Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39527 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cur'dcured

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

Puritas changed it: 161 times in 116 works
Consistency: 95.8% (161 of 168)
Reach if approved: ~177 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 168 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (161 changes in 116 works, 95.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
By others caus'd, by YOU alone thus cur'dcured:
With rule
By others caus'd, by YOU alone thus cur'dcured:
Thomas Fuller · To His Majesty on his Happy Return · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
But by theſe Waters cur'dcured have been,
With rule
But by theſe Waters cur'dcured have been,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Plague of their own hearts, their uncharitableneſs and animoſities one againſt another, and cur'dcured them hereof, and reconciled them into a bleſſed laſting Peace. To this Wiſh of …
With rule
… this Plague of their own hearts, their uncharitableneſs and animoſities one againſt another, and cur'dcured them hereof, and reconciled them into a bleſſed laſting Peace. To this Wiſh of …
Matthew Mead · Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with heates, and one flux of blood with another; so some sins though not cur'dcured are yet forborne upon the predominancy of others. The Pharises hated Christ, and feared …
With rule
… with heates, and one flux of blood with another; so some sins though not cur'dcured are yet forborne upon the predominancy of others. The Pharises hated Christ, and feared …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 309 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Iuſtus Baronius ſayes, when he was conuerted to them, that he was miraculouſly cur'dcured of the Cholique, by ſtooping to kiſſe the Popes foot: If wee would pile …
With rule
… as Iuſtus Baronius ſayes, when he was conuerted to them, that he was miraculouſly cur'dcured of the Cholique, by ſtooping to kiſſe the Popes foot: If wee would pile …
John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Father. 'Tis a most dangerous Sin, being so hardly discernable, and hardly cur'dcured: for the more appearance there is of Reason and the less of Sensuality in …
With rule
… of the Father. 'Tis a most dangerous Sin, being so hardly discernable, and hardly cur'dcured: for the more appearance there is of Reason and the less of Sensuality in …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
All wounds by death are cur'dcured:
With rule
All wounds by death are cur'dcured:
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… scarce taught us what they are, how they affect us, how they shall be cur'dcured in us, nothing, on this side the Resurrection, can teach us. They stick to …
With rule
… scarce taught us what they are, how they affect us, how they shall be cur'dcured in us, nothing, on this side the Resurrection, can teach us. They stick to …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 158 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Hath with a home-made medicine Cur'dCured the same:
With rule
Hath with a home-made medicine Cur'dCured the same:
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… might be more conſpicuous. By ſtrong Perſecutions brought upon the Church, her Lethargy is Cur'dCured, her Chaff Purg'd, the glorious Fruit of the Goſpel brought forth in the lives …
With rule
… might be more conſpicuous. By ſtrong Perſecutions brought upon the Church, her Lethargy is Cur'dCured, her Chaff Purg'd, the glorious Fruit of the Goſpel brought forth in the lives …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 604 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more eaſie than to lift up the Eye to the Brazen Serpent, to be Cur'dCured of a fiery Sting? What could be more facile than a glance, which is …
With rule
… more eaſie than to lift up the Eye to the Brazen Serpent, to be Cur'dCured of a fiery Sting? What could be more facile than a glance, which is …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 633 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Cur'dCured ſome days none, or one, (and few days more)
With rule
Cur'dCured ſome days none, or one, (and few days more)
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 124 · Open in the reader