Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10400 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

propos'dproposed

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

Puritas changed it: 288 times in 154 works
Consistency: 98.2% (288 of 293)
Reach if approved: ~308 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: proposed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 293 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (288 changes in 154 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 288)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is to work those Truths, Advices, and Motives, &c. upon our Affections, that are propos'dproposed to us in the Sermon.
With rule
… is to work those Truths, Advices, and Motives, &c. upon our Affections, that are propos'dproposed to us in the Sermon.
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fixt upon, for the effecting this noble, and glorious end, than what the Lord propos'dproposed, viz. their walking together in the fellowſhip of the Goſpel, in the practice of …
With rule
… fixt upon, for the effecting this noble, and glorious end, than what the Lord propos'dproposed, viz. their walking together in the fellowſhip of the Goſpel, in the practice of …
Richard Baxter · Gospel Churches a Standing Ordinance · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… propos'dproposed, to conſider any other Hipotheſis or Model of Things in Bar of this propos'dproposed; And I find theſe Two.
With rule
… propos'dproposed, to conſider any other Hipotheſis or Model of Things in Bar of this propos'dproposed; And I find theſe Two.
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vile and miserable Wretch, that when the Hearing of Moses and the Prophets was propos'dproposed, he should dare to say, Nay, to it? If Job in his Prosperity was …
With rule
… vile and miserable Wretch, that when the Hearing of Moses and the Prophets was propos'dproposed, he should dare to say, Nay, to it? If Job in his Prosperity was …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Eminency (foreign) sometimes call'd the Mountain of the Lord, the holy hill, &c. Is propos'dproposed Metaphorically as a Symbol of the New-Testament Church, Psal. 2.6. —68, 15, 16. —87.1, 2, 5. —132.13, 14. Isa. 4.4, 5. —11.9. —28.16. —40.9. —49.14. —56.7. —59.20. —62.11. —65.25. Zach. 9.9. Heb. 12.22.
With rule
… of Eminency (foreign) sometimes call'd the Mountain of the Lord, the holy hill, &c. Is propos'dproposed Metaphorically as a Symbol of the New-Testament Church, Psal. 2.6. —68, 15, 16. —87.1, 2, 5. —132.13, 14. Isa. 4.4, 5. —11.9. —28.16. —40.9. —49.14. —56.7. —59.20. —62.11. —65.25. Zach. 9.9. Heb. 12.22.
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our pattern. Wherein he is to be so, he hath plainly enough reveal'd and propos'dproposed himself to us. And consider this in the pattern both to which we ought …
With rule
… our pattern. Wherein he is to be so, he hath plainly enough reveal'd and propos'dproposed himself to us. And consider this in the pattern both to which we ought …
John Howe · The Blessedness of the Righteous · p. 314 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and employ themselves. It is the one thing necessary which they have fix'd and propos'dproposed to themselves, and must be their every days thought and business. For in every …
With rule
… and employ themselves. It is the one thing necessary which they have fix'd and propos'dproposed to themselves, and must be their every days thought and business. For in every …
John Kettlewell · Five Discourses · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou hadst propos'dproposed their u…ter overthrow,
With rule
Thou hadst propos'dproposed their u…ter overthrow,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Letters of State A50909

Printed
The Parlament when they gave an Anſwer to thoſe things which were Propos'dProposed by your Excellency at your firſt Audience, as alſo in thoſe Letters which they …
With rule
The Parlament when they gave an Anſwer to thoſe things which were Propos'dProposed by your Excellency at your firſt Audience, as alſo in thoſe Letters which they …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 53 · Open in the reader