Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10230 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

expir'dexpired

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

Puritas changed it: 154 times in 90 works
Consistency: 92.7% (154 of 166)
Reach if approved: ~174 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: expired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 166 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (154 changes in 90 works, 92.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 154)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… from their own Country. But night being come, and the time of the prohibition expir'dexpired, being with long faſting extream hungry, they greedily flew upon the ſpoil and cattel …
With rule
… from their own Country. But night being come, and the time of the prohibition expir'dexpired, being with long faſting extream hungry, they greedily flew upon the ſpoil and cattel …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 363 · Open in the reader
Printed
Before many months expir'dexpired
With rule
Before many months expir'dexpired
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a few years after their Temple was deſtroy'd, and with that all their Sacrifices expir'dexpired; yea, (in proceſs of time) though Julian gave them encouragement to reedifie the Temple …
With rule
… a few years after their Temple was deſtroy'd, and with that all their Sacrifices expir'dexpired; yea, (in proceſs of time) though Julian gave them encouragement to reedifie the Temple …
Thomas Jacombe · Sermons Preached on Romans 8 · p. 475 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Antichriſt, (ſpoken of in the Revelation) becauſe that was a ſtory that was expir'dexpired long before the writing of this Prophetick Book (as before is ſpoke of in …
With rule
… the Antichriſt, (ſpoken of in the Revelation) becauſe that was a ſtory that was expir'dexpired long before the writing of this Prophetick Book (as before is ſpoke of in …
Christopher Ness · The Person and Period of the Antichrist · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
The world the bonefire was, where he expir'dexpired:
With rule
The world the bonefire was, where he expir'dexpired:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
AND then as violent Heats when once expir'dexpired, are succeeded by the extremest Cold, so has it fared with us; we fell …
With rule
AND then as violent Heats when once expir'dexpired, are succeeded by the extremest Cold, so has it fared with us; we fell …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they desire to live, for Time is irrevocably past, and the Season of Mercy expir'dexpired: in vain they desire to die intirely, and put an end to their Misery …
With rule
… they desire to live, for Time is irrevocably past, and the Season of Mercy expir'dexpired: in vain they desire to die intirely, and put an end to their Misery …
William Bates · A Sure Trial of Uprightness · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… viz. by impenitent Perſeverance in that Apoſtacy, even after not only his intimate Time expir'dexpired, but even after the end of his 1260 Days, as I expound that Voice of …
With rule
… viz. by impenitent Perſeverance in that Apoſtacy, even after not only his intimate Time expir'dexpired, but even after the end of his 1260 Days, as I expound that Voice of …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

6 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 Command of God to Come Out of Babylon A27590

Printed
… was no Head, and the ſeventh Head did not Succeed, till the Chriſtian Empire Expir'dExpired.
With rule
… was no Head, and the ſeventh Head did not Succeed, till the Chriſtian Empire Expir'dExpired.
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… so many continued firm to Him, because His Forty two Months were not yet Expir'dExpired; and that Prophesie should pass it over in silence, and give no satisfaction, This …
With rule
… so many continued firm to Him, because His Forty two Months were not yet Expir'dExpired; and that Prophesie should pass it over in silence, and give no satisfaction, This …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Queen, that may Arrogate thus; The Apostacy is still inits Half-Time not fully Expir'dExpired. We see Mahometanism still over-powering the Greek Churches; The Tabernacle of Testimony and …
With rule
… Queen, that may Arrogate thus; The Apostacy is still inits Half-Time not fully Expir'dExpired. We see Mahometanism still over-powering the Greek Churches; The Tabernacle of Testimony and …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… took some Further Time to display its Appearance, and when deep Time was more Expir'dExpired, as at that Solemn Protestation of the German Princes about Ten years after; where …
With rule
… took some Further Time to display its Appearance, and when deep Time was more Expir'dExpired, as at that Solemn Protestation of the German Princes about Ten years after; where …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Voice from Heaven A76495

Printed
… was no Head, and the ſeventh Head did not Succeed, till the Chriſtian Empire Expir'dExpired.
With rule
… was no Head, and the ſeventh Head did not Succeed, till the Chriſtian Empire Expir'dExpired.
Thomas Beverley · The Voice from Heaven · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains N03209

Printed
… OF THE Life and Death Of the Pious and Ingenious Mrs. JANE TURELL, Who Expir'dExpired at MEDFORD, March 26th. 1735. Aetat. 27. Chiefly collected from her own Manuſcripts.
With rule
… OF THE Life and Death Of the Pious and Ingenious Mrs. JANE TURELL, Who Expir'dExpired at MEDFORD, March 26th. 1735. Aetat. 27. Chiefly collected from her own Manuſcripts.
Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · Open in the reader