Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9424 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

remain'dremained

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

Puritas changed it: 318 times in 191 works
Consistency: 97.5% (318 of 326)
Reach if approved: ~343 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: remained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 326 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (318 changes in 191 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 318)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Locks, where it firſt dwelt, while the dimenſions, and particular Characters of his perſon remain'dremained; and ſo come down from higher to lower to his very Feet, and there …
With rule
… Locks, where it firſt dwelt, while the dimenſions, and particular Characters of his perſon remain'dremained; and ſo come down from higher to lower to his very Feet, and there …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
And Joseph and his Father's House remain'dremained
With rule
And Joseph and his Father's House remain'dremained
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… remainder? Had any one ſin for which Chriſt was to have made a compenſation, remain'dremained unſatisfied, the Redeemer could not have riſen; ſo if the ſmalleſt ſin remains unblotted …
With rule
… remainder? Had any one ſin for which Chriſt was to have made a compenſation, remain'dremained unſatisfied, the Redeemer could not have riſen; ſo if the ſmalleſt ſin remains unblotted …
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… above five hundred Brethren at once, of whom the greater part were alive and remain'dremained, more than twenty Years after, 1 Cor. 15.6. And 'tis manifest, that his Enemies were perswaded …
With rule
… above five hundred Brethren at once, of whom the greater part were alive and remain'dremained, more than twenty Years after, 1 Cor. 15.6. And 'tis manifest, that his Enemies were perswaded …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
How long remain'dremained that stately Hall,
With rule
How long remain'dremained that stately Hall,
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
Againſt your GRACE; and, have remain'dremained therein
With rule
Againſt your GRACE; and, have remain'dremained therein
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader
Printed
… designing, after the distributing some little remembrances among his friends, that small pittance which remain'dremained to his Relations, conceiv'd that the Law by an Administration would of course divide …
With rule
… designing, after the distributing some little remembrances among his friends, that small pittance which remain'dremained to his Relations, conceiv'd that the Law by an Administration would of course divide …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Happiness, when 'twas most easie to him to avoid Sin. But the Martyrs remain'dremained firm in the Faith, not only under Terrors, but Torments. And which is the …
With rule
… his Happiness, when 'twas most easie to him to avoid Sin. But the Martyrs remain'dremained firm in the Faith, not only under Terrors, but Torments. And which is the …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 197 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 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 History of Joseph A35338

Printed
Remain'dRemained the onely Store-houſe of the Earth,
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Remain'dRemained the onely Store-houſe of the Earth,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 35 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Pretended. This Plot proves ſo powerful, that though the Propher Daniel, (and Gabriel, Dan. 10. 13.) Remain'dRemained there with Cambyſes and his Counſellors, to repreſs their Rage, and to Blaſt their …
With rule
… Pretended. This Plot proves ſo powerful, that though the Propher Daniel, (and Gabriel, Dan. 10. 13.) Remain'dRemained there with Cambyſes and his Counſellors, to repreſs their Rage, and to Blaſt their …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo long as it went Ill with Sion: he ſtill Enquires how his Reformation Remain'dRemained, and he Ʋnderſtood, Neh. 13. 7. it was Deformed again, this puts him on getting another …
With rule
… ſo long as it went Ill with Sion: he ſtill Enquires how his Reformation Remain'dRemained, and he Ʋnderſtood, Neh. 13. 7. it was Deformed again, this puts him on getting another …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 256 · Open in the reader