Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9443 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

confin'dconfined

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

Puritas changed it: 492 times in 304 works
Consistency: 94.4% (492 of 521)
Reach if approved: ~547 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: confined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 521 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (492 changes in 304 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 492)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
5. Whereas he had confin'dconfined himſelfe to a bare defenſative of ſome, not intending to caſt others from their …
With rule
5. Whereas he had confin'dconfined himſelfe to a bare defenſative of ſome, not intending to caſt others from their …
Daniel Cawdry · Independency Further Proved to be a Schism · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that day: but within two or three days he grew very weak, and was confin'dconfined to his Bed: and then the decays of Nature (like so many Creditors, who …
With rule
… that day: but within two or three days he grew very weak, and was confin'dconfined to his Bed: and then the decays of Nature (like so many Creditors, who …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being ſet to it. For the reaſon why any Being is bounded, limited, and confin'dconfined to ſuch a meaſure and degree of Being only; is becauſe the Author of …
With rule
… being ſet to it. For the reaſon why any Being is bounded, limited, and confin'dconfined to ſuch a meaſure and degree of Being only; is becauſe the Author of …
Samuel Cradock · A Supplement to Knowledge and Practice · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who all confines, and is confin'dconfined, of none.
With rule
Who all confines, and is confin'dconfined, of none.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be no mean inconsiderable advantage. But it is indeed impossible it should be so confin'dconfined; for if it be permitted to make these impressions within, as heat in the …
With rule
… be no mean inconsiderable advantage. But it is indeed impossible it should be so confin'dconfined; for if it be permitted to make these impressions within, as heat in the …
Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or spiritual, render Men averse from receiving it. The Mysteries of Godliness are not confin'dconfined to the speculative mind, but are for moral ends, to regulate our lives. From …
With rule
… or spiritual, render Men averse from receiving it. The Mysteries of Godliness are not confin'dconfined to the speculative mind, but are for moral ends, to regulate our lives. From …
William Bates · The Divinity of the Christian Religion · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy Goodneſs is not to that world confin'dconfined:
With rule
Thy Goodneſs is not to that world confin'dconfined:
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
His Rule to Greece he ſcorn'd ſhould be confin'dconfined,
With rule
His Rule to Greece he ſcorn'd ſhould be confin'dconfined,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 125 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Confin'dConfined into this Islands little space;
With rule
Confin'dConfined into this Islands little space;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand A25469

Printed
Till, forced leſs to Work, he ſeem'd Confin'dConfined;
With rule
Till, forced leſs to Work, he ſeem'd Confin'dConfined;
Samuel Annesley · The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand · Open in the reader

Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 A26810

Printed
… their Greatness, must descend into the Grave, without their Scepters and Flatterers, and be Confin'dConfined to a dark Solitude, where they shall have no other State or Carpets, but …
With rule
… their Greatness, must descend into the Grave, without their Scepters and Flatterers, and be Confin'dConfined to a dark Solitude, where they shall have no other State or Carpets, but …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fairest of Sensitive Beauties: for every sense has its proper Object to which 'tis Confin'dConfined, and cannot perceive or taste any pleasure in another.
With rule
… fairest of Sensitive Beauties: for every sense has its proper Object to which 'tis Confin'dConfined, and cannot perceive or taste any pleasure in another.
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 213 · Open in the reader

Scriptural Poems A30201

Printed
Confin'dConfined in Joseph's House, he brought them in
With rule
Confin'dConfined in Joseph's House, he brought them in
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Confin'dConfined thy power, and made thee ill diſpos'd,
With rule
Confin'dConfined thy power, and made thee ill diſpos'd,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 17 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

Printed
… Jews in ſpirit:) No Scripture is of private Interpretation; and therefore Not to be Confin'dConfined to thoſe particular times or perſons, when and to whom they were delivered; They …
With rule
… Jews in ſpirit:) No Scripture is of private Interpretation; and therefore Not to be Confin'dConfined to thoſe particular times or perſons, when and to whom they were delivered; They …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 256 · Open in the reader

Counsel for the Living Occasioned from the Dead A33989

Printed
… Soul-ſupportings, by all the ways and means they were capable of in their Confin'dConfined Eſtate.
With rule
… Soul-ſupportings, by all the ways and means they were capable of in their Confin'dConfined Eſtate.
Hercules Collins · Counsel for the Living Occasioned from the Dead · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
Was it, to be Impriſon'd and Confin'dConfined,
With rule
Was it, to be Impriſon'd and Confin'dConfined,
Hercules Collins · Counsel for the Living Occasioned from the Dead · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The History of Joseph A35338

Printed
Confin'dConfined had Jacob to an Hermitage,
With rule
Confin'dConfined had Jacob to an Hermitage,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Ancient Christian Religion A41775

Printed
2. God is not Confin'dConfined to place. Although the most High God hath chosen Heaven for the Place of …
With rule
2. God is not Confin'dConfined to place. Although the most High God hath chosen Heaven for the Place of …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 50 · Open in the reader

The Growth of Error A48862

Printed
… nothing more manifeſt and clear, than that the moſt enlarged Create Mind is Finite, Confin'dConfined and Limited, and that there is a Being whoſe Eſſence and Perfections are Boundleſs …
With rule
… nothing more manifeſt and clear, than that the moſt enlarged Create Mind is Finite, Confin'dConfined and Limited, and that there is a Being whoſe Eſſence and Perfections are Boundleſs …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… acknowledgment of the Truth, and ſee how great their Folly was, in making their Confin'dConfined Underſtandings, the meaſure of all Knowledge, which undoubtedly is done by them that reject …
With rule
… acknowledgment of the Truth, and ſee how great their Folly was, in making their Confin'dConfined Underſtandings, the meaſure of all Knowledge, which undoubtedly is done by them that reject …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 13 · Open in the reader