Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9496 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

serv'dserved

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

Puritas changed it: 608 times in 322 works
Consistency: 97.7% (608 of 622)
Reach if approved: ~655 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: served
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 623 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (608 changes in 322 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 608)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2. 'Tis the laſt meal; the laſt meſs of the Goſpel ſerv'dserved in, not another Chriſt to come. Now God would have us methodical in the …
With rule
2. 'Tis the laſt meal; the laſt meſs of the Goſpel ſerv'dserved in, not another Chriſt to come. Now God would have us methodical in the …
John Crump · The Parable of the Great Supper Opened · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as he kindled, would have beene ill quenched, till the world had beene further serv'dserved with the light and heat of them.
With rule
… as he kindled, would have beene ill quenched, till the world had beene further serv'dserved with the light and heat of them.
Richard Sibbes · Exposition of Philippians 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their Bondage so much as one day beyond the time prefixed of God, but serv'dserved only to fill up that Interim, or void space of time betwixt Gods Promise …
With rule
… their Bondage so much as one day beyond the time prefixed of God, but serv'dserved only to fill up that Interim, or void space of time betwixt Gods Promise …
Richard Allestree · The Vanity of the Creature · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proved, the necessary Consequence from that Principle is, that he must be honour'd and serv'dserved according to his own Will, and that it becomes his Wisdom and Goodness to …
With rule
… proved, the necessary Consequence from that Principle is, that he must be honour'd and serv'dserved according to his own Will, and that it becomes his Wisdom and Goodness to …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Holy of Holies, the Altar, the Sacrifices, the ſolemn Feaſts, with ſuch like, ſerv'dserved only as ſhadows of things to come; and the want of them argues nothing …
With rule
… the Holy of Holies, the Altar, the Sacrifices, the ſolemn Feaſts, with ſuch like, ſerv'dserved only as ſhadows of things to come; and the want of them argues nothing …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
With Iſrael ſerv'dserved in brick and clay:
With rule
With Iſrael ſerv'dserved in brick and clay:
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet there's a time when they take it up: and ſo others that have ſerv'dserved for their freedom, yet it may be a long time before they be made …
With rule
… yet there's a time when they take it up: and ſo others that have ſerv'dserved for their freedom, yet it may be a long time before they be made …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Two Treatises · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt juſtify, their Books and Papers did not belong to the Coſiſtories wherein they ſerv'dserved, which was a thing impoſſible, ſince there were no Conſiſtories, that then remained. Beſide …
With rule
… muſt juſtify, their Books and Papers did not belong to the Coſiſtories wherein they ſerv'dserved, which was a thing impoſſible, ſince there were no Conſiſtories, that then remained. Beſide …
Jean Claude · Account of the Persecutions of the Protestants in France · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
Serv'dServed not flatter, but to bring
With rule
Serv'dServed not flatter, but to bring
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 364 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Serv'dServed by more noble then her self, attaines
With rule
Serv'dServed by more noble then her self, attaines
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Serv'dServed up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneshals;
With rule
Serv'dServed up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneshals;
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
… whole Man. The Underſtanding is oft under Error, and miſtake, wherein it is not Serv'dServed, and Miniſtred to by Senſe; Senſe is oft deluded, when the mind does not …
With rule
… whole Man. The Underſtanding is oft under Error, and miſtake, wherein it is not Serv'dServed, and Miniſtred to by Senſe; Senſe is oft deluded, when the mind does not …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 22 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

Printed
… in many of which, the Lord Jeſus Chriſt hath been Worſhipped, and Sought, and Serv'dServed continually. Had the Lurking Enemy done as they might have done, how eaſily might …
With rule
… in many of which, the Lord Jeſus Chriſt hath been Worſhipped, and Sought, and Serv'dServed continually. Had the Lurking Enemy done as they might have done, how eaſily might …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 239 · Open in the reader

The Government and Improvement of Mirth N01083

Printed
… ſay) the Devil meets his devoted Tribe of Malice, to hear who has moſt Serv'dServed him, and is likeſt to him, and there beſtows the Infamy of his Commendation …
With rule
… ſay) the Devil meets his devoted Tribe of Malice, to hear who has moſt Serv'dServed him, and is likeſt to him, and there beſtows the Infamy of his Commendation …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Twelve Single Sermons N01630

Printed
… own good pleaſure: For without him we could do nothing. If we have ſincerely Serv'dServed God in any Matter, we may juſtly ſay as David in that Caſe of …
With rule
… own good pleaſure: For without him we could do nothing. If we have ſincerely Serv'dServed God in any Matter, we may juſtly ſay as David in that Caſe of …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Twelve Single Sermons · p. 122 · Open in the reader