingdom and the Greatneſs of the …
With rule
… from Heaven in a remarkable Manner, and the Kingdom of God be every where diffus'ddiffused and eſtabliſh'd thrô all the Earth; when the Kingdom and the Greatneſs of the …
Thomas Foxcroft · Some Seasonable Thoughts on Evangelic Preaching · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
As to their utmoſt Service, but diffus'ddiffused
With rule
As to their utmoſt Service, but diffus'ddiffused
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Degrees, as, the Quantity of a Heap or Mole of ſeveral Parts. This, becauſe diffus'ddiffused almoſt through all the Categories, uſes to be call'd a Tranſcendental Quantity.
With rule
… Degrees, as, the Quantity of a Heap or Mole of ſeveral Parts. This, becauſe diffus'ddiffused almoſt through all the Categories, uſes to be call'd a Tranſcendental Quantity.
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… parts of the field, as proportionably and equally as may be. So is grace diffus'ddiffused into all the faculties, judgment, will, and all the affections are sowed with these …
With rule
… parts of the field, as proportionably and equally as may be. So is grace diffus'ddiffused into all the faculties, judgment, will, and all the affections are sowed with these …
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… means, if it be capable of proving beneficial to any, the benefit might be diffus'ddiffused so much the further.
With rule
… means, if it be capable of proving beneficial to any, the benefit might be diffus'ddiffused so much the further.
John Howe · Of Thoughtfulness for the Morrow · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace A27637

Printed
… Bodies of Mankind, with their Principalities ſo form'd, ſo compacted, and not only a Diffus'dDiffused Catholick Church, or ſmall and inviſible Congregational Churches.
With rule
… Bodies of Mankind, with their Principalities ſo form'd, ſo compacted, and not only a Diffus'dDiffused Catholick Church, or ſmall and inviſible Congregational Churches.
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 22 · Open in the reader