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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39269 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

giv'ngiven

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

Puritas changed it
336 times in 82 works
Consistency
96.0% (336 of 350)
Reach if approved
~368 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: given
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
350 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (336 changes in 82 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 336)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Though now but writ, and seal'd, and giv'ngiven anew,
    With rule
    Though now but writ, and seal'd, and giv'ngiven anew,

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    To ſhine more bright, but ne'r giv'ngiven o'er again.
    With rule
    To ſhine more bright, but ne'r giv'ngiven o'er again.

    Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Where having giv'ngiven his troubled Spirits vent,
    With rule
    Where having giv'ngiven his troubled Spirits vent,

    John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Since thou haſt giv'ngiven us (Lord) compactly choyce
    With rule
    Since thou haſt giv'ngiven us (Lord) compactly choyce

    John Godolphin · The Holy Arbor · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And to the Lamb, be giv'ngiven.
    With rule
    And to the Lamb, be giv'ngiven.

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 369 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … is Idolatrous, can be tolerated neither way: not publicly, without grievous and unsufferable scandal giv'ngiven to all consciencious Beholders; not privately, without great offence to God, declar'd against all …
    With rule
    … is Idolatrous, can be tolerated neither way: not publicly, without grievous and unsufferable scandal giv'ngiven to all consciencious Beholders; not privately, without great offence to God, declar'd against all …

    John Milton · Of True Religion · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    When was that charge giv'ngiven forth? When did God say
    With rule
    When was that charge giv'ngiven forth? When did God say

    Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    GReat King of Kings, to whom are chiefly giv'ngiven
    With rule
    GReat King of Kings, to whom are chiefly giv'ngiven

    George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 99 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven me by Pan, when Pan my verse regarded:
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven me by Pan, when Pan my verse regarded:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 53 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Divine Raptures A28161

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven to them all: all legal rites are ceaſt.
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven to them all: all legal rites are ceaſt.

    Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Words in Season A32778

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven forth amongſt the Remnant that remain;
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven forth amongſt the Remnant that remain;

    Abraham Cheare · Words in Season · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven me to quell thir pride, and in event
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven me to quell thir pride, and in event

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven and receiv'd; but in disparitie
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven and receiv'd; but in disparitie

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven thee of Grace, wherein thou may'st repent,
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven thee of Grace, wherein thou may'st repent,

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven audience to thy wife, to boldly taste
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven audience to thy wife, to boldly taste

    Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The Little Horns Downfall A81085

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven him to drink: are you, ev'n you ſo far
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven him to drink: are you, ev'n you ſo far

    Mary Cary · The Little Horns Downfall · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

  • Printed
    Giv'nGiven to us, for us?
    With rule
    Giv'nGiven to us, for us?

    Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 3 · Open in the reader