Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10287 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inclos'denclosed

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

Puritas changed it: 53 times in 43 works
Consistency: 92.9% (53 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~61 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: enclosed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 58 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: inclos (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (53 changes in 43 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 53)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… what ſevere Meaſure they will have from a violated Law, if they are not inclos'denclosed within the compaſs of the Mediator's Favour and Bleſſings. It plainly and ſincerely declares …
With rule
… what ſevere Meaſure they will have from a violated Law, if they are not inclos'denclosed within the compaſs of the Mediator's Favour and Bleſſings. It plainly and ſincerely declares …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it more safe to sitt free, though without a Guard in op'n danger, then inclos'denclosed with a suspected safety. The people therfore, lest thir worthiest and most faithfull Patriots …
With rule
… it more safe to sitt free, though without a Guard in op'n danger, then inclos'denclosed with a suspected safety. The people therfore, lest thir worthiest and most faithfull Patriots …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
Drinke not Chriſts blood inclos'denclosed in his body;
With rule
Drinke not Chriſts blood inclos'denclosed in his body;
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
And, ſo with pow'r and Policie, inclos'denclosed,
With rule
And, ſo with pow'r and Policie, inclos'denclosed,
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… great Viſion is this to iuvite thee to meekneſs and patience! Thou likewiſe art inclos'denclosed as in a thorny Buſh, (thy Body) where for a light injury, or ſmall …
With rule
… great Viſion is this to iuvite thee to meekneſs and patience! Thou likewiſe art inclos'denclosed as in a thorny Buſh, (thy Body) where for a light injury, or ſmall …
Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtraits of Hiroth; where were two great Mountains, betwixt which Iſrael marched; and were incloſ'denclosed on both ſides, between Migdall, and Baalzephon, two ſtrong Garriſon Cities of Egypt: And …
With rule
… ſtraits of Hiroth; where were two great Mountains, betwixt which Iſrael marched; and were incloſ'denclosed on both ſides, between Migdall, and Baalzephon, two ſtrong Garriſon Cities of Egypt: And …
Jeremiah Shepard · Gods Conduct of His Church Through the Wilderness · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… signified in the first promise of the Gospel, where the Salvation of Man is inclos'denclosed in the curse of the Serpent, that is the Devil cloathed with that figure …
With rule
… signified in the first promise of the Gospel, where the Salvation of Man is inclos'denclosed in the curse of the Serpent, that is the Devil cloathed with that figure …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
To empty out their Corn, there was inclos'denclosed
With rule
To empty out their Corn, there was inclos'denclosed
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 65 · 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.

Suffolks Tears A61970

Printed
Inclos'dEnclosed in wals, muſt alwayes feed on graſſe;
With rule
Inclos'dEnclosed in wals, muſt alwayes feed on graſſe;
Samuel Fairclough Jr · Suffolks Tears · p. 27 · Open in the reader