Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9476 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perform'dperformed

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

Puritas changed it: 679 times in 329 works
Consistency: 98.4% (679 of 690)
Reach if approved: ~725 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: performed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 690 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (679 changes in 329 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 679)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… there so as it may be understood, and to edification. But that which is perform'dperformed there in an unknown tongue does not edify says he there: yet to justify …
With rule
… there so as it may be understood, and to edification. But that which is perform'dperformed there in an unknown tongue does not edify says he there: yet to justify …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not only slights, but abominates them; not the Acts themselves, but the persons that perform'dperformed them; not what they performed, the outward work, but that they kept back the …
With rule
… not only slights, but abominates them; not the Acts themselves, but the persons that perform'dperformed them; not what they performed, the outward work, but that they kept back the …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
The External proofs of the truth of Christian Religion considered. Miracles are only perform'dperformed by God. Why Christianity was confirm'd by them. The number of Christs Miracles, the …
With rule
The External proofs of the truth of Christian Religion considered. Miracles are only perform'dperformed by God. Why Christianity was confirm'd by them. The number of Christs Miracles, the …
William Bates · The Divinity of the Christian Religion · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… means, unknown Tongues are ſpoken, ſtrange things are ſaid, others no leſs wonderful are perform'dperformed, and the moſt hidden ſecrets diſcover'd. But you will ſcarce meet with any that …
With rule
… means, unknown Tongues are ſpoken, ſtrange things are ſaid, others no leſs wonderful are perform'dperformed, and the moſt hidden ſecrets diſcover'd. But you will ſcarce meet with any that …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · p. 180 · Open in the reader
Printed
And in their sight that do him feare, my vowes perform'dperformed shall be.
With rule
And in their sight that do him feare, my vowes perform'dperformed shall be.
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but the Mind with which this and every other part of our Duty is perform'dperformed. God is a great God, and a good Maſter, and therefore a little forc'd …
With rule
… but the Mind with which this and every other part of our Duty is perform'dperformed. God is a great God, and a good Maſter, and therefore a little forc'd …
John Bush · The Necessity and Reward of a Willing Mind · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord, and vow'd unto the mighty God of Iacob, &c. Pſal. 131.1, 2. And this he perform'dperformed as well Pſalme, 66.14. &. 61.8. for he knew 'twas better not to vow, then to vow …
With rule
… Lord, and vow'd unto the mighty God of Iacob, &c. Pſal. 131.1, 2. And this he perform'dperformed as well Pſalme, 66.14. &. 61.8. for he knew 'twas better not to vow, then to vow …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
to be perform'dperformed, when of thy leaprous ſore
With rule
to be perform'dperformed, when of thy leaprous ſore
John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
Perform'dPerformed ſhould be, with inward heartineſſe.
With rule
Perform'dPerformed ſhould be, with inward heartineſſe.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 230 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Perform'dPerformed his word to him that told his fate.
With rule
Perform'dPerformed his word to him that told his fate.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 A48865

Printed
… the Preceptive Part of the Law; or, which is the ſame, if he had Perform'dPerformed the Condition of that Covenant made with him; it would have given him a …
With rule
… the Preceptive Part of the Law; or, which is the ſame, if he had Perform'dPerformed the Condition of that Covenant made with him; it would have given him a …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Covenant of Grace, be taken in this ſenſe, viz. for that thing, which, being Perform'dPerformed, gives Right to the Reward, the Covenant of Grace is Confounded with that of …
With rule
… Covenant of Grace, be taken in this ſenſe, viz. for that thing, which, being Perform'dPerformed, gives Right to the Reward, the Covenant of Grace is Confounded with that of …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being Performed, gives Right to the Bleſſing Promiſed. Or, it is that which being Perform'dPerformed, is a means by which we attain to what was on Condition promiſed. Again …
With rule
… being Performed, gives Right to the Bleſſing Promiſed. Or, it is that which being Perform'dPerformed, is a means by which we attain to what was on Condition promiſed. Again …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Satisfaction to the Elect whil'ſt in the Heigth of Iniquity, or from a Condition Perform'dPerformed by them, Giving Right thereunto. If the former that's Antinomianiſm; If the latter, then …
With rule
… Satisfaction to the Elect whil'ſt in the Heigth of Iniquity, or from a Condition Perform'dPerformed by them, Giving Right thereunto. If the former that's Antinomianiſm; If the latter, then …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be obſerved before the Legacy be actually given. It is the Condition, which, till Perform'dPerformed, ſuſpends the Event; namely, the giving of the Legacy. And (as the Learned Mr …
With rule
… be obſerved before the Legacy be actually given. It is the Condition, which, till Perform'dPerformed, ſuſpends the Event; namely, the giving of the Legacy. And (as the Learned Mr …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 90 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

Printed
Perform'dPerformed, as they to others and to Him
With rule
Perform'dPerformed, as they to others and to Him
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 42 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Perform'dPerformed his word, to him, that told his fate;
With rule
Perform'dPerformed his word, to him, that told his fate;
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 86 · Open in the reader