Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10370 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

oppress'doppressed

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

Puritas changed it: 83 times in 66 works
Consistency: 90.2% (83 of 92)
Reach if approved: ~97 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: oppressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 92 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (83 changes in 66 works, 90.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of Lords, as were the thirty Tyrants of Athens, and the Roman Triumviri, who oppreſs'doppressed the Liberty of the People. And for this Reaſon, adds he, the Ancients have …
With rule
… of Lords, as were the thirty Tyrants of Athens, and the Roman Triumviri, who oppreſs'doppressed the Liberty of the People. And for this Reaſon, adds he, the Ancients have …
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the impriſoned; to redeem the Captives, and to vindicate thoſe who are injur'd and oppreſs'doppressed in their Perſons, or Eſtates, or Reputation; to repair thoſe who are ruin'd in …
With rule
… the impriſoned; to redeem the Captives, and to vindicate thoſe who are injur'd and oppreſs'doppressed in their Perſons, or Eſtates, or Reputation; to repair thoſe who are ruin'd in …
John Tillotson · Discourses Upon the Attributes of God · p. 404 · Open in the reader
Printed
… higher than Ecclesiastical Canons, and the Vnive…sal Lawes of Charity, and relieving the oppress'doppressed, by admonishing the opposers (fraternal charity still, not paternal authoritative Jurisdiction) but never made …
With rule
… higher than Ecclesiastical Canons, and the Vnive…sal Lawes of Charity, and relieving the oppress'doppressed, by admonishing the opposers (fraternal charity still, not paternal authoritative Jurisdiction) but never made …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 417 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Heavens, and their Head reach unto the Clouds, yet because they have oppress'doppressed and forsaken the Poor, they do but suck the poyson of Asps, and the …
With rule
… to the Heavens, and their Head reach unto the Clouds, yet because they have oppress'doppressed and forsaken the Poor, they do but suck the poyson of Asps, and the …
Thomas Gregory · The Doctrine of a God and Providence Vindicated · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their Interest is concerned. They are vex'd with the apprehensions, lest they should be oppress'doppressed by the Rich, rob'd by the Poor, circumvented by the Crafty, or suffer loss …
With rule
… their Interest is concerned. They are vex'd with the apprehensions, lest they should be oppress'doppressed by the Rich, rob'd by the Poor, circumvented by the Crafty, or suffer loss …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into Egypt, what ſcorn and cruel Bondage muſt they there expect? If the Egyptians oppreſs'doppressed them before, how much more hardly and ſeverely would they deal with them now …
With rule
… into Egypt, what ſcorn and cruel Bondage muſt they there expect? If the Egyptians oppreſs'doppressed them before, how much more hardly and ſeverely would they deal with them now …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to us in all the Riddles of God's Providence, when we ſee holy men oppreſs'doppressed, and wicked men, for a time, to proſper in all theſe intricate Providences; God …
With rule
… to us in all the Riddles of God's Providence, when we ſee holy men oppreſs'doppressed, and wicked men, for a time, to proſper in all theſe intricate Providences; God …
George Gifford · The Great Mystery of Providence · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of an illegal & arbitrary Government? No; The God of Heaven was not with that oppress'doppressed people, to whom He said in Isa. 1.7. Your Countrey is desolate; your land, Strangers …
With rule
… of an illegal & arbitrary Government? No; The God of Heaven was not with that oppress'doppressed people, to whom He said in Isa. 1.7. Your Countrey is desolate; your land, Strangers …
Cotton Mather · The Wonderful Works of God Commemorated · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Oppreſs'dOppressed them ſore, and killed their Divines:
With rule
Oppreſs'dOppressed them ſore, and killed their Divines:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 52 · Open in the reader