Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39572 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

alledg'dalleged

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

Puritas changed it: 141 times in 81 works
Consistency: 99.3% (141 of 142)
Reach if approved: ~149 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: alleged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 142 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (141 changes in 81 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 141)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he as Reſpondent, ſhould give ſome freſh Anſwers to what Arguments Mr. Ives had alledg'dalleged againſt Mr. Tillam, and Dr. Chamberlain the two firſt dayes; and likewiſe to the …
With rule
… he as Reſpondent, ſhould give ſome freſh Anſwers to what Arguments Mr. Ives had alledg'dalleged againſt Mr. Tillam, and Dr. Chamberlain the two firſt dayes; and likewiſe to the …
Jeremiah Ives · Saturday No Sabbath · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Scotus ſaith, (Dr. du Veil) having alledg'dalleged the Judgment of Alexander the Third, touching the baptizing of thoſe of whom it …
With rule
Scotus ſaith, (Dr. du Veil) having alledg'dalleged the Judgment of Alexander the Third, touching the baptizing of thoſe of whom it …
Benjamin Keach · Light Broke Forth in Wales Expelling Darkness · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worship before me, saith the Lord. Undoubtedly with as good consequence may it be alledg'dalleged from hence, that we are to solemnize some religious monthly meeting different from the …
With rule
… worship before me, saith the Lord. Undoubtedly with as good consequence may it be alledg'dalleged from hence, that we are to solemnize some religious monthly meeting different from the …
John Milton · The Reason of Church Government · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Laws, prohibiting all, in places of government or judicature, to take gifts. The reason, alledg'dalleged for this (Exod. 23. 8.) is, because a gift blinds the Eyes of the Wise, (Heb …
With rule
… Laws, prohibiting all, in places of government or judicature, to take gifts. The reason, alledg'dalleged for this (Exod. 23. 8.) is, because a gift blinds the Eyes of the Wise, (Heb …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
But, to come to the point, for which al this is alledg'dalleged; what was their eſtate, for all theſe honors, & fauors, but the condition of ſeruants …
With rule
But, to come to the point, for which al this is alledg'dalleged; what was their eſtate, for all theſe honors, & fauors, but the condition of ſeruants …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 410 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Is it further alledg'dalleged, Ay, but we have Festivals and Holy-days for Christ and his Apostles? Melancthon …
With rule
3. Is it further alledg'dalleged, Ay, but we have Festivals and Holy-days for Christ and his Apostles? Melancthon …
Samuel Crossman · A Humble Plea for the Quiet Rest of Gods Ark · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is so far from excusing such opprobrious Speeches, (for which purpose it is commonly alledg'dalleged) that really it is that which gives'em their malignity, they are the Smoke from …
With rule
… is so far from excusing such opprobrious Speeches, (for which purpose it is commonly alledg'dalleged) that really it is that which gives'em their malignity, they are the Smoke from …
Matthew Henry · Meekness and Quietness of Spirit · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE Text, according to its immediate Reference, is but an amplification of the Reason alledg'dalleged, Why the Magistrate is not to be look'd upon with Terrour and Affright, by …
With rule
THE Text, according to its immediate Reference, is but an amplification of the Reason alledg'dalleged, Why the Magistrate is not to be look'd upon with Terrour and Affright, by …
John Howe · Sermon 14 February 1698 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.