Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10393 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prais'dpraised

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

Puritas changed it: 165 times in 102 works
Consistency: 90.1% (165 of 183)
Reach if approved: ~192 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: praised
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: praise (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (165 changes in 102 works, 90.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 165)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
What in himselfe he scorn'd, hee prais'dpraised their kinde imbraces:
With rule
What in himselfe he scorn'd, hee prais'dpraised their kinde imbraces:
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
Here haue prais'dpraised, concealedly.
With rule
Here haue prais'dpraised, concealedly.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
ERror in praiſing, may the prais'dpraised defame,
With rule
ERror in praiſing, may the prais'dpraised defame,
Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
Bound to the ſtake, they prais'dpraised the Lord; the flame
With rule
Bound to the ſtake, they prais'dpraised the Lord; the flame
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
When you hear of any Commendation given you, enquire who they were that prais'dpraised you; if Vertuous, make good their Words; if Vicious, ſuſpect your ſelf.
With rule
When you hear of any Commendation given you, enquire who they were that prais'dpraised you; if Vertuous, make good their Words; if Vicious, ſuſpect your ſelf.
Francis Fuller · Words to Give to the Young Man Knowledge and Discretion · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be prais'dpraised with one accord;
With rule
Be prais'dpraised with one accord;
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 377 · Open in the reader
Printed
And touch't thir Golden Harps, & hymning prais'dpraised
With rule
And touch't thir Golden Harps, & hymning prais'dpraised
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, that is, whose aim, and whose honour it is not to be prais'dpraised of men, but of God. The Upright man trades in Invisible things.
With rule
… of God, that is, whose aim, and whose honour it is not to be prais'dpraised of men, but of God. The Upright man trades in Invisible things.
Richard Steele · Upon Uprightness · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

Printed
Of Maſſive Silver, for its Luſtre Prais'dPraised
With rule
Of Maſſive Silver, for its Luſtre Prais'dPraised
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 68 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Theſe words up to the height; The Lord be Prais'dPraised.
With rule
Theſe words up to the height; The Lord be Prais'dPraised.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 178 · Open in the reader

The Banqueting House A47401

Printed
Prais'dPraised be the Lord, prais'dpraised be the Word
With rule
Prais'dPraised be the Lord, prais'dpraised be the Word
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Melody A47611

Printed
Prais'dPraised be the Lord, prais'dpraised be the Word
With rule
Prais'dPraised be the Lord, prais'dpraised be the Word
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
Prais'dPraised be thy Bleſſed Name, who, as thou didſt
With rule
Prais'dPraised be thy Bleſſed Name, who, as thou didſt
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Three Private Meditations A66784

Printed
Prais'dPraised be thy bleſſed Name; For, thou art ſpeedy
With rule
Prais'dPraised be thy bleſſed Name; For, thou art ſpeedy
George Wither · Three Private Meditations · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Hymns on Several Subjects A81996

Printed
his Pow'r and Love be Praiſ'dPraised.
With rule
his Pow'r and Love be Praiſ'dPraised.
Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 148 · Open in the reader

Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion B26645

Printed
… of the Woman that is adorned with it. A wise Woman is justly a Prais'dPraised Woman, and a Pris'd one, all over the World. The Wise Woman in the …
With rule
… of the Woman that is adorned with it. A wise Woman is justly a Prais'dPraised Woman, and a Pris'd one, all over the World. The Wise Woman in the …
Cotton Mather · Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion · p. 41 · Open in the reader