Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10464 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sum'dsummed

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

Puritas changed it: 69 times in 53 works
Consistency: 93.2% (69 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: summed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (69 changes in 53 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 69)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thus is ſum'dsummed up man 's wretched Majeſtie.
With rule
Thus is ſum'dsummed up man 's wretched Majeſtie.
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and must ever lie under. On the contrary, the happiness of the Faithful is sum'dsummed up in these two Points, to wit, Freedom from Evil, and Fruition of Good …
With rule
… and must ever lie under. On the contrary, the happiness of the Faithful is sum'dsummed up in these two Points, to wit, Freedom from Evil, and Fruition of Good …
John Barret · Goodwill Towards Men · p. 264 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some twenty circled ſnakes ſum'dsummed up his age,
With rule
Some twenty circled ſnakes ſum'dsummed up his age,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things desired either have a direct influence upon our obtaining Happiness; and they are sum'dsummed up in our universal obedience to God's Will, exprest in the third Petition, let …
With rule
… things desired either have a direct influence upon our obtaining Happiness; and they are sum'dsummed up in our universal obedience to God's Will, exprest in the third Petition, let …
William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with purpoſe of Heart, they would cleave unto the Lord. The whole may be ſum'dsummed up, under three General Heads.
With rule
… with purpoſe of Heart, they would cleave unto the Lord. The whole may be ſum'dsummed up, under three General Heads.
Timothy Cruso · Last Three Sermons · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heart, &c. and his loving his neighbour as himſelf: and may it not be ſum'dsummed up once again, and affirm'd, That it mainly conſiſts in a mans believing in …
With rule
… heart, &c. and his loving his neighbour as himſelf: and may it not be ſum'dsummed up once again, and affirm'd, That it mainly conſiſts in a mans believing in …
Richard Mayo · The Life and Death of Edmund Staunton · p. iii · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is unvaluable, ſo it is irreparable, it can neither be made up, nor ſum'dsummed up. O poor Seamen what a precious commodity do you carry to Sea with …
With rule
… it is unvaluable, ſo it is irreparable, it can neither be made up, nor ſum'dsummed up. O poor Seamen what a precious commodity do you carry to Sea with …
John Ryther · A Plat for Mariners · Open in the reader
Printed
And ſum'dsummed up alſo, (as my weakneſſe could)
With rule
And ſum'dsummed up alſo, (as my weakneſſe could)
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Jude 2 A87557

Printed
… bodies, healths, names, eſtates. 4. A ſervant is rewarded: but what are the ſinners wages? Sum'dSummed up they are in that one word (how comprehenſive!) Death. The very work of …
With rule
… bodies, healths, names, eſtates. 4. A ſervant is rewarded: but what are the ſinners wages? Sum'dSummed up they are in that one word (how comprehenſive!) Death. The very work of …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 523 · Open in the reader