Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40124 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lou'dloved

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

Puritas changed it: 59 times in 23 works
Consistency: 92.1% (59 of 64)
Reach if approved: ~67 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: loved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 64 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (59 changes in 23 works, 92.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 59)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Without this Honour, and then lou'dloved it so,
With rule
Without this Honour, and then lou'dloved it so,
John Donne · The First Anniversary · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her, and all hers? The Wit of our time is Prophanenesse; Neuerthelesse, shee, that lou'dloved that, hated this; Occasionall Melancholy had taken some hold in her, Neuerthelesse, that neuer …
With rule
… her, and all hers? The Wit of our time is Prophanenesse; Neuerthelesse, shee, that lou'dloved that, hated this; Occasionall Melancholy had taken some hold in her, Neuerthelesse, that neuer …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of that lou'dloved Idol; which doth glare, and ſhine,
With rule
Of that lou'dloved Idol; which doth glare, and ſhine,
George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
And hated all that lou'dloved his Word.
With rule
And hated all that lou'dloved his Word.
Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader
Printed
He hath not lou'dloved them, as he loueth Vs,
With rule
He hath not lou'dloved them, as he loueth Vs,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
She were vaine to, and those that lou'dloved her best
With rule
She were vaine to, and those that lou'dloved her best
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
And (had sh'enioyd the man she could haue lou'dloved)
With rule
And (had sh'enioyd the man she could haue lou'dloved)
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
And if how well he lou'dloved me, I did weigh,
With rule
And if how well he lou'dloved me, I did weigh,
George Wither · Withers Motto · 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.

Epigrams A08687

Printed
Loue, now I know; I Loue, not Lou'dLoved, forsaken,
With rule
Loue, now I know; I Loue, not Lou'dLoved, forsaken,
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
I know what's, I Loue, not I'm Lou'dLoved; ô Moane.
With rule
I know what's, I Loue, not I'm Lou'dLoved; ô Moane.
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
A Prince much Honour'd Liuing; Lou'dLoved when Dead,
With rule
A Prince much Honour'd Liuing; Lou'dLoved when Dead,
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Lou'dLoved Apolo's ſacred ſire
With rule
Lou'dLoved Apolo's ſacred ſire
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader