Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10375 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pain'dpained

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 47 works
Consistency: 98.2% (56 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 47 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
That, pain'dpained me ſeven yeares after: nor had I
With rule
That, pain'dpained me ſeven yeares after: nor had I
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… most pleasant Condition. A wounded Spirit, like an ulcerous Palat that is fretted and pain'dpained with the sweetest things, turns all the Pleasures of the World into Vexation. Fear …
With rule
… most pleasant Condition. A wounded Spirit, like an ulcerous Palat that is fretted and pain'dpained with the sweetest things, turns all the Pleasures of the World into Vexation. Fear …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
Kil'd, ſav'd pul'd down, ſet up, or pain'dpained or eas'd;
With rule
Kil'd, ſav'd pul'd down, ſet up, or pain'dpained or eas'd;
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more then to appear so. Here if he stay long, he is no lesse pain'dpained in hearing the Sermon, then if both his Eares were fast nailed to the …
With rule
… more then to appear so. Here if he stay long, he is no lesse pain'dpained in hearing the Sermon, then if both his Eares were fast nailed to the …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prevent it, both for their own ease and safety, that they may neither be pain'dpained nor tempted with it: and to this end it may be very adviseable to …
With rule
… prevent it, both for their own ease and safety, that they may neither be pain'dpained nor tempted with it: and to this end it may be very adviseable to …
John Kettlewell · Worthy Communicating · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their spirits are too big for their condition, and so they are pinch'd and pain'dpained like a Gouty Foot in a narrow and little Shooe. And many times God …
With rule
… their spirits are too big for their condition, and so they are pinch'd and pain'dpained like a Gouty Foot in a narrow and little Shooe. And many times God …
Samuel Slater · An Earnest Call to Family Religion · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but not I; and let them ſuffer (for me), let them be pinch'd, and pain'dpained, and ſtarved, and die; none of all this ſhall move me: nay, herein I …
With rule
… but not I; and let them ſuffer (for me), let them be pinch'd, and pain'dpained, and ſtarved, and die; none of all this ſhall move me: nay, herein I …
Richard Alleine · The Godly Mans Portion and Sanctuary Opened · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some others grow, who are as greatly pain'dpained,
With rule
Some others grow, who are as greatly pain'dpained,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 114 · 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.