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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10410 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rank'dranked

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

Puritas changed it
59 times in 50 works
Consistency
93.6% (59 of 63)
Reach if approved
~66 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ranked
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
63 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (59 changes in 50 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 59)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Secondly, Their Quality is rank'dranked into Princes and People.
    With rule
    Secondly, Their Quality is rank'dranked into Princes and People.

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 652 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … we hardly think that to be a Sin, which is in Scripture so frequently rank'dranked with Murther and Adultery and the blackest Crimes; such as are inconsistent with the …
    With rule
    … we hardly think that to be a Sin, which is in Scripture so frequently rank'dranked with Murther and Adultery and the blackest Crimes; such as are inconsistent with the …

    John Tillotson · Last Sermon · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … himſelf the Son of him that created all things: He is not to be rank'dranked among thoſe Creatures which grow proud by promotion, or cannot be humble without debaſing …
    With rule
    … himſelf the Son of him that created all things: He is not to be rank'dranked among thoſe Creatures which grow proud by promotion, or cannot be humble without debaſing …

    Jacques Abbadie · Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion · p. 339 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſheets have ſwell'd too far already, and in regard the promiſes are already ſweetly rank'dranked (in ſeverall Books printed) I thought good to omit the inſerting of them. Now …
    With rule
    … ſheets have ſwell'd too far already, and in regard the promiſes are already ſweetly rank'dranked (in ſeverall Books printed) I thought good to omit the inſerting of them. Now …

    John Collinges · Faith and Experience · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that you have had a diſtinguiſh'd name among flattering mortals, that you have been rank'dranked among the great men of the earth, and have been honour'd with a ſplendid …
    With rule
    … that you have had a diſtinguiſh'd name among flattering mortals, that you have been rank'dranked among the great men of the earth, and have been honour'd with a ſplendid …

    Ebenezer Pemberton · Sermons on Several Subjects · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … he had for you. Sir, I believe, had you known him, you would have rank'dranked him among those Worthies that you have help'd to Heaven, for he followed you …
    With rule
    … he had for you. Sir, I believe, had you known him, you would have rank'dranked him among those Worthies that you have help'd to Heaven, for he followed you …

    Richard Baxter · The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and Immortality of the Soul · p. 199 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not ſought all theſe ſubterfuges of the Author of the Diſſertation; for he has rank'dranked John Scot in the Catalogue of Saints, in his Annals of England, Printed at …
    With rule
    … not ſought all theſe ſubterfuges of the Author of the Diſſertation; for he has rank'dranked John Scot in the Catalogue of Saints, in his Annals of England, Printed at …

    Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 315 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … follow after Righteousness, Godliness, Faith, Love, Patience, Meekness: See what good Company it is rank'dranked with. Every Christian is in a sense a Man of God, (tho' Timothy is …
    With rule
    … follow after Righteousness, Godliness, Faith, Love, Patience, Meekness: See what good Company it is rank'dranked with. Every Christian is in a sense a Man of God, (tho' Timothy is …

    Matthew Henry · Meekness and Quietness of Spirit · p. 91 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … feared not to viſit Saul (who was now become a greater wonder in being Rank'dRanked among thoſe that prayed, than the former Saul was when Ranked among thoſe that …
    With rule
    … feared not to viſit Saul (who was now become a greater wonder in being Rank'dRanked among thoſe that prayed, than the former Saul was when Ranked among thoſe that …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 372 · Open in the reader