Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39852 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

defer'ddeferred

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

Puritas changed it: 85 times in 69 works
Consistency: 96.5% (85 of 88)
Reach if approved: ~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deferred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (85 changes in 69 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 85)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a part of worſhip which is an accident to it? So Conſtantine the Emperour defer'ddeferred his Baptiſm, and almoſt miſt it, becaUſe he would have been baptized in Jordan …
With rule
… a part of worſhip which is an accident to it? So Conſtantine the Emperour defer'ddeferred his Baptiſm, and almoſt miſt it, becaUſe he would have been baptized in Jordan …
Richard Vines · The Right Administration and Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was recorded. That Mordecai ſhould have no preſent reward, but that it ſhould be defer'ddeferred till a fitter opportunity, when God might be more glorified, in the ſignal preſervation …
With rule
… was recorded. That Mordecai ſhould have no preſent reward, but that it ſhould be defer'ddeferred till a fitter opportunity, when God might be more glorified, in the ſignal preſervation …
Thomas Brooks · A Word in Season to this Present Generation · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
He therefore adviſeth, That the Baptiſme of Infants be defer'ddeferred till they could give an Account of …hei… Faith, as Dr. Taylor, p 239.
With rule
He therefore adviſeth, That the Baptiſme of Infants be defer'ddeferred till they could give an Account of …hei… Faith, as Dr. Taylor, p 239.
Henry Danvers · Baptism · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his works were known from the beginning of the world. Yet the cure is defer'ddeferred, the release is not given till the appointed season. When it is the case …
With rule
… his works were known from the beginning of the world. Yet the cure is defer'ddeferred, the release is not given till the appointed season. When it is the case …
John Howe · Funeral Sermon for Esther Sampson · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… old and of weak memory, and many things might ſlip from him if he defer'ddeferred the mentioning of them till the end of a long Diſcourſe. Mr. B. approv'd …
With rule
… old and of weak memory, and many things might ſlip from him if he defer'ddeferred the mentioning of them till the end of a long Diſcourſe. Mr. B. approv'd …
Richard Mayo · Conference Between a Papist and a Jew 2 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… am afraid this is the true interpretation of many a mans repentance who hath defer'ddeferred it till he comes to die. I do not ſpeak this to diſcourage repentance …
With rule
… am afraid this is the true interpretation of many a mans repentance who hath defer'ddeferred it till he comes to die. I do not ſpeak this to diſcourage repentance …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 2 · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be required of thee and then where will that conversion be, which thou hast defer'ddeferred? when therefore we have opportunity, let us set upon this businesse.
With rule
… be required of thee and then where will that conversion be, which thou hast defer'ddeferred? when therefore we have opportunity, let us set upon this businesse.
William Ames · Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no more prolonged; as if he ſhould ſay, I thought yet to have prolonged, defer'ddeferred my judgements, but they ſhall come ſpeedily.
With rule
… no more prolonged; as if he ſhould ſay, I thought yet to have prolonged, defer'ddeferred my judgements, but they ſhall come ſpeedily.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 504 · 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.