Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10335 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mar'dmarred

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

Puritas changed it: 54 times in 46 works
Consistency: 98.1% (54 of 55)
Reach if approved: ~58 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: marred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 55 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (54 changes in 46 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 54)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… loſt my goods, I had loſt my God; If my body had not been mar'dmarred, my ſoul had never been made; If I had not loſt a child, I …
With rule
… loſt my goods, I had loſt my God; If my body had not been mar'dmarred, my ſoul had never been made; If I had not loſt a child, I …
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our actions. Writing on the Sand is eaſie, but ſoon worn out. Its mar'dmarred wit… a ſmall breath of wind, but writing on marble, as it is more …
With rule
… of our actions. Writing on the Sand is eaſie, but ſoon worn out. Its mar'dmarred wit… a ſmall breath of wind, but writing on marble, as it is more …
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
Had mar'dmarred the daughter of Meſhullam,
With rule
Had mar'dmarred the daughter of Meſhullam,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heart, and renew a right spirit within me. GOD made vs good, we haue mar'dmarred ourseluesa,nd behold: wee call on him, to make vs good againe. Yea, euen …
With rule
… heart, and renew a right spirit within me. GOD made vs good, we haue mar'dmarred ourseluesa,nd behold: wee call on him, to make vs good againe. Yea, euen …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is ready. Be wise, know your season, improve your time, You are made or mar'dmarred for ever, as You speed in this one Voyage. There is no returning again …
With rule
… is ready. Be wise, know your season, improve your time, You are made or mar'dmarred for ever, as You speed in this one Voyage. There is no returning again …
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wicked men therefore are of the devil, not as made by him, but as mar'dmarred and made wicked by him; not as naturally begotten, but as ſpiritually corrupted by …
With rule
… wicked men therefore are of the devil, not as made by him, but as mar'dmarred and made wicked by him; not as naturally begotten, but as ſpiritually corrupted by …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
Hee hath mar'dmarred my paper.
With rule
Hee hath mar'dmarred my paper.
Charles Hoole · An Easy Entrance to the Latin Tongue · p. 395 · Open in the reader
Printed
… say, when shee made preaching Ministers Bishops; that shee had made a Bishop, but mar'dmarred a preacher: it being true that the Bishop of Dunkelde once answered Deane Thomas …
With rule
… say, when shee made preaching Ministers Bishops; that shee had made a Bishop, but mar'dmarred a preacher: it being true that the Bishop of Dunkelde once answered Deane Thomas …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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