Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40144 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

puff'dpuffed

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

Puritas changed it: 55 times in 37 works
Consistency: 96.4% (55 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: puffed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (55 changes in 37 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… were at laſt delivered by the Death of Salmanezer. Upon this Succeſs they were puff'dpuffed up with new Pride, and grew hau'tier than ever, which provoked the Holy God …
With rule
… were at laſt delivered by the Death of Salmanezer. Upon this Succeſs they were puff'dpuffed up with new Pride, and grew hau'tier than ever, which provoked the Holy God …
Benjamin Colman · The Merchandise of a People is Holiness to the Lord · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
If puff'dpuffed up by ſuch things as theſe.
With rule
If puff'dpuffed up by ſuch things as theſe.
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · Open in the reader
Printed
… the comfort of Christs mercy and mediation, so, long as they remain proud and puff'dpuffed up with opinion of their own righteousnesse; for he saith, I am not come …
With rule
… the comfort of Christs mercy and mediation, so, long as they remain proud and puff'dpuffed up with opinion of their own righteousnesse; for he saith, I am not come …
David Dickson · A Brief Exposition of Matthew · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Then Virtue was it ſelf, neither adulterated by the falſe Idols of Goodneſs; nor puff'dpuffed up by the empty Forms of Greatneſs; as it has been in ſome Countries …
With rule
… Then Virtue was it ſelf, neither adulterated by the falſe Idols of Goodneſs; nor puff'dpuffed up by the empty Forms of Greatneſs; as it has been in ſome Countries …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaith) God made him a gainer by his Sin; for as his Pride had puff'dpuffed him up with his glorious Victory over Senacherib, with his miraculous recovery from ſickneſs …
With rule
… ſaith) God made him a gainer by his Sin; for as his Pride had puff'dpuffed him up with his glorious Victory over Senacherib, with his miraculous recovery from ſickneſs …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 611 · Open in the reader
Printed
… know themſelves, and therefore (as the Apoſtles word is) ſwell in pride, and are puff'dpuffed up with the conceit of it, that like Saul they are higher by the …
With rule
… know themſelves, and therefore (as the Apoſtles word is) ſwell in pride, and are puff'dpuffed up with the conceit of it, that like Saul they are higher by the …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Man, debaſe him to a Brute to render him more happy. Others were puff'dpuffed up with a kind of Spiritual Pride in aſcribing the knowledge of too many …
With rule
… of Man, debaſe him to a Brute to render him more happy. Others were puff'dpuffed up with a kind of Spiritual Pride in aſcribing the knowledge of too many …
Jacques Abbadie · Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion · p. 344 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his own righteouſneſs, he will not hunger after Chriſts righteouſneſſe; he who being puff'dpuffed up with pride, thinks he hath grace enough already, will not hunger after more …
With rule
… of his own righteouſneſs, he will not hunger after Chriſts righteouſneſſe; he who being puff'dpuffed up with pride, thinks he hath grace enough already, will not hunger after more …
Thomas Watson · The Beatitudes · p. 170 · 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.