Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40052 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deck'ddecked

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

Puritas changed it: 63 times in 50 works
Consistency: 96.9% (63 of 65)
Reach if approved: ~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: decked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 65 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (63 changes in 50 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… after her, as a Fool to the Correction of the Stocks; her Bed is deck'ddecked with the Covering of Tapeſtry, and her Houſe is perfumed; but all this while …
With rule
… after her, as a Fool to the Correction of the Stocks; her Bed is deck'ddecked with the Covering of Tapeſtry, and her Houſe is perfumed; but all this while …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… this stupendious and wonderful Fabrick, arched with Heaven, floor'd with Earth, interlac'd with Waters, deck'ddecked with Fruits and Plants, stored with Creatures, and glazed (if I may so speak …
With rule
… this stupendious and wonderful Fabrick, arched with Heaven, floor'd with Earth, interlac'd with Waters, deck'ddecked with Fruits and Plants, stored with Creatures, and glazed (if I may so speak …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be deck'ddecked, and not be envi'd for't at all.
With rule
Be deck'ddecked, and not be envi'd for't at all.
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
Trim, neat, deck'ddecked; or, wantonnesse, lasciviousnesse, dishonesty. The Daughter of …, Judg. 1. 12.
With rule
Trim, neat, deck'ddecked; or, wantonnesse, lasciviousnesse, dishonesty. The Daughter of …, Judg. 1. 12.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our nature be both to good and bad, when in it he ſhall be deck'ddecked and adorn'd with Majeſty, and clothed with unſpeakeable glory, above all the Angels, he …
With rule
… our nature be both to good and bad, when in it he ſhall be deck'ddecked and adorn'd with Majeſty, and clothed with unſpeakeable glory, above all the Angels, he …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude · p. 528 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a golden Cup to preſent her intoxicating Wine in, to be clothed with Scarlet, deck'ddecked with Gold, Pearl, and precious Stones; ſhe makes the Merchants of the Earth rich …
With rule
… a golden Cup to preſent her intoxicating Wine in, to be clothed with Scarlet, deck'ddecked with Gold, Pearl, and precious Stones; ſhe makes the Merchants of the Earth rich …
Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will look upon that as a more lovely ſight than to ſee his body deck'ddecked with all kind of ornaments. Better that the creature periſh than to have it …
With rule
… will look upon that as a more lovely ſight than to ſee his body deck'ddecked with all kind of ornaments. Better that the creature periſh than to have it …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 410 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ruin: To him the Highest powers owe subjection; The expansion of a Royal Pavilion deck'ddecked with Pearls over their heads, tells them they have one Superior whose defence they …
With rule
… ruin: To him the Highest powers owe subjection; The expansion of a Royal Pavilion deck'ddecked with Pearls over their heads, tells them they have one Superior whose defence they …
Robert Gouge · The Faith of Dying Jacob · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.