Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10479 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tam'dtamed

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

Puritas changed it: 51 times in 43 works
Consistency: 96.2% (51 of 53)
Reach if approved: ~56 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: tamed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 53 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (51 changes in 43 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 51)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Who tam'dtamed his foes, in bloud, in skarres and ſweat,
With rule
Who tam'dtamed his foes, in bloud, in skarres and ſweat,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thee a bodily priſon, which is an hindrance to thee. Thy Affections cannot be tam'dtamed ſo far: thou art ſubject even to worldly neceſſities, which will not ſuffer it …
With rule
… thee a bodily priſon, which is an hindrance to thee. Thy Affections cannot be tam'dtamed ſo far: thou art ſubject even to worldly neceſſities, which will not ſuffer it …
Samuel Smith · The Christians Guide to Devotion · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
A sicknesse long my stubborn heart hath tam'dtamed,
With rule
A sicknesse long my stubborn heart hath tam'dtamed,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… present case, no outward accessions will ever satisfy our cravings, our appetites must be tam'dtamed and reduc'd, and then they will never be able to raise tumults, or put …
With rule
… present case, no outward accessions will ever satisfy our cravings, our appetites must be tam'dtamed and reduc'd, and then they will never be able to raise tumults, or put …
Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who tam'dtamed his foes in warrs, in bloud and ſweat.
With rule
Who tam'dtamed his foes in warrs, in bloud and ſweat.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
The oft tam'dtamed Maze here the Dutch yoke endures,
With rule
The oft tam'dtamed Maze here the Dutch yoke endures,
John Donne · Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
This River-dragon tam'dtamed at length submits
With rule
This River-dragon tam'dtamed at length submits
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Was drown'd by Water: So those Lusts were tam'dtamed.
With rule
Was drown'd by Water: So those Lusts were tam'dtamed.
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 202 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 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.