Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10442 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

skil'dskilled

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

Puritas changed it: 73 times in 64 works
Consistency: 93.5% (73 of 78)
Reach if approved: ~82 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: skilled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 78 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 64 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Cauſes, Signs or Prophecies of Holy Scripture, wherein he is not a little skil'dskilled, and out of which he ſometimes ſtealeth a parcel. Far be it from me …
With rule
… the Cauſes, Signs or Prophecies of Holy Scripture, wherein he is not a little skil'dskilled, and out of which he ſometimes ſtealeth a parcel. Far be it from me …
Christopher Ness · The Signs of the Times · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sin is an old Trade, but there are persons now alive, who are more skil'dskilled in the Trade, and are grown more expert in sin, than those who are …
With rule
… sin is an old Trade, but there are persons now alive, who are more skil'dskilled in the Trade, and are grown more expert in sin, than those who are …
Thomas Watson · The Mischief of Sin · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his malicious and bloody intent: And becauſe it is poſſible he is as well skil'dskilled in Logick as Law, we ſhall frame an Argument, Thus.
With rule
… his malicious and bloody intent: And becauſe it is poſſible he is as well skil'dskilled in Logick as Law, we ſhall frame an Argument, Thus.
Arthur Hesilrige · John Lilb Tried and Cast · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Be well skil'dskilled in the knowledge of Chriſt; a man can never dye for him he doth …
With rule
2. Be well skil'dskilled in the knowledge of Chriſt; a man can never dye for him he doth …
Thomas Watson · The Beatitudes · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
No tongue was euer yet so sweetely skil'dskilled,
With rule
No tongue was euer yet so sweetely skil'dskilled,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
What I can do well skil'dskilled Mechanicks may:
With rule
What I can do well skil'dskilled Mechanicks may:
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… little. Come help me all ye Mighty and Glorious Angels, who are so well skil'dskilled in this Heavenly work of Praise! Praise him, all ye Creatures upon Earth: Let …
With rule
… little. Come help me all ye Mighty and Glorious Angels, who are so well skil'dskilled in this Heavenly work of Praise! Praise him, all ye Creatures upon Earth: Let …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
All Warriours skil'dskilled in fight,
With rule
All Warriours skil'dskilled in fight,
Arthur Hildersham · The Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 109 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Assize Sermon A42733

Printed
1. Be well Skil'dSkilled in the Laws. Psal. 2.10 Be Inst…ucted or Learned, Ye Judges of the Earth …
With rule
1. Be well Skil'dSkilled in the Laws. Psal. 2.10 Be Inst…ucted or Learned, Ye Judges of the Earth …
Thomas Gilbert · An Assize Sermon · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Earth. The great Judg of Heaven and Earth, is without study and Learning exactly Skil'dSkilled in his Law, for observance of it as his Rule of Judgment. That the …
With rule
… Earth. The great Judg of Heaven and Earth, is without study and Learning exactly Skil'dSkilled in his Law, for observance of it as his Rule of Judgment. That the …
Thomas Gilbert · An Assize Sermon · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more can a Judg proceed in Judicature according to a Law he is not Skil'dSkilled in. Besides, How will a cunning Lawyer work upon such an advantage? What false …
With rule
… more can a Judg proceed in Judicature according to a Law he is not Skil'dSkilled in. Besides, How will a cunning Lawyer work upon such an advantage? What false …
Thomas Gilbert · An Assize Sermon · p. 24 · Open in the reader