Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39836 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dismiss'ddismissed

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

Puritas changed it: 89 times in 56 works
Consistency: 94.6% (89 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dismissed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (89 changes in 56 works, 94.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 89)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wept until they could weep no more, v. 3, 4. and no wonder, for Achiſh had diſmiſs'ddismissed David and his Men, and bid them return home to the City which he …
With rule
… wept until they could weep no more, v. 3, 4. and no wonder, for Achiſh had diſmiſs'ddismissed David and his Men, and bid them return home to the City which he …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſpecially under an Affliction of ſo long continuance: He was (happily as to himſelf) diſmiſs'ddismissed from his Labours and Sorrows, and entred into his everlaſting Reſt, March 30. 1688/9.
With rule
… eſpecially under an Affliction of ſo long continuance: He was (happily as to himſelf) diſmiſs'ddismissed from his Labours and Sorrows, and entred into his everlaſting Reſt, March 30. 1688/9.
Edmund Trench · The Life and Death of Reverend Edmund Trench · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the greatest Pomp and Show of Joy. Moreover, on this day the People were dismiss'ddismissed from their Booths, & had leave to remove into their own Houses again; which Release …
With rule
… the greatest Pomp and Show of Joy. Moreover, on this day the People were dismiss'ddismissed from their Booths, & had leave to remove into their own Houses again; which Release …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who was not many Years ago settled in the Ministry, but has lately been dismiss'ddismissed, as having turned from Calvinism,&embraced the Arminian Scheme, by his own Account in …
With rule
… who was not many Years ago settled in the Ministry, but has lately been dismiss'ddismissed, as having turned from Calvinism,&embraced the Arminian Scheme, by his own Account in …
Samuel Niles · Vindication of Divers Important Gospel Doctrines · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or Anabaptiſt; who denieth a Church Bond, that uniteth them when the Congregation is diſmiſs'ddismissed. All confeſs, that the Union of the pars regens and pars ſubdita for Church …
With rule
… or Anabaptiſt; who denieth a Church Bond, that uniteth them when the Congregation is diſmiſs'ddismissed. All confeſs, that the Union of the pars regens and pars ſubdita for Church …
Richard Baxter · Answer to Stillingfleets Charge of Separation · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fell a trembling, and not liking to hear ſuch cloſe and rouſing Doctrine, he diſmiſs'ddismissed Paul for the preſent, and told him he would take ſome other time to …
With rule
… fell a trembling, and not liking to hear ſuch cloſe and rouſing Doctrine, he diſmiſs'ddismissed Paul for the preſent, and told him he would take ſome other time to …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could not do it, and ſo could not obtain the Maſters conſent; yet was diſmiſs'ddismissed with this intimation of hopes, That there would be ere long more vacancies of …
With rule
… could not do it, and ſo could not obtain the Maſters conſent; yet was diſmiſs'ddismissed with this intimation of hopes, That there would be ere long more vacancies of …
Charles Hotham · The Petition and Argument of Mr Hotham · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were his Counsels toward a civil Warr. His preparations, after those two Armies were dismiss'ddismissed, could not suddenly be too op'n: Nevertheless there were 8000 Irish Papists which he refus'd …
With rule
… were his Counsels toward a civil Warr. His preparations, after those two Armies were dismiss'ddismissed, could not suddenly be too op'n: Nevertheless there were 8000 Irish Papists which he refus'd …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Diſmiſs'dDismissed, while others had their ears crop'd off.
With rule
Diſmiſs'dDismissed, while others had their ears crop'd off.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 29 · Open in the reader