Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10241 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fetter'dfettered

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 91 works
Consistency: 87.9% (102 of 116)
Reach if approved: ~122 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fettered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 116 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 91 works, 87.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… better in Heaven, with more zeal and leſs hindrance; whilſt thou art ſurrounded and fetter'dfettered with theſe Fetters of Mortality, thy Miniſtry muſt needs be accompanied with many imperfections …
With rule
… better in Heaven, with more zeal and leſs hindrance; whilſt thou art ſurrounded and fetter'dfettered with theſe Fetters of Mortality, thy Miniſtry muſt needs be accompanied with many imperfections …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſſe poſſint rediviva; yet it may be the Stump is in the Earth, though fetter'dfettered to be kept under with a band of Iron and Braſs, Dan. 4.15. and may …
With rule
… eſſe poſſint rediviva; yet it may be the Stump is in the Earth, though fetter'dfettered to be kept under with a band of Iron and Braſs, Dan. 4.15. and may …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
A fetter'dfettered Romish slave?
With rule
A fetter'dfettered Romish slave?
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to depend upon the doubtful consent of any earthly Monarch; nor to be again fetter'dfettered with a presumptuous negative voice, tyrannical to the Parlament, but much more tyrannical to …
With rule
… to depend upon the doubtful consent of any earthly Monarch; nor to be again fetter'dfettered with a presumptuous negative voice, tyrannical to the Parlament, but much more tyrannical to …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
Let Mars be fetter'dfettered, Mercurie a ſlave,
With rule
Let Mars be fetter'dfettered, Mercurie a ſlave,
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… Recluses, who would then enviously impose those bands upon others, wherewith they had foolishly fetter'dfettered themselves, that God is more indulgent to Mens appetites, which they may satiate here …
With rule
… Recluses, who would then enviously impose those bands upon others, wherewith they had foolishly fetter'dfettered themselves, that God is more indulgent to Mens appetites, which they may satiate here …
Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the parts of his relative Obligations to God, and the Creatures. 'Twas not fetter'dfettered and confin'd, fearfully restraining from what is Lawful; nor licentious and indulgent in what …
With rule
… all the parts of his relative Obligations to God, and the Creatures. 'Twas not fetter'dfettered and confin'd, fearfully restraining from what is Lawful; nor licentious and indulgent in what …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preparing to Repentance: And further, he conceits a freedom to himſelf, when he is fetter'dfettered and bound; without a power given him from God, he offers to caſt out …
With rule
… preparing to Repentance: And further, he conceits a freedom to himſelf, when he is fetter'dfettered and bound; without a power given him from God, he offers to caſt out …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Poems in Two Parts A60349

Printed
Fetter'dFettered they lie in Hells dark region,
With rule
Fetter'dFettered they lie in Hells dark region,
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 35 · Open in the reader