Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9408 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

express'dexpressed

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

Puritas changed it: 924 times in 357 works
Consistency: 98.3% (924 of 940)
Reach if approved: ~988 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: expressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 940 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (924 changes in 357 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 924)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And thus expreſs'dexpressed their joy: Behold, how high
With rule
And thus expreſs'dexpressed their joy: Behold, how high
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conſtrain the Will? Nothing of Ignorance can excuſe him; the Law was not ambiguouſly expreſs'dexpressed, but in plain words, both as to Precept and Penalty; it was writ in …
With rule
… conſtrain the Will? Nothing of Ignorance can excuſe him; the Law was not ambiguouſly expreſs'dexpressed, but in plain words, both as to Precept and Penalty; it was writ in …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… false, lying, equivocating Spirit reserved to himself; but in the mean time he so express'dexpressed himself, and so carri'd the matter, as they might understand their condition should be …
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… false, lying, equivocating Spirit reserved to himself; but in the mean time he so express'dexpressed himself, and so carri'd the matter, as they might understand their condition should be …
John Conant · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions Volume 2 · p. 413 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lodgeth her in his heart, his mouth expreſs'dexpressed it;
With rule
Lodgeth her in his heart, his mouth expreſs'dexpressed it;
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Mr. Williams his Book; some others who had not subscribed that Book, only express'dexpressed themselves thus; We are glad to find so good an Agreement amongst us, as …
With rule
… to Mr. Williams his Book; some others who had not subscribed that Book, only express'dexpressed themselves thus; We are glad to find so good an Agreement amongst us, as …
Vincent Alsop · A Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Obedience, their secret Duties, wherein the sincerity and ardency of their Souls is most express'dexpressed, are only known to God. And such is the excellent humility of the Saints …
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… Obedience, their secret Duties, wherein the sincerity and ardency of their Souls is most express'dexpressed, are only known to God. And such is the excellent humility of the Saints …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without Self-defence: I saw two Warrants against a Lay-man this Week, which express'dexpressed his Hearing two Ministers as Sworn by two poor Beggarly Women; when I can …
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… without Self-defence: I saw two Warrants against a Lay-man this Week, which express'dexpressed his Hearing two Ministers as Sworn by two poor Beggarly Women; when I can …
Richard Baxter · The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Neceſſity, and give all Invitations and Incitements to Repentance; which cannot be higher expreſs'dexpressed than in the Apoſtle's own Words, as 'tis us'd in this Context. Let us …
With rule
… the Neceſſity, and give all Invitations and Incitements to Repentance; which cannot be higher expreſs'dexpressed than in the Apoſtle's own Words, as 'tis us'd in this Context. Let us …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Good Hope Through Grace A27608

Printed
6. When it is in a way of Diſpleaſure, It is Expreſs'dExpressed by a word, that Imports Infraction, or Violation, or as in our Tranſlation, My …
With rule
6. When it is in a way of Diſpleaſure, It is Expreſs'dExpressed by a word, that Imports Infraction, or Violation, or as in our Tranſlation, My …
Thomas Beverley · The Good Hope Through Grace · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Abstract of Logic A30233

Printed
… but one, is a Simple; as Man is an Animal: That which more, whether Expreſs'dExpressed or Imply'd, compoſed; As, Et prodeſſe voiunt & delectare Poetae. That is, The Deſign of …
With rule
… but one, is a Simple; as Man is an Animal: That which more, whether Expreſs'dExpressed or Imply'd, compoſed; As, Et prodeſſe voiunt & delectare Poetae. That is, The Deſign of …
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. §. All which are likewiſe particularly Expreſs'dExpressed in this Couplet, viz.
With rule
1. §. All which are likewiſe particularly Expreſs'dExpressed in this Couplet, viz.
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 27 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
Expreſs'dExpressed in Scripture by bowels, the reaſon of it 360
With rule
Expreſs'dExpressed in Scripture by bowels, the reaſon of it 360
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Express'dExpressed, and thus divinely answer'd milde.
With rule
Express'dExpressed, and thus divinely answer'd milde.
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Defense of Scripture Ordination A53662

Printed
… if that Church had been Govern'd by a Presbytery, the Meſſage muſt have been Expreſs'dExpressed in the Plural.
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… if that Church had been Govern'd by a Presbytery, the Meſſage muſt have been Expreſs'dExpressed in the Plural.
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · p. 108 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
This ſtop to its preſent glorious Appearance is very Forcibly Expreſs'dExpressed by Daniel in theſe words, Dan. 9 24. The Sealing Viſion, and Prophecy at the very …
With rule
This ſtop to its preſent glorious Appearance is very Forcibly Expreſs'dExpressed by Daniel in theſe words, Dan. 9 24. The Sealing Viſion, and Prophecy at the very …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 54 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

Printed
… the Condition of the Captives in thoſe cruel Hands. Their Condition truly might be Expreſs'dExpressed in the Terms of the ancient Lamentations, (thus by ſome Tranſlated,) Lam 4 3. The Daughter …
With rule
… the Condition of the Captives in thoſe cruel Hands. Their Condition truly might be Expreſs'dExpressed in the Terms of the ancient Lamentations, (thus by ſome Tranſlated,) Lam 4 3. The Daughter …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 49 · Open in the reader