Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10581 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scar'dscared

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

Puritas changed it: 69 times in 60 works
Consistency: 94.5% (69 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scared
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 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 60 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 69)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the ſame purpoſe, that it ſignifieth clamorem meticuloſorum, the crying of thoſe that are ſcar'dscared, as when there is Luctu, ubique pavor, & plurima morti imago. See Am. 2.2. Zeph. 1.15, &c.
With rule
… the ſame purpoſe, that it ſignifieth clamorem meticuloſorum, the crying of thoſe that are ſcar'dscared, as when there is Luctu, ubique pavor, & plurima morti imago. See Am. 2.2. Zeph. 1.15, &c.
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… captive exile longs for his enlargement: the weary traveller for his Inne; the ſtorm-ſcar'dscared, ſeaſick Paſſenger for his Harbour, and the afflicted Chriſtian under his unkindneſſes to Grace …
With rule
… captive exile longs for his enlargement: the weary traveller for his Inne; the ſtorm-ſcar'dscared, ſeaſick Paſſenger for his Harbour, and the afflicted Chriſtian under his unkindneſſes to Grace …
Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Bow disarm'd, in vain now scar'dscared the Flame,
With rule
The Bow disarm'd, in vain now scar'dscared the Flame,
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
God scar'dscared us, lately, also, by a Dearth,
With rule
God scar'dscared us, lately, also, by a Dearth,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
As much as Paul did: yet their minds are ſcar'dscared,
With rule
As much as Paul did: yet their minds are ſcar'dscared,
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much courage left us, as not to be jeared and Hector'd, not to be scar'dscared out of all our wits at once with this uncouth noise, nor affrighted out …
With rule
… much courage left us, as not to be jeared and Hector'd, not to be scar'dscared out of all our wits at once with this uncouth noise, nor affrighted out …
Clement Ellis · The Vanity of Scoffing · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Papiſts too much cauſe to uſe this Speech, A Proteſtant is but a Papiſt ſcar'dscared out of his Wits.
With rule
… Papiſts too much cauſe to uſe this Speech, A Proteſtant is but a Papiſt ſcar'dscared out of his Wits.
Thomas Grantham · The Loyal Baptist · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the Estridge doth her eggs in the sand, but) as the mourning Turtle, scar'dscared from her nest and mate, sits groaning at a distance, to see or hear …
With rule
… as the Estridge doth her eggs in the sand, but) as the mourning Turtle, scar'dscared from her nest and mate, sits groaning at a distance, to see or hear …
William Mewe · The Robbing and Spoiling of Jacob and Israel · p. 42 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 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.