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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9484 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fram'dframed

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

Puritas changed it
368 times in 202 works
Consistency
96.0% (368 of 383)
Reach if approved
~403 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: framed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
384 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (368 changes in 202 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 368)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Poema is a booke in numbers fram'dframed,
    With rule
    Poema is a booke in numbers fram'dframed,

    Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vnderſtanding to conſider its owne nature, and to knowe the workeman, that forg'd and fram'dframed it, to whoſe keeping, thinke you, would it committe it ſelfe, rather then to …
    With rule
    … vnderſtanding to conſider its owne nature, and to knowe the workeman, that forg'd and fram'dframed it, to whoſe keeping, thinke you, would it committe it ſelfe, rather then to …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … contradiction. We must therefore conclude that the Author of the Humane Soul has so fram'dframed it, that by the free use of its faculties it necessarily comes to the …
    With rule
    … contradiction. We must therefore conclude that the Author of the Humane Soul has so fram'dframed it, that by the free use of its faculties it necessarily comes to the …

    William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Temple, the noise of a Hammer was not heard, for all the parts were fram'dframed before with that exact design and correspondence, that they firmly combin'd together. They were …
    With rule
    … Temple, the noise of a Hammer was not heard, for all the parts were fram'dframed before with that exact design and correspondence, that they firmly combin'd together. They were …

    William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    If many worlds, as that Fantaſtick fram'dframed,
    With rule
    If many worlds, as that Fantaſtick fram'dframed,

    Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Men, whom Heav'n fram'dframed, and sent on purpose hither,
    With rule
    Men, whom Heav'n fram'dframed, and sent on purpose hither,

    Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 257 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and that he reſtrain the prophane wranglings and diſputings of Sophiſters about divine matters, fram'dframed out of erroneous grounds, and principles of Sciences, ſo termed, but falſely; which ſome …
    With rule
    … and that he reſtrain the prophane wranglings and diſputings of Sophiſters about divine matters, fram'dframed out of erroneous grounds, and principles of Sciences, ſo termed, but falſely; which ſome …

    Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 222 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    But were thy Verse and Song as finely fram'dframed,
    With rule
    But were thy Verse and Song as finely fram'dframed,

    Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

9 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.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    Fram'dFramed of fat earth, which fires together tie:
    With rule
    Fram'dFramed of fat earth, which fires together tie:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Fram'dFramed to the most capacious figures guise:
    With rule
    Fram'dFramed to the most capacious figures guise:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    Fram'dFramed by the will, and drawne by the direction
    With rule
    Fram'dFramed by the will, and drawne by the direction

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Fram'dFramed in their plain'st and most effectuall words,
    With rule
    Fram'dFramed in their plain'st and most effectuall words,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

  • Printed
    With deepeſt cunning Fram'dFramed, ſo to command
    With rule
    With deepeſt cunning Fram'dFramed, ſo to command

    Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

  • Printed
    Fram'dFramed more for uſe, then wild delight,
    With rule
    Fram'dFramed more for uſe, then wild delight,

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Healing Attempt A45129

  • Printed
    … are ſuch, as would (if the Government of the Church be at this time Fram'dFramed accordingly) contribute much to the Peace of the Church, and Healing our Diviſions; and …
    With rule
    … are ſuch, as would (if the Government of the Church be at this time Fram'dFramed accordingly) contribute much to the Peace of the Church, and Healing our Diviſions; and …

    John Humfrey · The Healing Attempt · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Blessed Unions A50114

  • Printed
    … Agreement of yours inspires them. When that Noble and Equally well Tim'd and well Fram'dFramed Work of Accommodation, wherein You have so much Laboured, was once Prosecuted unto that …
    With rule
    … Agreement of yours inspires them. When that Noble and Equally well Tim'd and well Fram'dFramed Work of Accommodation, wherein You have so much Laboured, was once Prosecuted unto that …

    Cotton Mather · Blessed Unions · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

  • Printed
    … to be beſtowed by this Power; Till theſe things are, No Opinions, or beſt Fram'dFramed Diſcourſes, No Eſſays, Beginnings, or Scatterings of ſuch a Power can perſwade (I know …
    With rule
    … to be beſtowed by this Power; Till theſe things are, No Opinions, or beſt Fram'dFramed Diſcourſes, No Eſſays, Beginnings, or Scatterings of ſuch a Power can perſwade (I know …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 91 · Open in the reader