Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9431 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

us'dused

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

Puritas changed it: 1,370 times in 455 works
Consistency: 99.4% (1,370 of 1,378)
Reach if approved: ~1,448 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: used
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,378 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,370 changes in 455 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,370)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… others, That unregenerate men by a meere natur all perception, without any divine superin…us'dused light (they are the words of Episcopius, and they are wicked wordes) may understand …
With rule
… others, That unregenerate men by a meere natur all perception, without any divine superin…us'dused light (they are the words of Episcopius, and they are wicked wordes) may understand …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Hyperbole would not be very extravagant in this case, which we find warrantably us'dused in another, Io. 21. that even the world its self could not contain the Books …
With rule
… the Hyperbole would not be very extravagant in this case, which we find warrantably us'dused in another, Io. 21. that even the world its self could not contain the Books …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… oddest way of answering a pinching Objection that ever any Respondent in the World us'dused; which is not by shewing the Weakness of it, but by lending more strength …
With rule
… oddest way of answering a pinching Objection that ever any Respondent in the World us'dused; which is not by shewing the Weakness of it, but by lending more strength …
Vincent Alsop · Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… clearness of his Call, and dreading what might be the consequence of it. He us'dused to say, Give Peace in our time, O Lord, was a Prayer that he …
With rule
… clearness of his Call, and dreading what might be the consequence of it. He us'dused to say, Give Peace in our time, O Lord, was a Prayer that he …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
And as a Malefactor us'dused,
With rule
And as a Malefactor us'dused,
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
Notwithſtanding the Great Nicety, and Caution, neceſſary to be us'dused, I am yet moſt deſirous to Contribute my utmoſt ſervice, to mediate betwixt a …
With rule
Notwithſtanding the Great Nicety, and Caution, neceſſary to be us'dused, I am yet moſt deſirous to Contribute my utmoſt ſervice, to mediate betwixt a …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Judgment Concerning Crisps Sermons · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Joyned to herein with him, were Called Evangelici, as in Alluſion to the Word us'dused in Prophecy, for the Finiſhing the myſtery God had Evangelized his Servants the Prophets …
With rule
… Joyned to herein with him, were Called Evangelici, as in Alluſion to the Word us'dused in Prophecy, for the Finiſhing the myſtery God had Evangelized his Servants the Prophets …
Thomas Beverley · Review of What God Hath Been Pleased to Do This Year · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
But neither us'dused as yet, for he was wiſe:
With rule
But neither us'dused as yet, for he was wiſe:
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 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.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Us'dUsed to the yoak, draw'st his triumphant wheels
With rule
Us'dUsed to the yoak, draw'st his triumphant wheels
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Us'dUsed by the Tempter: on that prospect strange
With rule
Us'dUsed by the Tempter: on that prospect strange
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Us'dUsed no ambition to commend my deeds,
With rule
Us'dUsed no ambition to commend my deeds,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Incenſed againſt him, onely becauſe the Emperour (being not (as he ſaid for himſelf) Us'dUsed to that Kind of Drudgery) Held not the Popes Stirrop (Hoſtler-like) upon the …
With rule
… Incenſed againſt him, onely becauſe the Emperour (being not (as he ſaid for himſelf) Us'dUsed to that Kind of Drudgery) Held not the Popes Stirrop (Hoſtler-like) upon the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 421 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Us'dUsed by the Angell, you doe it record
With rule
Us'dUsed by the Angell, you doe it record
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
Us'dUsed by thoſe Knights alone, [not other men]
With rule
Us'dUsed by thoſe Knights alone, [not other men]
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 178 · Open in the reader