Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10566 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dissolv'ddissolved

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

Puritas changed it: 223 times in 140 works
Consistency: 92.9% (223 of 240)
Reach if approved: ~252 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dissolved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 240 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (223 changes in 140 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 223)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… pounds: Oh the many precious Pearls worth thouſands of gold and ſilver, that are diſſolv'ddissolved by the Vinegar ſowreneſs of mens ſpirits in theſe ſharp diſſentions that are amongſt …
With rule
… pounds: Oh the many precious Pearls worth thouſands of gold and ſilver, that are diſſolv'ddissolved by the Vinegar ſowreneſs of mens ſpirits in theſe ſharp diſſentions that are amongſt …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but when every man is become a private man again, when the Congregation is dissolv'ddissolved, and every man restored to his own house, God, in his Spirit, is within …
With rule
… but when every man is become a private man again, when the Congregation is dissolv'ddissolved, and every man restored to his own house, God, in his Spirit, is within …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be void, and the Covenant made between God and them at Mount-Sinai wholly diſſolv'ddissolved; but however things appeared, it was otherwiſe: God minded his Covenant, and would eſtabliſh …
With rule
… be void, and the Covenant made between God and them at Mount-Sinai wholly diſſolv'ddissolved; but however things appeared, it was otherwiſe: God minded his Covenant, and would eſtabliſh …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 354 · Open in the reader
Printed
… We know (ſayes the Apoſtle) that if our earthly houſe of this Tabernacle were diſſolv'ddissolved, we have a building of God, an houſe not made with hands, eternal in …
With rule
… We know (ſayes the Apoſtle) that if our earthly houſe of this Tabernacle were diſſolv'ddissolved, we have a building of God, an houſe not made with hands, eternal in …
Thomas Horton · The Unrighteous Mammon Exchanged for the True Riches · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of thy ſweet Voice, that my diſſolv'ddissolved deſires
With rule
Of thy ſweet Voice, that my diſſolv'ddissolved deſires
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould haue periſhed; nay and the fabricke of the World it ſelfe would haue diſſolv'ddissolved, did not theſe Spirits depend on the becke of a ſupreamer power, who bridles …
With rule
… ſhould haue periſhed; nay and the fabricke of the World it ſelfe would haue diſſolv'ddissolved, did not theſe Spirits depend on the becke of a ſupreamer power, who bridles …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Knowledge of God · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the obedience of the sanctified Mind, and the reigning power of Sin is dissolv'ddissolved. He is a free Spirit, and restores the Soul to true and perfect Liberty …
With rule
… to the obedience of the sanctified Mind, and the reigning power of Sin is dissolv'ddissolved. He is a free Spirit, and restores the Soul to true and perfect Liberty …
William Bates · The Danger of Prosperity · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
4. That none hath power to pluck them down; nor can they be diſſolv'ddissolved but by his Authority. For any to go about to do ſo, is to …
With rule
4. That none hath power to pluck them down; nor can they be diſſolv'ddissolved but by his Authority. For any to go about to do ſo, is to …
Richard Baxter · Gospel Churches a Standing Ordinance · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of Joseph A35338

Printed
Diſſolv'dDissolved their courage, and outbrav'd their ſpirits,
With rule
Diſſolv'dDissolved their courage, and outbrav'd their ſpirits,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Husbandry Spiritualized A39665

Printed
Dissolv'dDissolved in pleasures, crown'd with buds of May;
With rule
Dissolv'dDissolved in pleasures, crown'd with buds of May;
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 220 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… to this Trade, his beſt Cuſtomer fail'd him; the Court of the Prince being Diſſolv'dDissolved by the Death of Prince Henry, Nov. 6. 1612. with whom ſo much Light was extinguiſh'd …
With rule
… to this Trade, his beſt Cuſtomer fail'd him; the Court of the Prince being Diſſolv'dDissolved by the Death of Prince Henry, Nov. 6. 1612. with whom ſo much Light was extinguiſh'd …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Proponents were not to be conſulted with for the Publick Weal, and ſo Diſſolv'dDissolved them. Generally the Grave and Moderate Gentry throughout the Realm diſlike thoſe hot Diſtempers …
With rule
… the Proponents were not to be conſulted with for the Publick Weal, and ſo Diſſolv'dDissolved them. Generally the Grave and Moderate Gentry throughout the Realm diſlike thoſe hot Diſtempers …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God A61474

Printed
The Movable Tabernacle with its Tent, both are Dissolv'dDissolved, and fall into the Eternal Building of Glory in the Heavens; where they become …
With rule
The Movable Tabernacle with its Tent, both are Dissolv'dDissolved, and fall into the Eternal Building of Glory in the Heavens; where they become …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 429 · Open in the reader

Iter Boreal 2 A66004

Printed
Diſſolv'dDissolved to tears, which ſpoil'd the feather'd Train
With rule
Diſſolv'dDissolved to tears, which ſpoil'd the feather'd Train
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 41 · Open in the reader