Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10409 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

quell'dquelled

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

Puritas changed it: 50 times in 42 works
Consistency: 98.0% (50 of 51)
Reach if approved: ~54 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: quelled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 51 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (50 changes in 42 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 50)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
If not as yet, by me, thou shalt be quell'dquelled:
With rule
If not as yet, by me, thou shalt be quell'dquelled:
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their Prince, and breakers of the peace, are to be laid hold on, repress'd, quell'dquelled, and as I may say, to be cast into Prison. Then the House of …
With rule
… their Prince, and breakers of the peace, are to be laid hold on, repress'd, quell'dquelled, and as I may say, to be cast into Prison. Then the House of …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 449 · Open in the reader
Printed
… despised Shame for his sake. But those vile Spirits, whose Courage of Straw is quell'dquelled by vain opinion, and the reproaches of Fools, and have deserted the Cause of …
With rule
… despised Shame for his sake. But those vile Spirits, whose Courage of Straw is quell'dquelled by vain opinion, and the reproaches of Fools, and have deserted the Cause of …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Fruit might allure him, yet the force of his Reaſon might have quell'dquelled the liquoriſhneſs of his Senſe: The perpetual thinking of, and ſounding out the command …
With rule
… of the Fruit might allure him, yet the force of his Reaſon might have quell'dquelled the liquoriſhneſs of his Senſe: The perpetual thinking of, and ſounding out the command …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 505 · Open in the reader
Printed
By these the rude unreined world is restrained and civilized. John thundring quell'dquelled Herod's outragious Souldiers, and quenched their otherwise unruly fierceness: By these the world is …
With rule
By these the rude unreined world is restrained and civilized. John thundring quell'dquelled Herod's outragious Souldiers, and quenched their otherwise unruly fierceness: By these the world is …
Robert Gouge · The Faith of Dying Jacob · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Parliament to come to Town, obey'd and came, and when they were come, quell'dquelled with eaſe, the Faction and Uproar of the King's Party, who ſometimes threatned the …
With rule
… the Parliament to come to Town, obey'd and came, and when they were come, quell'dquelled with eaſe, the Faction and Uproar of the King's Party, who ſometimes threatned the …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
By their own counſels quell'dquelled;
With rule
By their own counſels quell'dquelled;
John Milton · Poems · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall be very ſorrowful, Zech. 9.3, 4, 5. When Jonah was thrown over-board, and the Storm quell'dquelled, the Men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered Sacrifices, in the ſenſe of their …
With rule
… ſhall be very ſorrowful, Zech. 9.3, 4, 5. When Jonah was thrown over-board, and the Storm quell'dquelled, the Men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered Sacrifices, in the ſenſe of their …
John Shower · Practical Reflections on the Late Earthquakes · p. 66 · 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.