Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39941 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

compel'dcompelled

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

Puritas changed it: 73 times in 54 works
Consistency: 98.6% (73 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: compelled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 54 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But this, the Foe compel'dcompelled me to delay,
With rule
But this, the Foe compel'dcompelled me to delay,
George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. And are thy ſervices forc'd, that thou art compel'dcompelled? Is it meerly conſcience compels thee, and not an inward agreeableneſs between the frame …
With rule
3. And are thy ſervices forc'd, that thou art compel'dcompelled? Is it meerly conſcience compels thee, and not an inward agreeableneſs between the frame …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Conversation · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being much beloved before, was deſpiſed of all the People. And now your … hath compel'dcompelled me to ſhrive my ſelf thus unto you, I think you are at your …
With rule
… being much beloved before, was deſpiſed of all the People. And now your … hath compel'dcompelled me to ſhrive my ſelf thus unto you, I think you are at your …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… force people to submit to the Orders of the State, the same people be compel'dcompelled to adhere to an established confession of faith in Religion. For it is presum'd …
With rule
… force people to submit to the Orders of the State, the same people be compel'dcompelled to adhere to an established confession of faith in Religion. For it is presum'd …
Francis Rous · The Bounds and Bonds of Public Obedience · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then that, which is compel'dcompelled, & wrought by fear.
With rule
Then that, which is compel'dcompelled, & wrought by fear.
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… now thorough Gods mercy we are delivered from that bondage, we are not ſo compel'dcompelled, yet that now for all this our hearts ſhould yet cleave to thoſe old …
With rule
… now thorough Gods mercy we are delivered from that bondage, we are not ſo compel'dcompelled, yet that now for all this our hearts ſhould yet cleave to thoſe old …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 4-7 · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that ſaid, Willingly I will not deſert my Place wherewith I am Entruſted; being compel'dcompelled, I know not how to reſiſt; for our Weapons are Prayers and Tears. The …
With rule
… that ſaid, Willingly I will not deſert my Place wherewith I am Entruſted; being compel'dcompelled, I know not how to reſiſt; for our Weapons are Prayers and Tears. The …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Two Treatises · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Mountains of Judah, and caused the Inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compel'dcompelled Judah. Behold with a great Plague will the Lord smite the people, ver. 14. so …
With rule
… the Mountains of Judah, and caused the Inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compel'dcompelled Judah. Behold with a great Plague will the Lord smite the people, ver. 14. so …
Christopher Ness · Hebrew Peace Offerings and Lamentations · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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