Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40100 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

disown'ddisowned

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

Puritas changed it: 58 times in 46 works
Consistency: 96.6% (58 of 60)
Reach if approved: ~63 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: disowned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 60 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (58 changes in 46 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Yet want of Grace they impiously disown'ddisowned,
With rule
Yet want of Grace they impiously disown'ddisowned,
John Tutchin · The Foreigners Part 1 · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Till ſelfneſs, and ſelf-ends are more diſown'ddisowned:
With rule
Till ſelfneſs, and ſelf-ends are more diſown'ddisowned:
George Wither · A Poetic Frenzy · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he never ſpake any thing in favour of their Religion. And that he never diſown'ddisowned the Proteſtant Faith, nor would he now. So that they were ſilenced and put …
With rule
… he never ſpake any thing in favour of their Religion. And that he never diſown'ddisowned the Proteſtant Faith, nor would he now. So that they were ſilenced and put …
John Williams · The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their denial of the Euchariſt to be our Lords Fleſh, was, becauſe they diſown'ddisowned our Lord aſſumed true Fleſh; Mr. Arnaud will not I hope pretend to underſtand …
With rule
… of their denial of the Euchariſt to be our Lords Fleſh, was, becauſe they diſown'ddisowned our Lord aſſumed true Fleſh; Mr. Arnaud will not I hope pretend to underſtand …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were lately own'd as Christs faithful Witnesses under our late Sufferings, must now be disown'ddisowned by you, when we have liberty to amplifie and confirm our Testimony in the …
With rule
… were lately own'd as Christs faithful Witnesses under our late Sufferings, must now be disown'ddisowned by you, when we have liberty to amplifie and confirm our Testimony in the …
John Flavel · Reply to Philip Cary · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was an Agreement of Themas Dugdale the Father, with a Popiſh Prieſt; but Thomas diſown'ddisowned it, and the Event diſprov'd it: Tho' ſome will not believe, yet it's an …
With rule
… was an Agreement of Themas Dugdale the Father, with a Popiſh Prieſt; but Thomas diſown'ddisowned it, and the Event diſprov'd it: Tho' ſome will not believe, yet it's an …
Thomas Jollie · A Vindication of the Surrey Demoniac · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and become his Diſciples and Followers. And this we muſt do, or elſe be diſown'ddisowned by him; though when we do it, we only obey his heavenly Call, and …
With rule
… and become his Diſciples and Followers. And this we muſt do, or elſe be diſown'ddisowned by him; though when we do it, we only obey his heavenly Call, and …
Simon Patrick · Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it must be produced on the other side. He doth not deny, That Leo disown'ddisowned having any thing to doe in the Consecration of the Gallican Bishops, in his …
With rule
… it must be produced on the other side. He doth not deny, That Leo disown'ddisowned having any thing to doe in the Consecration of the Gallican Bishops, in his …
Edward Stillingfleet · The Antiquities of the British Churches · p. 110 · 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.