Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10440 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

silenc'dsilenced

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 88 works
Consistency: 87.8% (116 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: silenced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 88 works, 87.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
This silly, sickly, silenc'dsilenced Calamy;
With rule
This silly, sickly, silenc'dsilenced Calamy;
Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… been ſenceleſs of the miſeries of others. But have not many poor Miniſters been ſilenc'dsilenced, turn'd out of all, for things that others counted trifles, and might have forborn …
With rule
… been ſenceleſs of the miſeries of others. But have not many poor Miniſters been ſilenc'dsilenced, turn'd out of all, for things that others counted trifles, and might have forborn …
John Geree · The Sifters Sieve Broken · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
But this all ſilenc'dsilenced hath.
With rule
But this all ſilenc'dsilenced hath.
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is more of God and his Religion in ſome one congregation of a ſilenc'dsilenced Miniſter, than in all the Biſhops families in England. I appeal to all the …
With rule
… there is more of God and his Religion in ſome one congregation of a ſilenc'dsilenced Miniſter, than in all the Biſhops families in England. I appeal to all the …
Simon Patrick · Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist Part 2 · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the Almighty, instruct him? he that reproves him, must answer it. Job 40. 2. This silenc'dsilenced Job; Once have I spoken; yea, twice, but I'le proceed no further; vers. 5. Presume …
With rule
… with the Almighty, instruct him? he that reproves him, must answer it. Job 40. 2. This silenc'dsilenced Job; Once have I spoken; yea, twice, but I'le proceed no further; vers. 5. Presume …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 297 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then ſilenc'dsilenced were; Their jugling Miracles
With rule
Then ſilenc'dsilenced were; Their jugling Miracles
George Wither · A Triple Paradox · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Corruption vnder which it groanes, before the Martyrs vnder the Altar ſhall be ſilenc'dsilenced, before all things ſhall be ſubdued to Chriſt, his Kingdome perfited, and the laſt …
With rule
… of Corruption vnder which it groanes, before the Martyrs vnder the Altar ſhall be ſilenc'dsilenced, before all things ſhall be ſubdued to Chriſt, his Kingdome perfited, and the laſt …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our Representer, to take possession of it for us. The Language of Despair is silenc'dsilenced for ever. Who shall ascend up to Heaven to raise us thither? Christ is …
With rule
… our Representer, to take possession of it for us. The Language of Despair is silenc'dsilenced for ever. Who shall ascend up to Heaven to raise us thither? Christ is …
William Bates · The Blessed Place and State of the Saints Above · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

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

Three Sermons Upon Special Occasions A20655

Printed
… a third part of the starrs from heauen. Antichrist by his Persecutions, and Excommunications Silenc'dSilenced many; all that would not Magnifie him. And many amongst vs, haue silenc'dsilenced themselues …
With rule
… a third part of the starrs from heauen. Antichrist by his Persecutions, and Excommunications Silenc'dSilenced many; all that would not Magnifie him. And many amongst vs, haue silenc'dsilenced themselues …
John Donne · Three Sermons Upon Special Occasions · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs in a Church, and vnder a Head of the Church, where none are Silenc'dSilenced, nor discountenanc'd, if being starrs, called to the Ministery of the Gospell, and appointed …
With rule
… vs in a Church, and vnder a Head of the Church, where none are Silenc'dSilenced, nor discountenanc'd, if being starrs, called to the Ministery of the Gospell, and appointed …
John Donne · Three Sermons Upon Special Occasions · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… came thither, in the House of that Learned and Worthy Man, Mr. Shaw, another Silenc'dSilenced Mi…ister, and his Brother in Law; who being shut up, gave God Thanks …
With rule
… came thither, in the House of that Learned and Worthy Man, Mr. Shaw, another Silenc'dSilenced Mi…ister, and his Brother in Law; who being shut up, gave God Thanks …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one great Benefit the Plague brought to the City, that is, it occasioned the Silenc'dSilenced Ministers more openly and laboriously to Preach the Gospel, to the exceeding comfort and …
With rule
… one great Benefit the Plague brought to the City, that is, it occasioned the Silenc'dSilenced Ministers more openly and laboriously to Preach the Gospel, to the exceeding comfort and …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Plague) was busie in making an Act of Confinement, to make the Silenc'dSilenced Ministers Case incomparably harder than it was before, by putting upon them a certain …
With rule
… of the Plague) was busie in making an Act of Confinement, to make the Silenc'dSilenced Ministers Case incomparably harder than it was before, by putting upon them a certain …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… most Conformable, do every day omit some part or other, and yet are not Silenc'dSilenced, nor taken notice of as offenders at all: And may not, as much for …
With rule
… most Conformable, do every day omit some part or other, and yet are not Silenc'dSilenced, nor taken notice of as offenders at all: And may not, as much for …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal 2 A66004

Printed
Is now a Silenc'dSilenced Man as well as We)
With rule
Is now a Silenc'dSilenced Man as well as We)
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 79 · Open in the reader

On the Death of Mr Calamy A96486

Printed
Is now a Silenc'dSilenced Man as well as We)
With rule
Is now a Silenc'dSilenced Man as well as We)
Robert Wild · On the Death of Mr Calamy · Open in the reader