Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10284 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

imploy'demploy'd

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

Puritas changed it: 329 times in 196 works
Consistency: 94.5% (329 of 348)
Reach if approved: ~373 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: employed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 355 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (329 changes in 196 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 329)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it; Now there is a double danger which ſuch are expoſed to, who are imploy'demploy'd in the affairs of Judicature: The one is danger of miſcarrying, and the other …
With rule
… it; Now there is a double danger which ſuch are expoſed to, who are imploy'demploy'd in the affairs of Judicature: The one is danger of miſcarrying, and the other …
Thomas Horton · Sermon 28 February 1671 · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… himſelf; and Philip muſt be ſent to teach the Eunuch: God will have Inſtruments imploy'demploy'd in his Work till we come where he ſhall be all in all: And …
With rule
… himſelf; and Philip muſt be ſent to teach the Eunuch: God will have Inſtruments imploy'demploy'd in his Work till we come where he ſhall be all in all: And …
Joseph Hallet · Christs Ascension Into Heaven Asserted · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
Where, Labour, wiſely, is imploy'demploy'd,
With rule
Where, Labour, wiſely, is imploy'demploy'd,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nature serve them, but they must have entertainments for their wantonness. Had they been imploy'demploy'd to get their bread, their labour would have made their morsells sweet: but since …
With rule
… nature serve them, but they must have entertainments for their wantonness. Had they been imploy'demploy'd to get their bread, their labour would have made their morsells sweet: but since …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the direction of His Majesties Surveyors, been for above this sixteen hundred years, imploy'demploy'd about this patch of ground, if perhaps it might have been mended: yea, and …
With rule
… by the direction of His Majesties Surveyors, been for above this sixteen hundred years, imploy'demploy'd about this patch of ground, if perhaps it might have been mended: yea, and …
John Bunyan · The Pilgrims Progress · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the ordering of this great work, and in the means he elected and imploy'demploy'd to compaſs it; or the love of the Son, who for our welfare, ſpared …
With rule
… in the ordering of this great work, and in the means he elected and imploy'demploy'd to compaſs it; or the love of the Son, who for our welfare, ſpared …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are said to save others. Here is singular honour put upon the very instruments imploy'demploy'd in this honourable service, and that is not all; but their reward is great …
With rule
… are said to save others. Here is singular honour put upon the very instruments imploy'demploy'd in this honourable service, and that is not all; but their reward is great …
John Flavel · The Soul of Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… all treaſures of wiſdome, and knowledge, Col. 2.3. So then here was the whole Trinity imploy'demploy'd at once about Ezekiel; which was tranſcendent, and ſuperlative mercy. Thoſe are call'd to …
With rule
… all treaſures of wiſdome, and knowledge, Col. 2.3. So then here was the whole Trinity imploy'demploy'd at once about Ezekiel; which was tranſcendent, and ſuperlative mercy. Thoſe are call'd to …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 351 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

6 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.

Fraud and Injustice Detected and Condemned N01339

Printed
… reward for their Medicines or Viſits. So if Attorneys, Clarks, Sheriffs, Conſtables, or any Imploy'dEmploy'd in any ſuch Faculty, Office or Buſineſs, do ask exceſſive Rates or Fees for …
With rule
… reward for their Medicines or Viſits. So if Attorneys, Clarks, Sheriffs, Conſtables, or any Imploy'dEmploy'd in any ſuch Faculty, Office or Buſineſs, do ask exceſſive Rates or Fees for …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Fraud and Injustice Detected and Condemned · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Muſter-Roll or Liſt of Souldiers, demanding Subſiſting Money, or Wages for Perſons never Imploy'dEmploy'd in the Publick Service, or after they are Dead, Run, or Diſmiſs'd from Publick …
With rule
… Muſter-Roll or Liſt of Souldiers, demanding Subſiſting Money, or Wages for Perſons never Imploy'dEmploy'd in the Publick Service, or after they are Dead, Run, or Diſmiſs'd from Publick …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Fraud and Injustice Detected and Condemned · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Rulers Feeding and Guiding their People with Integrity and Skillfulness N01565

Printed
… God's Miniſter, God be truſt him with Power; ſurely then ſuch Power, ſhould be Imploy'dEmploy'd for God, to promote His Intereſt and Glory; and therefore to promote Goodneſs, Piety …
With rule
… God's Miniſter, God be truſt him with Power; ſurely then ſuch Power, ſhould be Imploy'dEmploy'd for God, to promote His Intereſt and Glory; and therefore to promote Goodneſs, Piety …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Rulers Feeding and Guiding their People with Integrity and Skillfulness · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I humbly ſubmit to serious Conſideration. And will yet ſay, Monies ſo Collected, wiſely Imploy'dEmploy'd, and faithfully Accounted for, would be no burthen on voluntary Contributors, but might probably …
With rule
… I humbly ſubmit to serious Conſideration. And will yet ſay, Monies ſo Collected, wiſely Imploy'dEmploy'd, and faithfully Accounted for, would be no burthen on voluntary Contributors, but might probably …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Rulers Feeding and Guiding their People with Integrity and Skillfulness · p. 47 · Open in the reader

Vicious Courses Procuring Poverty Described and Condemned N01759

Printed
… ſhall burſt forth with new wine God requires, that his Miniſters (who are eſpecially Imploy'dEmploy'd to promote his worſhip) ſhould be maintained; it is Gods ordinance and command that …
With rule
… ſhall burſt forth with new wine God requires, that his Miniſters (who are eſpecially Imploy'dEmploy'd to promote his worſhip) ſhould be maintained; it is Gods ordinance and command that …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Vicious Courses Procuring Poverty Described and Condemned · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſervants alſo ſhould be well Inſtructed in Religion, well govern'd, well and diligently Imploy'dEmploy'd in buſineſs proper for them. We ſhould be true to our word and promiſe …
With rule
… and ſervants alſo ſhould be well Inſtructed in Religion, well govern'd, well and diligently Imploy'dEmploy'd in buſineſs proper for them. We ſhould be true to our word and promiſe …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Vicious Courses Procuring Poverty Described and Condemned · p. 31 · Open in the reader