Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39717 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sever'dsevered

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

Puritas changed it: 106 times in 77 works
Consistency: 100% (106 of 106)
Reach if approved: ~111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: severed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 106 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (106 changes in 77 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… gifts attending it; you ſhall not in any age find the flouriſhing of learning ſever'dsevered from the profeſſion of Religion; and the propoſition ſhall be granted without exception; Gods …
With rule
… gifts attending it; you ſhall not in any age find the flouriſhing of learning ſever'dsevered from the profeſſion of Religion; and the propoſition ſhall be granted without exception; Gods …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 625 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Citie sever'dsevered in two divers parts,
With rule
The Citie sever'dsevered in two divers parts,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wild-Irish themselves will believe their Enemy to be dead, when his Head lies sever'dsevered a Yard from his body; But the Question will be still, whether it will …
With rule
… wild-Irish themselves will believe their Enemy to be dead, when his Head lies sever'dsevered a Yard from his body; But the Question will be still, whether it will …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the presence of his Spirit, as to be shut out from Gods favour, and sever'dsevered from the communion of his Spirit, as this prayer testi…ieth, Cast me not …
With rule
… the presence of his Spirit, as to be shut out from Gods favour, and sever'dsevered from the communion of his Spirit, as this prayer testi…ieth, Cast me not …
David Dickson · A Brief Explication of the Other Fifty Psalms · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the truth. This, it follows well upon the other, and is not to be ſever'dsevered from it; it is but ſmall commendation for any, not to be active againſt …
With rule
… the truth. This, it follows well upon the other, and is not to be ſever'dsevered from it; it is but ſmall commendation for any, not to be active againſt …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 340 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Neither can it exist sever'dsevered and apart from our natures: Sin is seated in all individuals of our nature …
With rule
3. Neither can it exist sever'dsevered and apart from our natures: Sin is seated in all individuals of our nature …
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
How to regain my ſever'dsevered company
With rule
How to regain my ſever'dsevered company
John Milton · Poems · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were excommunicated by the Apostolical See. And what follows? But he saith, They were sever'dsevered from the Communion of the Catholic Church. And so were those excommunicated by the …
With rule
… were excommunicated by the Apostolical See. And what follows? But he saith, They were sever'dsevered from the Communion of the Catholic Church. And so were those excommunicated by the …
Edward Stillingfleet · Vindication of Answer About Unity and Authority of the Catholic Church · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.