Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9464 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

honour'dhonor'd

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

Puritas changed it: 498 times in 269 works
Consistency: 100% (498 of 498)
Reach if approved: ~523 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: honoured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 498 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (498 changes in 269 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 498)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a Miniſter, he had thoſe perfections in him that did render him belov'd and honour'dhonor'd by all that knew him; and if there be any that had not a …
With rule
… a Miniſter, he had thoſe perfections in him that did render him belov'd and honour'dhonor'd by all that knew him; and if there be any that had not a …
Robert Bragge · Life and Death of the Godly Man Exemplified · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou ſhalt receive this honour'dhonor'd health, He have thee:
With rule
Thou ſhalt receive this honour'dhonor'd health, He have thee:
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Ethnikes ignorant of a better life future, honour'dhonor'd this with great solemnities, and kept prodigall feasts on their Birth-dayes; as Herod …
With rule
The Ethnikes ignorant of a better life future, honour'dhonor'd this with great solemnities, and kept prodigall feasts on their Birth-dayes; as Herod …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
This honour'dhonor'd Citie hath in it also
With rule
This honour'dhonor'd Citie hath in it also
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth mundane, ambitious Honour delight thee? He that seeketh Applause of Men, cannot be Honour'dHonor'd by the Almighty, Ioh. 5. 44. For he that chaseth after this VVorld's Vanity, must be …
With rule
… doth mundane, ambitious Honour delight thee? He that seeketh Applause of Men, cannot be Honour'dHonor'd by the Almighty, Ioh. 5. 44. For he that chaseth after this VVorld's Vanity, must be …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
The true causes why the Creator is not duly acknowledged and honour'dhonor'd for his Works, are either Ignorance, or a guilty neglect and inobservance of them.
With rule
The true causes why the Creator is not duly acknowledged and honour'dhonor'd for his Works, are either Ignorance, or a guilty neglect and inobservance of them.
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a tacit presumption that the Reason of Man knows better how God should be honour'dhonor'd than himself does; and how unprofitable they are to us, is evident; for being …
With rule
… a tacit presumption that the Reason of Man knows better how God should be honour'dhonor'd than himself does; and how unprofitable they are to us, is evident; for being …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expreſs'd by the Prophecy: The Silver, Gold, precious Things, with which their Shrines are honour'dhonor'd, Their Preſidency over ſuch Countries, the Land or whole Territory of the Beaſt being …
With rule
… expreſs'd by the Prophecy: The Silver, Gold, precious Things, with which their Shrines are honour'dhonor'd, Their Preſidency over ſuch Countries, the Land or whole Territory of the Beaſt being …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 42 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.