Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40068 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sham'dshamed

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

Puritas changed it: 64 times in 49 works
Consistency: 92.7% (64 of 69)
Reach if approved: ~72 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shamed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 69 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (64 changes in 49 works, 92.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 64)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Time stirring up Sedition against him? Or would a Master suffer himself to be sham'dshamed and gull'd by a Servant, that should pretend to great Experiences of Love and …
With rule
… Time stirring up Sedition against him? Or would a Master suffer himself to be sham'dshamed and gull'd by a Servant, that should pretend to great Experiences of Love and …
Jonathan Edwards · Concerning Religious Affections · p. 311 · Open in the reader
Printed
(Or else at least there's some would not haue sham'dshamed
With rule
(Or else at least there's some would not haue sham'dshamed
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
6 Let none be sham'dshamed that on thee wait Lord God of hosts for me,
With rule
6 Let none be sham'dshamed that on thee wait Lord God of hosts for me,
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… Fools adds little reputation to him. This Plea therefore for prophane Swearing, is altogether sham'dshamed, bafled and cashiered by the common Reason of Mankind.
With rule
… Fools adds little reputation to him. This Plea therefore for prophane Swearing, is altogether sham'dshamed, bafled and cashiered by the common Reason of Mankind.
John Flavel · The Reasonableness of Personal Reformation · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as to the truth. But most of all they are to be revil'd and sham'dshamed, who cry out with the distinct voice of notorious hirelings, that if ye settle …
With rule
… as to the truth. But most of all they are to be revil'd and sham'dshamed, who cry out with the distinct voice of notorious hirelings, that if ye settle …
John Milton · The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings Out of the Church · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Joab even rates him for it 2 Sam. 19. 5. and following verses. Saith he, Thou hast sham'dshamed this day the faces of all thy servants who have sav'd thy life, and …
With rule
… Joab even rates him for it 2 Sam. 19. 5. and following verses. Saith he, Thou hast sham'dshamed this day the faces of all thy servants who have sav'd thy life, and …
George Newton · Sermon at Funeral of Joseph Aleine · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… door, I will first try your obedience, first humble you, you must be more sham'dshamed and confounded, the smell of the Swine and Husks is yet upon you; no …
With rule
… door, I will first try your obedience, first humble you, you must be more sham'dshamed and confounded, the smell of the Swine and Husks is yet upon you; no …
Samuel Hardy · A Second Guide to Heaven · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeemeſt in concealing thy ſin, the more egregiouſly thou playeſt the fool. None ſo ſham'dshamed as the liar when found out, and that thou art ſure to be. Thy …
With rule
… ſeemeſt in concealing thy ſin, the more egregiouſly thou playeſt the fool. None ſo ſham'dshamed as the liar when found out, and that thou art ſure to be. Thy …
William Gurnall · The Christians in Complete Armor · p. 111 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Poetical Fragments A26987

Printed
Sham'dShamed the contending, jingling, formal vein:
With rule
Sham'dShamed the contending, jingling, formal vein:
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined A27810

Printed
26 Sham'dShamed and confounded be they all that joy my hurt to see,
With rule
26 Sham'dShamed and confounded be they all that joy my hurt to see,
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
14 Sham'dShamed and confounded be all they that seek my soul to kill;
With rule
14 Sham'dShamed and confounded be all they that seek my soul to kill;
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter B01589

Printed
verse 26 Sham'dShamed and confounded be the
With rule
verse 26 Sham'dShamed and confounded be the
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader