Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40092 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

instanc'dinstanced

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

Puritas changed it: 60 times in 37 works
Consistency: 95.2% (60 of 63)
Reach if approved: ~66 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: instanced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 63 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (60 changes in 37 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 60)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… mighty thing, that can bind and loose the influences of Heaven, as there is instanc'dinstanced, and the Prayer of a Righteous Man, be it but of one Righteous Man …
With rule
… mighty thing, that can bind and loose the influences of Heaven, as there is instanc'dinstanced, and the Prayer of a Righteous Man, be it but of one Righteous Man …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 2 · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and illuſtrate the truth of it, by an Induction of the particulars which are inſtanc'dinstanced in, here in the Text.
With rule
… and illuſtrate the truth of it, by an Induction of the particulars which are inſtanc'dinstanced in, here in the Text.
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 4 · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Jeremiah, chap. 8.7. Nay the conſtancy of the Heathen to their falſe gods is inſtanc'dinstanced to reproch their revolt from the true. Hath a Nation changed their gods which …
With rule
… by Jeremiah, chap. 8.7. Nay the conſtancy of the Heathen to their falſe gods is inſtanc'dinstanced to reproch their revolt from the true. Hath a Nation changed their gods which …
Richard Allestree · The Lively Oracles Given to Us · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alſo might poſſibly have other mediums, by which to proove this, as thoſe before inſtanc'dinstanced in. I anſwer, that the weakneſſe of thoſe mediums or any other I have …
With rule
… alſo might poſſibly have other mediums, by which to proove this, as thoſe before inſtanc'dinstanced in. I anſwer, that the weakneſſe of thoſe mediums or any other I have …
Henry Lawrence · Of Baptism · p. 299 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inward Conformity and ſincere Obedience to the Law of God. Here Proteſtants have generally inſtanc'dinstanced in Daniel's Prayer (Chap. 9.18.) and in Iſaiah's Prayer (Chap. 64.6.) in particular, as parallel Places …
With rule
… inward Conformity and ſincere Obedience to the Law of God. Here Proteſtants have generally inſtanc'dinstanced in Daniel's Prayer (Chap. 9.18.) and in Iſaiah's Prayer (Chap. 64.6.) in particular, as parallel Places …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Saints United Confession in Disparagement of their Own Righteousness · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… increasing the fear of God in our hearts, as any thing that can be instanc'dinstanced in. But when shall it once be that we shall attain this constant and …
With rule
… increasing the fear of God in our hearts, as any thing that can be instanc'dinstanced in. But when shall it once be that we shall attain this constant and …
John Conant · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions Volume 2 · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of it, than the Gift of the Holy Ghost, (which is the thing now instanc'dinstanced in, in this Contestation.)
With rule
… of it, than the Gift of the Holy Ghost, (which is the thing now instanc'dinstanced in, in this Contestation.)
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
Several other Graces ſhining in him might be inſtanc'dinstanced in: As his great Love to Ordinances; how did it afflict him in his …
With rule
Several other Graces ſhining in him might be inſtanc'dinstanced in: As his great Love to Ordinances; how did it afflict him in his …
Thomas Jacombe · Abrahams Death · p. 48 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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.

The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved A46639

Printed
This Instanc'dInstanced in the Churches of Ireland, of Africk, and of Scotland. 30
With rule
This Instanc'dInstanced in the Churches of Ireland, of Africk, and of Scotland. 30
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · Open in the reader