Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10357 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

murther'dmurder'd

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

Puritas changed it: 54 times in 36 works
Consistency: 100% (54 of 54)
Reach if approved: ~57 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: murdered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 54 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 36 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 54)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… so, wo to thee; for the blood of this Mercy, which thy Ingratitude hath murther'dmurder'd, like the blood of Abel, cries to God against thee. What a Wretch art …
With rule
… so, wo to thee; for the blood of this Mercy, which thy Ingratitude hath murther'dmurder'd, like the blood of Abel, cries to God against thee. What a Wretch art …
John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
Were Tortur'd, Murther'dMurder'd, Burnt or Massacred,
With rule
Were Tortur'd, Murther'dMurder'd, Burnt or Massacred,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… give Directions, ſaith A Lapide, but they mocked the Meſſengers, yea, both miſuſed and murther'dmurder'd them, 2 Chron. 30.10. Matth. 21.34, 35, 36. N.B. The laſt means God ordinarily uſeth to reclaim Sinners …
With rule
… give Directions, ſaith A Lapide, but they mocked the Meſſengers, yea, both miſuſed and murther'dmurder'd them, 2 Chron. 30.10. Matth. 21.34, 35, 36. N.B. The laſt means God ordinarily uſeth to reclaim Sinners …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 627 · Open in the reader
Printed
… murther himſelf, as did Judas, Ahitophel, &c? And did not they murther themſelves who murther'dmurder'd the King? For beſides that they were dead men in the Eye of the …
With rule
… murther himſelf, as did Judas, Ahitophel, &c? And did not they murther themſelves who murther'dmurder'd the King? For beſides that they were dead men in the Eye of the …
Samuel Rolle · Loyalty and Peace · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
… view of all Christ's Miracles, grew more wilfully hard'ned against his Gospel-doctrin, and murther'dmurder'd his Person. Thus did they, in a Land of Uprightness, the holy Place, or …
With rule
… view of all Christ's Miracles, grew more wilfully hard'ned against his Gospel-doctrin, and murther'dmurder'd his Person. Thus did they, in a Land of Uprightness, the holy Place, or …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 409 · Open in the reader
Printed
Joaſh, during the Life of Jehoiada the Prieſt, who had ſaved him from being Murther'dMurder'd, and brought him to the Throne, ſeemed a Prince very well Inclined, but after …
With rule
Joaſh, during the Life of Jehoiada the Prieſt, who had ſaved him from being Murther'dMurder'd, and brought him to the Throne, ſeemed a Prince very well Inclined, but after …
Nathanael Vincent · The Conversion of the Soul · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
They all were murther'dmurder'd by theſe hell-ſent ſlaves;
With rule
They all were murther'dmurder'd by theſe hell-ſent ſlaves;
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as our Saviour Christ testifies▪ John 8. 44. He was a Murtherer from the Beginning: He murther'dmurder'd the Souls (the most Noble and Divine part) of our First Parents, and in …
With rule
… as our Saviour Christ testifies▪ John 8. 44. He was a Murtherer from the Beginning: He murther'dmurder'd the Souls (the most Noble and Divine part) of our First Parents, and in …
Samuel Clarke · A Looking Glass for Persecutors · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.