Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10425 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scandaliz'dscandalized

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

Puritas changed it: 84 times in 60 works
Consistency: 88.4% (84 of 95)
Reach if approved: ~100 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scandalized
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 95 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 60 works, 88.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Portugueze think it a crime to put a knife into it, and are extreamly ſcandaliz'dscandalized, to ſee it broken otherwiſe then with the teeth.
With rule
… Portugueze think it a crime to put a knife into it, and are extreamly ſcandaliz'dscandalized, to ſee it broken otherwiſe then with the teeth.
Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… been of perpetual Observation. But in those Dayes the Eating of Blood would have scandaliz'dscandalized the Jews. That Practice was so abhorrent to them, as that it would have …
With rule
… been of perpetual Observation. But in those Dayes the Eating of Blood would have scandaliz'dscandalized the Jews. That Practice was so abhorrent to them, as that it would have …
Increase Mather · Conscience Concerning Eating of Blood Considered and Answered · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… equall intereſt in the ioyes, and glory of heauen, I hope no man is ſcandaliz'dscandalized with the names. The Lay Dedication then is, the voluntary ſurrendring of this piece …
With rule
… equall intereſt in the ioyes, and glory of heauen, I hope no man is ſcandaliz'dscandalized with the names. The Lay Dedication then is, the voluntary ſurrendring of this piece …
John Donne · The Feast of Dedication Celebrated at Lincolns Inn · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not a prejudice, and Bar to Divſne Forgiveneſs; yea though we have but griev'd, ſcandaliz'dscandalized; or eſpecially drawn them into ſin by our example, or even ſollicitation, and temptation …
With rule
… not a prejudice, and Bar to Divſne Forgiveneſs; yea though we have but griev'd, ſcandaliz'dscandalized; or eſpecially drawn them into ſin by our example, or even ſollicitation, and temptation …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he had so near a conversation, as that (as himself saies) the world was scandaliz'dscandalized with it. and that the world thought him fit to have been made Pope …
With rule
… he had so near a conversation, as that (as himself saies) the world was scandaliz'dscandalized with it. and that the world thought him fit to have been made Pope …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, that the way thereto was, through many tribulations, which made them ſo extreamly ſcandaliz'dscandalized at that ſtrange doctrine of Chriſt, that they muſt leave friends, lands, life, and …
With rule
… them, that the way thereto was, through many tribulations, which made them ſo extreamly ſcandaliz'dscandalized at that ſtrange doctrine of Chriſt, that they muſt leave friends, lands, life, and …
Matthew Mead · Appendix to Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Which ſins have more diſhonor'd my Lord, diſcredited his H. Goſpel, gratifi'd the Devil ſcandaliz'dscandalized the world, and ſtrengthen'd the hands of the ungodly, than the ſins of others …
With rule
… Which ſins have more diſhonor'd my Lord, diſcredited his H. Goſpel, gratifi'd the Devil ſcandaliz'dscandalized the world, and ſtrengthen'd the hands of the ungodly, than the ſins of others …
John Shower · Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
To ſerve themſelves than thee; much ſcandaliz'dscandalized
With rule
To ſerve themſelves than thee; much ſcandaliz'dscandalized
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 108 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Of Scandal A45425

Printed
§ 11 2. That the being Scandaliz'dScandalized, falling off from Chriſt, (or the effect which followes that occaſion,) hath no reflection …
With rule
§ 11 2. That the being Scandaliz'dScandalized, falling off from Chriſt, (or the effect which followes that occaſion,) hath no reflection …
Henry Hammond · Of Scandal · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will appeare to any that will ſurvey the places) and conſequently that anothers being Scandaliz'dScandalized is not ſufficient to lay a charge on him whoſe action (otherwiſe not chargeable …
With rule
… will appeare to any that will ſurvey the places) and conſequently that anothers being Scandaliz'dScandalized is not ſufficient to lay a charge on him whoſe action (otherwiſe not chargeable …
Henry Hammond · Of Scandal · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brother, ſhall not by me be excuſed from the guilt and blame of having Scandaliz'dScandalized his brother in this laſt new Teſtament ſence, at leaſt in ſome other which …
With rule
… brother, ſhall not by me be excuſed from the guilt and blame of having Scandaliz'dScandalized his brother in this laſt new Teſtament ſence, at leaſt in ſome other which …
Henry Hammond · Of Scandal · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I have leaſt reaſon to feare, or poſſibility to foreſee, that he will be Scandaliz'dScandalized in the Scripture phraſe: which feare or foreſight were the onely juſt motive to …
With rule
… I have leaſt reaſon to feare, or poſſibility to foreſee, that he will be Scandaliz'dScandalized in the Scripture phraſe: which feare or foreſight were the onely juſt motive to …
Henry Hammond · Of Scandal · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tis true indeed that his reſolving againſt my preaching is in him to be Scandaliz'dScandalized, i. e. to fall and be ſtopt in the ſervice of God: but this …
With rule
… Tis true indeed that his reſolving againſt my preaching is in him to be Scandaliz'dScandalized, i. e. to fall and be ſtopt in the ſervice of God: but this …
Henry Hammond · Of Scandal · p. 28 · Open in the reader