Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39534 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

barr'dbar'd

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

Puritas changed it: 161 times in 121 works
Consistency: 94.7% (161 of 170)
Reach if approved: ~179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: barred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 170 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 121 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſhift themſelves out of it, as others may do out of theirs. They are barr'dbar'd from having Trades, as St. Paul had, yea, from uſing of Merchandiſe, or any …
With rule
… ſhift themſelves out of it, as others may do out of theirs. They are barr'dbar'd from having Trades, as St. Paul had, yea, from uſing of Merchandiſe, or any …
William Jeffery · The Lawfulness of Tithes · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… those abysses that God intends should be secret still, and from which he hath barr'dbar'd out our curiosity, as the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, these secrets that belong to …
With rule
… those abysses that God intends should be secret still, and from which he hath barr'dbar'd out our curiosity, as the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, these secrets that belong to …
Robert Leighton · Sermons · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without obſtruct Chriſt's Love from him: For there were Shut-Doors (faſt latched, locked, barr'dbar'd and bolted) betwixt Chriſt and Thomas; the good Maſter was without, when the bad …
With rule
… without obſtruct Chriſt's Love from him: For there were Shut-Doors (faſt latched, locked, barr'dbar'd and bolted) betwixt Chriſt and Thomas; the good Maſter was without, when the bad …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 303 · Open in the reader
Printed
We likewise know; that Louers, barr'dbar'd the sight
With rule
We likewise know; that Louers, barr'dbar'd the sight
George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… keepe his promises though made to his hurt, how much more shall they be barr'dbar'd from Heaven that break those promises that they have made tending to their eternall …
With rule
… keepe his promises though made to his hurt, how much more shall they be barr'dbar'd from Heaven that break those promises that they have made tending to their eternall …
Edmund Calamy · The Noble Mans Pattern of True and Real Thankfulness · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… open the ſoule, and breaking open the iron gate of the heart, lock'd and barr'dbar'd with unbeliefe, to ſecure that curſed crue of luſts, garriſon'd within it. The weapons …
With rule
… open the ſoule, and breaking open the iron gate of the heart, lock'd and barr'dbar'd with unbeliefe, to ſecure that curſed crue of luſts, garriſon'd within it. The weapons …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy soul more barr'dbar'd from Heav'n, in hell implunged more.
With rule
Thy soul more barr'dbar'd from Heav'n, in hell implunged more.
Phineas Fletcher · A Fathers Testament · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Legacy, as if thereby the Executor paying 100 l. to A. B. he ſhall be barr'dbar'd from having the Land in Caſe it be more worth. On the other ſide …
With rule
… Legacy, as if thereby the Executor paying 100 l. to A. B. he ſhall be barr'dbar'd from having the Land in Caſe it be more worth. On the other ſide …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 292 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

6 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.

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

Printed
A Garden Barr'dBar'd, a Spring ſhut up, a Fount
With rule
A Garden Barr'dBar'd, a Spring ſhut up, a Fount
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Barr'dBar'd round to thoſe, who do not pierce their ſhuts,
With rule
Barr'dBar'd round to thoſe, who do not pierce their ſhuts,
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Barr'dBar'd over us prohibit all egress.
With rule
Barr'dBar'd over us prohibit all egress.
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Barr'dBar'd of his right; yet at his Birth a Starr
With rule
Barr'dBar'd of his right; yet at his Birth a Starr
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… and they were ſo ſhut up, (the Chaldee adds with Iron Gates, which were Barr'dBar'd up with Bars of Braſs) that no Iſraelite could get in, as the two …
With rule
… and they were ſo ſhut up, (the Chaldee adds with Iron Gates, which were Barr'dBar'd up with Bars of Braſs) that no Iſraelite could get in, as the two …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Conversion of the Soul A64956

Printed
… receive Jeſus, which before by ignorance, prejudice and unbelief was very faſt Bolted and Barr'dBar'd againſt him. There can be no turning to God, but as he is in …
With rule
… receive Jeſus, which before by ignorance, prejudice and unbelief was very faſt Bolted and Barr'dBar'd againſt him. There can be no turning to God, but as he is in …
Nathanael Vincent · The Conversion of the Soul · p. 250 · Open in the reader