Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39687 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chain'dchained

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

Puritas changed it: 132 times in 110 works
Consistency: 83.5% (132 of 158)
Reach if approved: ~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (132 changes in 110 works, 83.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 132)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Where I a Prisoner chain'dchained, scarce freely draw
With rule
Where I a Prisoner chain'dchained, scarce freely draw
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
Your nervs are all chain'dchained up in alablaster,
With rule
Your nervs are all chain'dchained up in alablaster,
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… disquiet. Nor is it possible it should be otherwise, for while my inclinations are chain'dchained to those external movements, and my slavish mind attends upon those inclinations, I must …
With rule
… disquiet. Nor is it possible it should be otherwise, for while my inclinations are chain'dchained to those external movements, and my slavish mind attends upon those inclinations, I must …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
Alas, my darkened mind is chain'dchained
With rule
Alas, my darkened mind is chain'dchained
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… creatures in Noahs Ark, that they might not prey upon the tamer, and that chain'dchained up the Lyons from preying upon Daniel, that God chained up theſe two Lyons …
With rule
… creatures in Noahs Ark, that they might not prey upon the tamer, and that chain'dchained up the Lyons from preying upon Daniel, that God chained up theſe two Lyons …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 417 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Such as are chain'dchained up and bark at every Passenger if unknown to them, bite the stones thrown …
With rule
1. Such as are chain'dchained up and bark at every Passenger if unknown to them, bite the stones thrown …
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim exceeded in wickedneſſe, and their judgments were anſwerable, they were chain'dchained, carryed into ſtrange lands, put into ſtrong holds. Abimelech murther'd 70. of his brethren, that …
With rule
… both Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim exceeded in wickedneſſe, and their judgments were anſwerable, they were chain'dchained, carryed into ſtrange lands, put into ſtrong holds. Abimelech murther'd 70. of his brethren, that …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 603 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe they are all at once rooted in the man, and in their habits chain'dchained together inſeparably. Faith ſaves every man that hath it, and yet the believing'ſt man …
With rule
… becauſe they are all at once rooted in the man, and in their habits chain'dchained together inſeparably. Faith ſaves every man that hath it, and yet the believing'ſt man …
Henry Hammond · Sermons · p. 242 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Scripture Line of Time A27623

Printed
… taken and caſt into the Lake, and the Dragon and all his Draconiſm, Bound, Chain'dChained, and Seal'd up by the Kingdom of Chriſt appearing, Rev. c. 19. c. 20. v. 1.
With rule
… taken and caſt into the Lake, and the Dragon and all his Draconiſm, Bound, Chain'dChained, and Seal'd up by the Kingdom of Chriſt appearing, Rev. c. 19. c. 20. v. 1.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 80 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Chain'dChained to her houſe; ſhe ever would refuſe
With rule
Chain'dChained to her houſe; ſhe ever would refuſe
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 203 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… them as a Fiery Furnace, full of nothing but Flame. If He were not Chain'dChained by that Powerful Arm, that might let him looſe to fulfil his Malicious Fury …
With rule
… them as a Fiery Furnace, full of nothing but Flame. If He were not Chain'dChained by that Powerful Arm, that might let him looſe to fulfil his Malicious Fury …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 527 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… Saul (which is computed twelve Miles diſtance) while Saul lay in his Trance, (and Chain'dChained up in God's Chain, like a Wolf reſtrain'd from Worrying God's Lamb David for …
With rule
… Saul (which is computed twelve Miles diſtance) while Saul lay in his Trance, (and Chain'dChained up in God's Chain, like a Wolf reſtrain'd from Worrying God's Lamb David for …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when Solomon had no Satan or Adverſary againſt him, v. 4. the Devil was then Chain'dChained up, but after this broke looſe, and becauſe he could not hinder this, will …
With rule
… when Solomon had no Satan or Adverſary againſt him, v. 4. the Devil was then Chain'dChained up, but after this broke looſe, and becauſe he could not hinder this, will …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 443 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

Printed
… which makes our Life relish Sweeter. How would they prize this Mercy, who are Chain'dChained to a Sick-bed? Secondly, God supplies us with Provision, Gen. 48.15. The God who …
With rule
… which makes our Life relish Sweeter. How would they prize this Mercy, who are Chain'dChained to a Sick-bed? Secondly, God supplies us with Provision, Gen. 48.15. The God who …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 285 · Open in the reader