Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9471 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

admir'dadmired

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

Puritas changed it: 205 times in 139 works
Consistency: 94.0% (205 of 218)
Reach if approved: ~229 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: admired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 218 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (205 changes in 139 works, 94.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 205)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
In such a glorious fashion; I admir'dadmired.
With rule
In such a glorious fashion; I admir'dadmired.
George Wither · Nuptial Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
… hence ſhee hath receiv'd incouragements, it being an addition to her glory to be admir'dadmired by all; and being prais'd by Ignorance, from the mouth of her enemy ſhe …
With rule
… hence ſhee hath receiv'd incouragements, it being an addition to her glory to be admir'dadmired by all; and being prais'd by Ignorance, from the mouth of her enemy ſhe …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Knowledge of God · Open in the reader
Printed
What high admir'dadmired accompliſhments,
With rule
What high admir'dadmired accompliſhments,
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore alone cannot build. Airy Knowledg is big, boiſterous, angry, if it be not admir'dadmired, if it be not venerated ſo, as to take up what ſpace it pleaſes …
With rule
… therefore alone cannot build. Airy Knowledg is big, boiſterous, angry, if it be not admir'dadmired, if it be not venerated ſo, as to take up what ſpace it pleaſes …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
In thee, Blest Soul, we these admir'dadmired
With rule
In thee, Blest Soul, we these admir'dadmired
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all others were gazing on the East, one alone lookt on the West; Some admir'dadmired, more mock't him, as if he look't on the Feet, there to find the …
With rule
… all others were gazing on the East, one alone lookt on the West; Some admir'dadmired, more mock't him, as if he look't on the Feet, there to find the …
Thomas Fuller · Good Thoughts in Bad Times · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
I have oftentimes much admir'dadmired how either of these Parties, if we consider either Sincerity, or Vicinity to the …
With rule
I have oftentimes much admir'dadmired how either of these Parties, if we consider either Sincerity, or Vicinity to the …
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
That cunning Artist, that old Greece admir'dadmired,
With rule
That cunning Artist, that old Greece admir'dadmired,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
And thus reveal'd himſelf: Admir'dAdmired young men,
With rule
And thus reveal'd himſelf: Admir'dAdmired young men,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Admir'dAdmired of all, but equaliz'd of none;
With rule
Admir'dAdmired of all, but equaliz'd of none;
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
Admir'dAdmired, ador'd for ever, be that Majeſty.
With rule
Admir'dAdmired, ador'd for ever, be that Majeſty.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Admir'dAdmired, not fear'd; God and his Son except,
With rule
Admir'dAdmired, not fear'd; God and his Son except,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Poems in Two Parts A60349

Printed
Admir'dAdmired the progress, terrible the falls
With rule
Admir'dAdmired the progress, terrible the falls
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 33 · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

Printed
Admir'dAdmired effects to sublunary things.
With rule
Admir'dAdmired effects to sublunary things.
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Foxcroft N01872

Printed
Moſt Faithful, Uſeful, and Admir'dAdmired!
With rule
Moſt Faithful, Uſeful, and Admir'dAdmired!
Thomas Foxcroft · Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Foxcroft · p. 54 · Open in the reader