Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40166 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

quarrel'dquarrelled

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

Puritas changed it: 51 times in 38 works
Consistency: 100% (51 of 51)
Reach if approved: ~54 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: quarreled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 51 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (51 changes in 38 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 51)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… plain instance of a Sheeps falling into a pit, Matth. 12.11. which they that so quarrel'dquarrelled with our Saviour, made no scruple to pull out on the Sabbath day.
With rule
… plain instance of a Sheeps falling into a pit, Matth. 12.11. which they that so quarrel'dquarrelled with our Saviour, made no scruple to pull out on the Sabbath day.
William Thomas · A Preservative of Piety · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… think how the truths they preach fall under contempt, the adminiſtrations of Ordinances divine quarrel'dquarrelled at: well, it was ſo with Chriſt, his perſon that was b…tter then …
With rule
… think how the truths they preach fall under contempt, the adminiſtrations of Ordinances divine quarrel'dquarrelled at: well, it was ſo with Chriſt, his perſon that was b…tter then …
Ralph Robinson · Christ All and in All · Open in the reader
Printed
… what Parricide in each bloudy Duel, that is fought betwixt Strangers, that met and quarrel'dquarrelled yesterday at the Ordinary? There is one of S. W's rarities of refined Logick …
With rule
… what Parricide in each bloudy Duel, that is fought betwixt Strangers, that met and quarrel'dquarrelled yesterday at the Ordinary? There is one of S. W's rarities of refined Logick …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
… working in ſin, then thoſe of our Divines have done, who are ſo much quarrel'dquarrelled againſt, by Bellarmine and Arminius. I know well that moſt of our Orthodox writers …
With rule
… working in ſin, then thoſe of our Divines have done, who are ſo much quarrel'dquarrelled againſt, by Bellarmine and Arminius. I know well that moſt of our Orthodox writers …
Thomas Whitfield · The Extent of Divine Providence · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… these are banisht thence; other virtues are practic'd down, but these are scorn'd and quarrel'dquarrelled down. 'Tis become a base thing and not to be endur'd to be a …
With rule
… these are banisht thence; other virtues are practic'd down, but these are scorn'd and quarrel'dquarrelled down. 'Tis become a base thing and not to be endur'd to be a …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore the Apostle bids them tarry one for another, v. 33. Those that came early quarrel'dquarrelled with those that came late, for coming no sooner, and those that came late …
With rule
… therefore the Apostle bids them tarry one for another, v. 33. Those that came early quarrel'dquarrelled with those that came late, for coming no sooner, and those that came late …
Matthew Henry · Inquiry into the True Nature of Schism · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not once intimated either the whole or any part to be unlawfull, but onely quarrel'dquarrelled the inconveniences, which ſupoſe it otherwiſe to be lawfull.
With rule
… not once intimated either the whole or any part to be unlawfull, but onely quarrel'dquarrelled the inconveniences, which ſupoſe it otherwiſe to be lawfull.
Henry Hammond · Vindication of the Ancient Liturgy of the Church of England · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did on the behalf of the good Woman, whom the Disciples in their discontent quarrel'dquarrelled, They have done what they could. And he will cover all your Failings, and …
With rule
… did on the behalf of the good Woman, whom the Disciples in their discontent quarrel'dquarrelled, They have done what they could. And he will cover all your Failings, and …
Samuel Slater · Funeral Sermon of William Rathband · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.