Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39849 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cancell'dcancel'd

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

Puritas changed it: 88 times in 61 works
Consistency: 93.6% (88 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: canceled
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 (88 changes in 61 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 88)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to Foelix Pope of Rome, who was Pope, 590. and he is ſaid to have cancell'dcancel'd his Decree againſt Prieſts Marriages, upon the finding of 600 Infants skulls in a fiſh …
With rule
… to Foelix Pope of Rome, who was Pope, 590. and he is ſaid to have cancell'dcancel'd his Decree againſt Prieſts Marriages, upon the finding of 600 Infants skulls in a fiſh …
Thomas Hodges · Marriage with a Defense of the 32nd Article of the Church of England · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God any Satifaction for. Therefore David when he would have God's Bond crossed and cancell'dcancel'd, see how he pleads; Psal. 51. 2, 3. O Lord, blot out mine Offences, for I acknowledg …
With rule
… God any Satifaction for. Therefore David when he would have God's Bond crossed and cancell'dcancel'd, see how he pleads; Psal. 51. 2, 3. O Lord, blot out mine Offences, for I acknowledg …
Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 353 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. The Death of Chriſt. He hath cancell'dcancel'd the Hand-writing againſt us, and put away Sin, which is the ſting of …
With rule
1. The Death of Chriſt. He hath cancell'dcancel'd the Hand-writing againſt us, and put away Sin, which is the ſting of …
John Shower · Sermon on the Death of Anne Barnardiston · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not onely to an enemie once, but to exmitie it ſelf; an infinite debt cancell'dcancel'd, a tranſgreſſour from the wombe, an infinite tranſgreſſour ſince; yet accepted to mercy. This …
With rule
… not onely to an enemie once, but to exmitie it ſelf; an infinite debt cancell'dcancel'd, a tranſgreſſour from the wombe, an infinite tranſgreſſour ſince; yet accepted to mercy. This …
Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was a law without him, as a guard ſet over him. But Chriſt having cancell'dcancel'd the hand writing of ordinances which was againſt us, Coloſſ. 2. 14. and interpreted the fulfilling …
With rule
… was a law without him, as a guard ſet over him. But Chriſt having cancell'dcancel'd the hand writing of ordinances which was againſt us, Coloſſ. 2. 14. and interpreted the fulfilling …
John Milton · Exposition Upon Marriage or Nullities of Marriage · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Law, to doe them: ſo is the Letter (I confeſſe) but that is now cancell'dcancel'd, and that by the interpretation of the Law it ſelfe, builded upon one and …
With rule
… Law, to doe them: ſo is the Letter (I confeſſe) but that is now cancell'dcancel'd, and that by the interpretation of the Law it ſelfe, builded upon one and …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who are justified by Faith, have Peace with God. When the Original Bond is cancell'dcancel'd, the Counter-part has no Force; Conscience is subordinate to God, and when he …
With rule
… who are justified by Faith, have Peace with God. When the Original Bond is cancell'dcancel'd, the Counter-part has no Force; Conscience is subordinate to God, and when he …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Psalm 130:4 · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the obligation to wrath which we were under, (by reaſon of our ſins), cancell'dcancel'd, to revoke this hand-writing of ordinances, (which teſtified ſo much againſt us), and …
With rule
… and the obligation to wrath which we were under, (by reaſon of our ſins), cancell'dcancel'd, to revoke this hand-writing of ordinances, (which teſtified ſo much againſt us), and …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 337 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

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

Printed
… of Death, and the ſtrength of Sin, which is the Law, 1 Cor. 15.54, 55. He hath Cancell'dCancel'd this Handwriting of the Law, and Nail'd it to his Croſs, Col. 2.14, 15. and finally …
With rule
… of Death, and the ſtrength of Sin, which is the Law, 1 Cor. 15.54, 55. He hath Cancell'dCancel'd this Handwriting of the Law, and Nail'd it to his Croſs, Col. 2.14, 15. and finally …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 276 · Open in the reader