Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9461 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

allow'dallowed

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

Puritas changed it: 758 times in 332 works
Consistency: 97.4% (758 of 778)
Reach if approved: ~817 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: allowed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 778 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: allow (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (758 changes in 332 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 758)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And but that wondrous face it well allow'dallowed,
With rule
And but that wondrous face it well allow'dallowed,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have a tear to spend on this Inestimable and Irreparable one? Brethren, you are allow'dallowed to weep here, though not for him, yet for your selves: And that especially …
With rule
… have a tear to spend on this Inestimable and Irreparable one? Brethren, you are allow'dallowed to weep here, though not for him, yet for your selves: And that especially …
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sure Adam thought it so; And the first in its kind may well be allow'dallowed the just measure of all after Attempts; who when he had sinn'd, went and …
With rule
… sure Adam thought it so; And the first in its kind may well be allow'dallowed the just measure of all after Attempts; who when he had sinn'd, went and …
Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… never depart from his People till there be ſome ſin entertain'd, and lov'd, and allow'dallowed, that bids him depart. Every ſin ſays to the Lord as thoſe wicked ones …
With rule
… never depart from his People till there be ſome ſin entertain'd, and lov'd, and allow'dallowed, that bids him depart. Every ſin ſays to the Lord as thoſe wicked ones …
Richard Alleine · A Rebuke to Backsliders and a Spur for Loiterers · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo by the Apoſtle, ſo that you allow no more; (for more cannot be allow'dallowed, except you change them into Doctrine, which makes them worſe:) Allow, that they are …
With rule
… ſo by the Apoſtle, ſo that you allow no more; (for more cannot be allow'dallowed, except you change them into Doctrine, which makes them worſe:) Allow, that they are …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Your Cauſe is not for Abram's fact allow'dallowed;
With rule
Your Cauſe is not for Abram's fact allow'dallowed;
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the conjugal ſociety of the unbelieving party is ſanctified (that is, made lawful and allow'dallowed) to the believing party, (to the pure, and believing all things being pure, 1 Tim …
With rule
… the conjugal ſociety of the unbelieving party is ſanctified (that is, made lawful and allow'dallowed) to the believing party, (to the pure, and believing all things being pure, 1 Tim …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good in the Creation, had made creatures to no purpoſe, if he had not allow'dallowed Man a uſe, and an enjoying of thoſe creatures. Our Mythologiſts, who think they …
With rule
… good in the Creation, had made creatures to no purpoſe, if he had not allow'dallowed Man a uſe, and an enjoying of thoſe creatures. Our Mythologiſts, who think they …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 104 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Allow'dAllowed me not to be a Graduate.
With rule
Allow'dAllowed me not to be a Graduate.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Eighteen Sermons A23716

Printed
… work goes more securely on…, when there are no Religious apprehensions to check it: Allow'dAllowed Vice cannot be at ease if it but think those things are true. It …
With rule
… work goes more securely on…, when there are no Religious apprehensions to check it: Allow'dAllowed Vice cannot be at ease if it but think those things are true. It …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A23717

Printed
… work goes more securely on, when there are no Religious apprehensions to check it: Allow'dAllowed Vice cannot be at ease if it but think those things are true. It …
With rule
… work goes more securely on, when there are no Religious apprehensions to check it: Allow'dAllowed Vice cannot be at ease if it but think those things are true. It …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 167 · Open in the reader

The Council of Trent Examined and Disproved A61532

Printed
… to judge of the Meaning of the Council, but by comparing the Publick and Allow'dAllowed Practices of the Church with the General Decrees of the Council. And we have …
With rule
… to judge of the Meaning of the Council, but by comparing the Publick and Allow'dAllowed Practices of the Church with the General Decrees of the Council. And we have …
Edward Stillingfleet · The Council of Trent Examined and Disproved · p. v · Open in the reader

Defense of Brief Inquiry into the Nature of Schism A62918

Printed
… might belong to one Congregation none ever denied, but that many Biſhops in the Allow'dAllowed and Eccleſiaſtical ſence of the Word, had the overſight of one City, ſeems ſtrange …
With rule
… might belong to one Congregation none ever denied, but that many Biſhops in the Allow'dAllowed and Eccleſiaſtical ſence of the Word, had the overſight of one City, ſeems ſtrange …
William Tong · Defense of Brief Inquiry into the Nature of Schism · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies A66744

Printed
Allow'dAllowed have been, without a diſpenſation,
With rule
Allow'dAllowed have been, without a diſpenſation,
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
Allow'dAllowed but that Senſe onely, which they bear
With rule
Allow'dAllowed but that Senſe onely, which they bear
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 40 · Open in the reader

A Memorandum to London A66760

Printed
Allow'dAllowed them ſix…one years to come.
With rule
Allow'dAllowed them ſix…one years to come.
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings A66772

Printed
Allow'dAllowed to Rogues; nor ſo much as a Slave
With rule
Allow'dAllowed to Rogues; nor ſo much as a Slave
George Wither · A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Judgment Begun at the House of God N01526

Printed
… to Sell of Abby Lands, to the Value of Five hundred thouſand Crowns; and Allow'dAllowed Him, moreover One half of the Revenues of the Clergy, Engaging Him to Imploy …
With rule
… to Sell of Abby Lands, to the Value of Five hundred thouſand Crowns; and Allow'dAllowed Him, moreover One half of the Revenues of the Clergy, Engaging Him to Imploy …
John Danforth · Judgment Begun at the House of God · p. 87 · Open in the reader