Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39954 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bereav'dbereaved

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

Puritas changed it: 72 times in 54 works
Consistency: 98.6% (72 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bereaved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 54 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to be imploy'd. Take heed of Delilaes, leſt you loſe your Locks, and be bereav'dbereaved of your Chriſtian Strength and Hopes. Fear not the Frowns, prize not the Smiles …
With rule
… to be imploy'd. Take heed of Delilaes, leſt you loſe your Locks, and be bereav'dbereaved of your Chriſtian Strength and Hopes. Fear not the Frowns, prize not the Smiles …
Matthew Sylvester · Being Forever with the Lord · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
The silly woman; thou shalt be bereav'dbereaved
With rule
The silly woman; thou shalt be bereav'dbereaved
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
And of their wit, and judgment them bereav'dbereaved,
With rule
And of their wit, and judgment them bereav'dbereaved,
George Wither · The Great Assizes · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aroſe; ſo that inſtead of raiſing the Dead, they killed the Living; which the bereav'dbereaved Relations diſcovered. I told them, it was an old Lye and Calumny againſt Luther …
With rule
… aroſe; ſo that inſtead of raiſing the Dead, they killed the Living; which the bereav'dbereaved Relations diſcovered. I told them, it was an old Lye and Calumny againſt Luther …
John Williams · The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Death, the College, whom he ſerv'd as a Tutor for ſeveral Years, is bereav'dbereaved of a vigilant Oxerſeer, whoſe great Concern was that pure Religion and the beſt …
With rule
… his Death, the College, whom he ſerv'd as a Tutor for ſeveral Years, is bereav'dbereaved of a vigilant Oxerſeer, whoſe great Concern was that pure Religion and the beſt …
Joseph Sewall · A Tender Heart Pleasing to God and Profitable · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must be thus in this merciful way bereav'dbereaved of our Children, let us be bereav'dbereaved; and God turn it for good to them, as we know he will if …
With rule
… must be thus in this merciful way bereav'dbereaved of our Children, let us be bereav'dbereaved; and God turn it for good to them, as we know he will if …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this it repreſented the humane Nature not as a Perſon, but as a Nature bereav'dbereaved of its Perſonality, and thus it differed from the Error of the Neſtorians: Which …
With rule
… this it repreſented the humane Nature not as a Perſon, but as a Nature bereav'dbereaved of its Perſonality, and thus it differed from the Error of the Neſtorians: Which …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 352 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaid of the ſpicy mountains of Arobia the happy, that the gatherers are often bereav'dbereaved of their ſpirits by the ſtrong emanation of thoſe fragrant ſhrubs: Truly Saints, (when …
With rule
… ſaid of the ſpicy mountains of Arobia the happy, that the gatherers are often bereav'dbereaved of their ſpirits by the ſtrong emanation of thoſe fragrant ſhrubs: Truly Saints, (when …
Samuel Lee · Contemplations on Mortality · p. 92 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Bereav'dBereaved of life; and when the fatal ſtroke
With rule
Bereav'dBereaved of life; and when the fatal ſtroke
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 47 · Open in the reader