Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39790 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

debarr'ddebar'd

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

Puritas changed it: 95 times in 79 works
Consistency: 96.9% (95 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: debarred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 79 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Lord, Lord, spoiled their Interest in this World; and not doing what he said, debarr'ddebar'd them from the hopes of Happiness by him in another. For, if they own'd …
With rule
… Lord, Lord, spoiled their Interest in this World; and not doing what he said, debarr'ddebar'd them from the hopes of Happiness by him in another. For, if they own'd …
Edward Stillingfleet · Thirteen Sermons · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Levites first his Sovereign will debarr'ddebar'd;
With rule
The Levites first his Sovereign will debarr'ddebar'd;
John Tutchin · The Tribe of Levi · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being baniſh'd, and all cloſe Priſoners, others faſt fettered in irons, and their wives debarr'ddebar'd from coming to them.
With rule
… being baniſh'd, and all cloſe Priſoners, others faſt fettered in irons, and their wives debarr'ddebar'd from coming to them.
John Vicars · Brief Review of Parliamentary Proceedings · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
From thoſe ſweet joys debarr'ddebar'd: why ſhould not pleaſure
With rule
From thoſe ſweet joys debarr'ddebar'd: why ſhould not pleaſure
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not any ſcandalous perſons amongſt them That if they are ſuch, they may be debarr'ddebar'd and kept out; if otherwiſe (together with other qualifications) they may be received in …
With rule
… not any ſcandalous perſons amongſt them That if they are ſuch, they may be debarr'ddebar'd and kept out; if otherwiſe (together with other qualifications) they may be received in …
Stephen Ford · A Gospel Church · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Croydon and Lambeth, confin'd to a mooriſh Manſion-place of Foord, to kill him, debarr'ddebar'd from the management of his Juriſdiction, and no cauſe given for it to that …
With rule
… Croydon and Lambeth, confin'd to a mooriſh Manſion-place of Foord, to kill him, debarr'ddebar'd from the management of his Juriſdiction, and no cauſe given for it to that …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the same in all the foresaid, or other like Cases; nor to be debarr'ddebar'd of any of their spiritual powers, after once the state breaks with them, and …
With rule
… to the same in all the foresaid, or other like Cases; nor to be debarr'ddebar'd of any of their spiritual powers, after once the state breaks with them, and …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at leaſt ſhould have been ſo, if the plainneſs of the Caſe had not debarr'ddebar'd any Plea) would not appear, notwithſtanding all Summons and Citations ſerv'd upon him. The …
With rule
… at leaſt ſhould have been ſo, if the plainneſs of the Caſe had not debarr'ddebar'd any Plea) would not appear, notwithſtanding all Summons and Citations ſerv'd upon him. The …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 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.