Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40002 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beleev'dbelieved

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

Puritas changed it: 66 times in 35 works
Consistency: 100% (66 of 66)
Reach if approved: ~69 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: believed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 66 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (66 changes in 35 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
For hee beleev'dbelieved that out of private ſpite
With rule
For hee beleev'dbelieved that out of private ſpite
George Wither · The Great Assizes · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
they not beleev'dbelieved his word.
With rule
they not beleev'dbelieved his word.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet once he said, (which I, then fool, beleev'dbelieved)
With rule
Yet once he said, (which I, then fool, beleev'dbelieved)
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… about with the waters of affliction hoped for better times? Or the 3 Children who beleev'dbelieved that God would deliver them out of the fiery furnace? O Lord my God …
With rule
… about with the waters of affliction hoped for better times? Or the 3 Children who beleev'dbelieved that God would deliver them out of the fiery furnace? O Lord my God …
Edward Corbet · Gods Providence · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Christ dyed for me; that my sins were pardon'd, I could not have beleev'dbelieved them. But now, if all the men in the world, & Angels & Devils, should tell …
With rule
… that Christ dyed for me; that my sins were pardon'd, I could not have beleev'dbelieved them. But now, if all the men in the world, & Angels & Devils, should tell …
Henry Jessey · The Exceeding Riches of Grace · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Father, eternall, the author of election, a ſearcher of hearts; one that muſt be beleev'dbelieved in, ſ…orne by, worſhipped with Divine worſhip; one that gives eternall rewards; one …
With rule
… Father, eternall, the author of election, a ſearcher of hearts; one that muſt be beleev'dbelieved in, ſ…orne by, worſhipped with Divine worſhip; one that gives eternall rewards; one …
John Robotham · The Preciousness of Christ Unto Believers · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Humanity. For, wherein hath he offended? what crime is he guilty of, that ſo beleev'dbelieved? This I would faine know, what Law (by that Faith) he hath broken. For …
With rule
… Humanity. For, wherein hath he offended? what crime is he guilty of, that ſo beleev'dbelieved? This I would faine know, what Law (by that Faith) he hath broken. For …
John Bastwick · Discourse Concerning the Church of England and the Church of Rome · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
Finally, that 'tis generally beleev'dbelieved, this Precept ha's been perform'd by few or none in its Perfection, is not …
With rule
Finally, that 'tis generally beleev'dbelieved, this Precept ha's been perform'd by few or none in its Perfection, is not …
Thomas Hooker · A Treatise of Self Denial · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.