Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10399 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

proportion'dproportioned

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

Puritas changed it: 149 times in 96 works
Consistency: 98.6% (149 of 151)
Reach if approved: ~159 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: proportioned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 151 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 96 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Years, as near, as Time of the Sun and of the Moon can be proportion'dproportioned one to another: For which I Appeal to the exacteſt Accountants of Time.
With rule
… Years, as near, as Time of the Sun and of the Moon can be proportion'dproportioned one to another: For which I Appeal to the exacteſt Accountants of Time.
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
— puniſhment proportion'dproportioned to it. Page. 689: 690, 1. 797, 8.
With rule
— puniſhment proportion'dproportioned to it. Page. 689: 690, 1. 797, 8.
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · Open in the reader
Printed
… in that great variety, wherein they are distributed among the many Individuals; God having proportion'dproportioned them out unto the severals in so different a measure, as nothing but his …
With rule
… in that great variety, wherein they are distributed among the many Individuals; God having proportion'dproportioned them out unto the severals in so different a measure, as nothing but his …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and when thou couldſt no longer forbear, yet maſtering thy power, thou haſt not proportion'dproportioned thy vengeance to our crimes, but to thy own gracious deſign of reducing and …
With rule
… and when thou couldſt no longer forbear, yet maſtering thy power, thou haſt not proportion'dproportioned thy vengeance to our crimes, but to thy own gracious deſign of reducing and …
Henry Hammond · A Pacific Discourse of Gods Grace · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… only deliver their own ſouls, Ezek. 14. 14. Ordinarily, 'tis an Humiliation in ſome competent meaſure proportion'dproportioned to the ſin which muſt appeaſe the wrath of God broke out upon a …
With rule
… only deliver their own ſouls, Ezek. 14. 14. Ordinarily, 'tis an Humiliation in ſome competent meaſure proportion'dproportioned to the ſin which muſt appeaſe the wrath of God broke out upon a …
Matthew Mead · Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with our fond Affection, while we poſſeſs'd them; and our dejection under calamity be proportion'dproportioned to our fears, leſt it come to paſs: Whereas if our Affections be moderate …
With rule
… with our fond Affection, while we poſſeſs'd them; and our dejection under calamity be proportion'dproportioned to our fears, leſt it come to paſs: Whereas if our Affections be moderate …
John Shower · Resignation to the Divine Good Pleasure in Every Condition · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
Must punish't be: proportion'dproportioned therafter
With rule
Must punish't be: proportion'dproportioned therafter
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… every heart, in which examination whosoever shall find his scruples to be universal, and proportion'dproportioned to the duty, his heart watchful, especially where the concern is greatest, and there …
With rule
… every heart, in which examination whosoever shall find his scruples to be universal, and proportion'dproportioned to the duty, his heart watchful, especially where the concern is greatest, and there …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 282 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

The Clouds in Which Christ Comes A61470

Printed
… must this sight be? 'Tis a Fit Union of an Object Suitable to a Proportion'dProportioned Power or Faculty, that gives Satisfaction and Certainty. Here the Divine Eye is the …
With rule
… must this sight be? 'Tis a Fit Union of an Object Suitable to a Proportion'dProportioned Power or Faculty, that gives Satisfaction and Certainty. Here the Divine Eye is the …
Peter Sterry · The Clouds in Which Christ Comes · p. 26 · Open in the reader