Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39764 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

destin'ddestined

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 71 works
Consistency: 95.3% (102 of 107)
Reach if approved: ~112 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: destined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 107 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 71 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to goe into the depths, as apprehending that eternall judgement to which they were destin'ddestined, and having it ever in their eye to astonish them, and dread them, therefore …
With rule
… to goe into the depths, as apprehending that eternall judgement to which they were destin'ddestined, and having it ever in their eye to astonish them, and dread them, therefore …
Henry Lawrence · A History of Angels · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made it more manifeſt) for 'twas irrational they ſhould mingle with that Curſed Crew deſtin'ddestined to Deſtruction.
With rule
… made it more manifeſt) for 'twas irrational they ſhould mingle with that Curſed Crew deſtin'ddestined to Deſtruction.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Table; as the beaſt might be called a Sacrifice before it was ſlain, being deſtin'ddestined and appointed thereunto (as Whitaker ſaith) but it is no Sacrifice till ſlain and …
With rule
… Table; as the beaſt might be called a Sacrifice before it was ſlain, being deſtin'ddestined and appointed thereunto (as Whitaker ſaith) but it is no Sacrifice till ſlain and …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the reſpects before mentioned, they may be tearmed ſanctified, that is, by a providence deſtin'ddestined as it were and prepared for God, ſo farre the church within whoſe pole …
With rule
… the reſpects before mentioned, they may be tearmed ſanctified, that is, by a providence deſtin'ddestined as it were and prepared for God, ſo farre the church within whoſe pole …
Henry Lawrence · Of Baptism · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which are for honourable uses; others againe of wood, or of earth, which are destin'ddestined to baser uses: so it is in the great house of God, the world …
With rule
… which are for honourable uses; others againe of wood, or of earth, which are destin'ddestined to baser uses: so it is in the great house of God, the world …
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Seaſons, and the States of Solut. 2 Kingdoms, giving them, as he pleaſes, had deſtin'ddestined to the Beast, the Seat, and Power of the Western Empire, and the Eastern …
With rule
… and Seaſons, and the States of Solut. 2 Kingdoms, giving them, as he pleaſes, had deſtin'ddestined to the Beast, the Seat, and Power of the Western Empire, and the Eastern …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon the guilty for their tranſgreſſions: not that of it ſelf, it was originally deſtin'ddestined to ſubject men to puniſhment, but by accident and occaſionally in reſpect of mans …
With rule
… upon the guilty for their tranſgreſſions: not that of it ſelf, it was originally deſtin'ddestined to ſubject men to puniſhment, but by accident and occaſionally in reſpect of mans …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in our eyes. The Church of God indeed, in the Perſian Monarchs time, was deſtin'ddestined to Ruine, and the black Decree ſeal'd with the King's own Signet. But then …
With rule
… in our eyes. The Church of God indeed, in the Perſian Monarchs time, was deſtin'ddestined to Ruine, and the black Decree ſeal'd with the King's own Signet. But then …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 223 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Destin'dDestined to that good hour: no less rejoyc'd
With rule
Destin'dDestined to that good hour: no less rejoyc'd
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Destin'dDestined restorer of Mankind, by whom
With rule
Destin'dDestined restorer of Mankind, by whom
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Destin'dDestined to this, is late of woman born,
With rule
Destin'dDestined to this, is late of woman born,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 4 · Open in the reader