Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9377 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pleas'dpleased

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

Puritas changed it: 1,676 times in 575 works
Consistency: 98.6% (1,676 of 1,699)
Reach if approved: ~1,785 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pleased
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,699 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,676 changes in 575 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,676)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Such judgements; or, if thou be pleas'dpleased they come,
With rule
Such judgements; or, if thou be pleas'dpleased they come,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
And be thou pleaſ'dpleased (Oh LOLD) to bleſſe
With rule
And be thou pleaſ'dpleased (Oh LOLD) to bleſſe
George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Apostle, in these words. Which words, out of their connection, and coherence, be pleas'dpleased to receiue, thus spread and dilated into this Paraphrase, Neuerthelesse, that is, though there …
With rule
… the Apostle, in these words. Which words, out of their connection, and coherence, be pleas'dpleased to receiue, thus spread and dilated into this Paraphrase, Neuerthelesse, that is, though there …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will probably be so angry with her self, that she will scarce be well pleas'dpleased with her husband. A state of subjection is a little sweetned by the worth …
With rule
… will probably be so angry with her self, that she will scarce be well pleas'dpleased with her husband. A state of subjection is a little sweetned by the worth …
Richard Allestree · The Ladys Calling · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men grant; and of the danger of Diviſions, which none ever yet denied; is pleas'dpleased to command our Attendance to the Word of God, written in Philip. 3.16. Nevertheleſs whereto …
With rule
… men grant; and of the danger of Diviſions, which none ever yet denied; is pleas'dpleased to command our Attendance to the Word of God, written in Philip. 3.16. Nevertheleſs whereto …
Vincent Alsop · The Mischief of Impositions · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you had ſuch reſpect for God, and ſuch affection that you would have him pleas'dpleased with his habitation, and not meet with that, which is an offence and a …
With rule
… you had ſuch reſpect for God, and ſuch affection that you would have him pleas'dpleased with his habitation, and not meet with that, which is an offence and a …
Richard Alleine · Instructions About Heart-Work · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
With a toy pleas'dpleased, displeased with a toy.
With rule
With a toy pleas'dpleased, displeased with a toy.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath given us any strength in any way to doe him service? that is pleas'dpleased to account himselfe honoured when he is obeyed by us, who spoile all the …
With rule
… hath given us any strength in any way to doe him service? that is pleas'dpleased to account himselfe honoured when he is obeyed by us, who spoile all the …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 235 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Pleas'dPleased & full blest he lives, when he his God can please.
With rule
Pleas'dPleased & full blest he lives, when he his God can please.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 160 · Open in the reader

The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death A23803

Printed
… times caused them to be Read, as part of her Entertainmen, when she was Pleas'dPleased to sit at Work with her Maids of Honour; and this she did as …
With rule
… times caused them to be Read, as part of her Entertainmen, when she was Pleas'dPleased to sit at Work with her Maids of Honour; and this she did as …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death · Open in the reader

An Appendix to A Discourse of Indictions A27582

Printed
… the Weeks, and after them, not ſo much, as in Number, becauſe Prophecy was Pleas'dPleased ſo far, to Veil it ſelf; That it might, by cloſe Search and Enquiry …
With rule
… the Weeks, and after them, not ſo much, as in Number, becauſe Prophecy was Pleas'dPleased ſo far, to Veil it ſelf; That it might, by cloſe Search and Enquiry …
Thomas Beverley · An Appendix to A Discourse of Indictions · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Necessity of Serious Consideration and Speedy Repentance A39261

Printed
2. Without Serious Consideration, all the means of Happiness, which God hath been Graciously Pleas'dPleased most Plentifully to afford us in CHRIST JESUS, are lost upon us, and we …
With rule
2. Without Serious Consideration, all the means of Happiness, which God hath been Graciously Pleas'dPleased most Plentifully to afford us in CHRIST JESUS, are lost upon us, and we …
Clement Ellis · The Necessity of Serious Consideration and Speedy Repentance · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Pleas'dPleased highly those infernal States, and joy
With rule
Pleas'dPleased highly those infernal States, and joy
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Pleas'dPleased, out of Heaven shalt look down and smile,
With rule
Pleas'dPleased, out of Heaven shalt look down and smile,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Pleas'dPleased it returnd as soon with answering looks
With rule
Pleas'dPleased it returnd as soon with answering looks
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Pleas'dPleased with thywords no less then thou with mine.
With rule
Pleas'dPleased with thywords no less then thou with mine.
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Pleas'dPleased me long choosing, and beginning late;
With rule
Pleas'dPleased me long choosing, and beginning late;
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
Pleas'dPleased or diſpleas'd, to me my Muſings are
With rule
Pleas'dPleased or diſpleas'd, to me my Muſings are
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Triple Paradox A66791

Printed
Pleas'dPleased or diſpleas'd, ſpeak few things as they are,
With rule
Pleas'dPleased or diſpleas'd, ſpeak few things as they are,
George Wither · A Triple Paradox · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Hymns on Several Subjects A81996

Printed
Pleas'dPleased with the goodneſs of theſe Fruits,
With rule
Pleas'dPleased with the goodneſs of theſe Fruits,
Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 130 · Open in the reader

The Government and Improvement of Mirth N01083

Printed
… Mirth. 'Tis ſometimes Proud, ſometimes Profane, ſometimes Wanton & Fleſhly. Pride puts on a very Pleas'dPleased face when it ſcorns, derides and inſults: Diſdain is fleer'd from the Eye, and …
With rule
… Mirth. 'Tis ſometimes Proud, ſometimes Profane, ſometimes Wanton & Fleſhly. Pride puts on a very Pleas'dPleased face when it ſcorns, derides and inſults: Diſdain is fleer'd from the Eye, and …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Invitations to the Gospel Feast N01506

Printed
… and make you Holy and Happy for ever. This Bleſſed Redeemer will be Abundantly Pleas'dPleased with you, if you thus come to Him, Truſt in Him for Salvation. He …
With rule
… and make you Holy and Happy for ever. This Bleſſed Redeemer will be Abundantly Pleas'dPleased with you, if you thus come to Him, Truſt in Him for Salvation. He …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rejecting any, that Penitently Truſt in His Mercy through Chriſt; that indeed He is Pleas'dPleased which them, and takes Pleaſure in doing them Good. He takes pleaſure in them …
With rule
… Rejecting any, that Penitently Truſt in His Mercy through Chriſt; that indeed He is Pleas'dPleased which them, and takes Pleaſure in doing them Good. He takes pleaſure in them …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Angry with thoſe who Truſt not in His Salvation, Pſal. 78.21, 22. But He is moſt Pleas'dPleased with thoſe who moſt Humbly and Firmly Hope in His Mercy in Chriſt. Abraham's …
With rule
… Angry with thoſe who Truſt not in His Salvation, Pſal. 78.21, 22. But He is moſt Pleas'dPleased with thoſe who moſt Humbly and Firmly Hope in His Mercy in Chriſt. Abraham's …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Rulers Feeding and Guiding their People with Integrity and Skillfulness N01565

Printed
… him Wiſdom and Knowledge, to manage the great Work of Government; and God was Pleas'dPleased with his Petition, and granted it, 2 Chron. 1.10.—12. The Rulers of a People, ſhould chaſe …
With rule
… him Wiſdom and Knowledge, to manage the great Work of Government; and God was Pleas'dPleased with his Petition, and granted it, 2 Chron. 1.10.—12. The Rulers of a People, ſhould chaſe …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Rulers Feeding and Guiding their People with Integrity and Skillfulness · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo N03778

Printed
Pleas'dPleased to receive, pleas'dpleased to restore.
With rule
Pleas'dPleased to receive, pleas'dpleased to restore.
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo · p. 126 · Open in the reader