Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9460 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inspir'dinspired

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

Puritas changed it: 297 times in 172 works
Consistency: 89.7% (297 of 331)
Reach if approved: ~348 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: inspired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 331 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (297 changes in 172 works, 89.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 297)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Who will not with theſe profits be inſpir'dinspired?
With rule
Who will not with theſe profits be inſpir'dinspired?
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
Shepherds inspir'dinspired, thy joyful Welcome sing;
With rule
Shepherds inspir'dinspired, thy joyful Welcome sing;
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Man, a Man of an Excellent Spirit, a Prophet, an Holy Man, a Man inſpir'dinspired of God. In that Pſalm, where the Church is ſhadowed under the ſimilitude of …
With rule
… Man, a Man of an Excellent Spirit, a Prophet, an Holy Man, a Man inſpir'dinspired of God. In that Pſalm, where the Church is ſhadowed under the ſimilitude of …
William Gearing · Londons Remembrancer · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in a very Threatening and Barbarous manner by ſome of theſe Tyrants; but God inſpir'dinspired him with ſo much Reſolution as to tell them, I am about the work …
With rule
… in a very Threatening and Barbarous manner by ſome of theſe Tyrants; but God inſpir'dinspired him with ſo much Reſolution as to tell them, I am about the work …
Cotton Mather · The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
Were you from God with life diuine inſpir'dinspired,
With rule
Were you from God with life diuine inſpir'dinspired,
Paul Baynes · A Counterbane Against Earthly Carefulness · Open in the reader
Printed
… Spirit, not every Teacher though he come with gifts, pretend and seem to be inspir'dinspired, but try them; and our Saviour forewarn'd the Jews of false Christs that should …
With rule
… Spirit, not every Teacher though he come with gifts, pretend and seem to be inspir'dinspired, but try them; and our Saviour forewarn'd the Jews of false Christs that should …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
… desires that Nature should be elevated above it self, that the dead parts be inspir'dinspired with Life, the insensible feel Motions of Joy, and those that want a Voice …
With rule
… desires that Nature should be elevated above it self, that the dead parts be inspir'dinspired with Life, the insensible feel Motions of Joy, and those that want a Voice …
William Bates · A Funeral Sermon for Thomas Manton · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inflam'd by Temptations, any Lust becomes more irresistible: So that without a new Nature inspir'dinspired from Above, they cannot rescue themselves from the Bondage of Sin.
With rule
… inflam'd by Temptations, any Lust becomes more irresistible: So that without a new Nature inspir'dinspired from Above, they cannot rescue themselves from the Bondage of Sin.
William Bates · A Sure Trial of Uprightness · p. 87 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Inspir'dInspired with truth, and with an honest zeale,
With rule
Inspir'dInspired with truth, and with an honest zeale,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 262 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

Printed
Fix then the Foot of Schelom's Inſpir'dInspired Layes
With rule
Fix then the Foot of Schelom's Inſpir'dInspired Layes
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Inſpir'dInspired Divinely, does this Secret ſing
With rule
Inſpir'dInspired Divinely, does this Secret ſing
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
What Inſpir'dInspired Pen can to this Love do right?
With rule
What Inſpir'dInspired Pen can to this Love do right?
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 61 · Open in the reader

Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age A32323

Printed
Inſpir'dInspired with comfort, all your powers unite
With rule
Inſpir'dInspired with comfort, all your powers unite
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Inspir'dInspired with contradiction durst oppose
With rule
Inspir'dInspired with contradiction durst oppose
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Inspir'dInspired, and wing'd for Heav'n with speedier flight
With rule
Inspir'dInspired, and wing'd for Heav'n with speedier flight
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Inspir'dInspired; disdain not such access to me.
With rule
Inspir'dInspired; disdain not such access to me.
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Answer to the Rector of Bury A53656

Printed
… are thus entitled, the Book of the Prophet Iſaiah, &c. I cannot think the Inſpir'dInspired Prophets ſet theſe Titles on the head of their Books.
With rule
… are thus entitled, the Book of the Prophet Iſaiah, &c. I cannot think the Inſpir'dInspired Prophets ſet theſe Titles on the head of their Books.
James Owen · Answer to the Rector of Bury · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Concerning Certainty of Faith A61545

Printed
… then so solicitous to preserve any Books that appear'd to be written by Persons Inspir'dInspired, that although these did then want Universal Consent, yet they were still kept, and …
With rule
… then so solicitous to preserve any Books that appear'd to be written by Persons Inspir'dInspired, that although these did then want Universal Consent, yet they were still kept, and …
Edward Stillingfleet · Concerning Certainty of Faith · p. 92 · Open in the reader

Scriptures Self-Evident Authority A70057

Printed
… in it Self, and Sufficiency (in its kind) to ascertain others, That it is Inspir'dInspired of God to be the Only Rule of Faith.
With rule
… in it Self, and Sufficiency (in its kind) to ascertain others, That it is Inspir'dInspired of God to be the Only Rule of Faith.
Thomas Ford · Scriptures Self-Evident Authority · Open in the reader

The Government and Improvement of Mirth N01083

Printed
… He is the alone Author: and where ſhou'd we expect this but in His Inſpir'dInspired Word? On ſuch a Head which is ſtrictly Divine, and purely Heavenly, that Diſcourſe …
With rule
… He is the alone Author: and where ſhou'd we expect this but in His Inſpir'dInspired Word? On ſuch a Head which is ſtrictly Divine, and purely Heavenly, that Diſcourſe …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · Open in the reader
Printed
The Firſt POEM we know of was a Divine One, Inſpir'dInspired in Heavenly Numbers by the Holy Ghoſt; & ſo the Firſt Singing we read of …
With rule
The Firſt POEM we know of was a Divine One, Inſpir'dInspired in Heavenly Numbers by the Holy Ghoſt; & ſo the Firſt Singing we read of …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains N03209

Printed
Inſpir'dInspired by Virtue you could ſafely ſtand
With rule
Inſpir'dInspired by Virtue you could ſafely ſtand
Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · p. 73 · Open in the reader