Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10583 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sign'dsigned

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

Puritas changed it: 66 times in 48 works
Consistency: 75.0% (66 of 88)
Reach if approved: ~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: signed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (66 changes in 48 works, 75.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Table; He has again and again ſign'dsigned and ſeal'd it. Canſt thou, thou a ſign'dsigned, ſeal'd Covenanter, Diſtruſt or Diſobey? Thou, a frequently repeated Covenanter, and an early one …
With rule
… Table; He has again and again ſign'dsigned and ſeal'd it. Canſt thou, thou a ſign'dsigned, ſeal'd Covenanter, Diſtruſt or Diſobey? Thou, a frequently repeated Covenanter, and an early one …
Daniel Burgess · Three Questions Resolved Briefly and Plainly · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Papal Councils will send forth a Decree directly opposite to this, and yet sign'dsigned with these powerful words; Visum est Spiritui Sancto & nobis. If we appeal in this …
With rule
… the Papal Councils will send forth a Decree directly opposite to this, and yet sign'dsigned with these powerful words; Visum est Spiritui Sancto & nobis. If we appeal in this …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be so farr from all humanitie as to slander him with a particular Commission sign'dsigned and sent them by his own hand.
With rule
… be so farr from all humanitie as to slander him with a particular Commission sign'dsigned and sent them by his own hand.
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Queen Esther to preserve alive the Iews, when Haman had got a bloudy Warrant sign'dsigned for their Execution? 2. Strangely by saving in that very way in which we think …
With rule
… Queen Esther to preserve alive the Iews, when Haman had got a bloudy Warrant sign'dsigned for their Execution? 2. Strangely by saving in that very way in which we think …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be members of it, especially since Christ undertakes to be their Advocate, and hath sign'dsigned their matriculation with his own hand. Mark. 10.14. Where he saith and who dare gainsay …
With rule
… be members of it, especially since Christ undertakes to be their Advocate, and hath sign'dsigned their matriculation with his own hand. Mark. 10.14. Where he saith and who dare gainsay …
Richard Eedes · Christ Exalted and Wisdom Justified · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his Prodigal, and kissed him, then he was sure that his pardon was sign'dsigned, not before. The father gave it, the Son receiv'd it.
With rule
… of his Prodigal, and kissed him, then he was sure that his pardon was sign'dsigned, not before. The father gave it, the Son receiv'd it.
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
haue pardon ſign'dsigned.
With rule
haue pardon ſign'dsigned.
William Crashaw · A Manual for True Catholics · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
THe Croſs-ſign'dsigned Pilgrim travels far to ſome
With rule
THe Croſs-ſign'dsigned Pilgrim travels far to ſome
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 218 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Sign'dSigned with the face of joy; the holy knot,
With rule
Sign'dSigned with the face of joy; the holy knot,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Letters of State A50909

Printed
… Parlament of the Commonwealth of England. In whoſe Name theſe are commanded to be Sign'dSigned,
With rule
… Parlament of the Commonwealth of England. In whoſe Name theſe are commanded to be Sign'dSigned,
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sign'dSigned in the Name, and by the Command of the Council of State, appointed by …
With rule
Sign'dSigned in the Name, and by the Command of the Council of State, appointed by …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Red-Lyon, Commanded by Lambert Bartelſon, but upon this condition, which the Writing Sign'dSigned by Lambert himſelf teſtifies, That the Ship and whatſoever Goods belong'd to the Engliſh …
With rule
… the Red-Lyon, Commanded by Lambert Bartelſon, but upon this condition, which the Writing Sign'dSigned by Lambert himſelf teſtifies, That the Ship and whatſoever Goods belong'd to the Engliſh …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Opinions of our Lawyers, which we have ſent to your Lordſhips fairiy Written and Sign'dSigned. But if intreaty and fair means will nothing avail, of neceſſity (and which is …
With rule
… Opinions of our Lawyers, which we have ſent to your Lordſhips fairiy Written and Sign'dSigned. But if intreaty and fair means will nothing avail, of neceſſity (and which is …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 232 · Open in the reader

Remarks on a Sermon About Corrupting the Word of God A53661

Printed
But being ſenſible that this Confeſſion favour'd Presbytery, they Sign'dSigned it with theſe Reſtrictions, viz. That they did not hereby Abjure or Condemn the …
With rule
But being ſenſible that this Confeſſion favour'd Presbytery, they Sign'dSigned it with theſe Reſtrictions, viz. That they did not hereby Abjure or Condemn the …
James Owen · Remarks on a Sermon About Corrupting the Word of God · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Lessons of Caution to Young Sinners N03040

Printed
N. B. In the Preſence of many Witneſſes ſhe Acknowleg'd and Sign'dSigned it, with an expreſs and ſolemn deſire that it might be Publiſh'd to the …
With rule
N. B. In the Preſence of many Witneſſes ſhe Acknowleg'd and Sign'dSigned it, with an expreſs and ſolemn deſire that it might be Publiſh'd to the …
Thomas Foxcroft · Lessons of Caution to Young Sinners · Open in the reader