Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9498 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cover'dcovered

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

Puritas changed it: 338 times in 205 works
Consistency: 96.8% (338 of 349)
Reach if approved: ~367 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: covered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 349 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (338 changes in 205 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 338)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Enterpriſes dwindled into continual Diſappointments; that their ravenous, woolfiſh Nature, tho' never ſo cloſe cover'dcovered with Sheeps-cloathing, was always diſcovered, and that none therefore dar'd to come in …
With rule
… Enterpriſes dwindled into continual Diſappointments; that their ravenous, woolfiſh Nature, tho' never ſo cloſe cover'dcovered with Sheeps-cloathing, was always diſcovered, and that none therefore dar'd to come in …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then, cover'dcovered with his bait, a hooke shalt swallow
With rule
Then, cover'dcovered with his bait, a hooke shalt swallow
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now hidden lyes, cover'dcovered with duſt,
With rule
Now hidden lyes, cover'dcovered with duſt,
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · Open in the reader
Printed
… and unexpectedly strip't of his Estate, depriv'd of his Children, and his Body was cover'dcovered with loathsom and painful Ulcers, that Satan was Confident his Misery would so exasperate …
With rule
… and unexpectedly strip't of his Estate, depriv'd of his Children, and his Body was cover'dcovered with loathsom and painful Ulcers, that Satan was Confident his Misery would so exasperate …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being reſtrain'd, and Puniſh'd, Redoun'd from particular Offenders (whom they have firſt inveſted, and cover'dcovered all over) upon the Community, to which they belong; and to incite, and greatly …
With rule
… being reſtrain'd, and Puniſh'd, Redoun'd from particular Offenders (whom they have firſt inveſted, and cover'dcovered all over) upon the Community, to which they belong; and to incite, and greatly …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The King himself came down from his Throne, laid his robe from him; and cover'dcovered himself with Sack-cloth; nay, man and beast was covered with Sack-cloth, prostrating …
With rule
… The King himself came down from his Throne, laid his robe from him; and cover'dcovered himself with Sack-cloth; nay, man and beast was covered with Sack-cloth, prostrating …
Ralph Brownrig · Twenty-Five Sermons · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all living Creatures; and was indeed nothing but a great and deep miry Maſs, cover'dcovered all over with Waters and thick Darkneſs: And the Spirit of God the Creator …
With rule
… all living Creatures; and was indeed nothing but a great and deep miry Maſs, cover'dcovered all over with Waters and thick Darkneſs: And the Spirit of God the Creator …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Treaſures and Riches, but we muſt alſo quit this Body, this Fleſh and Bones, cover'dcovered with this beautiful Skin. O Man! remember that thou art but duſt, and that …
With rule
… Treaſures and Riches, but we muſt alſo quit this Body, this Fleſh and Bones, cover'dcovered with this beautiful Skin. O Man! remember that thou art but duſt, and that …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

4 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.

Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation A27606

Printed
… is no Tranſgreſſion; but if he Pardons, and Juſtifies, none can condemn; Tranſgreſſion is Cover'dCovered, and taken away, whether men forgive, or not; elſe they could not be Bleſſed …
With rule
… is no Tranſgreſſion; but if he Pardons, and Juſtifies, none can condemn; Tranſgreſſion is Cover'dCovered, and taken away, whether men forgive, or not; elſe they could not be Bleſſed …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 92 · Open in the reader

A Scripture Line of Time A27623

Printed
… the Temple; And that the Altar of Incenſe is alone intended, and the Inward Cover'dCovered Temple, in which it ſtood, before the Vail, or the Holy of Holies, theſe …
With rule
… the Temple; And that the Altar of Incenſe is alone intended, and the Inward Cover'dCovered Temple, in which it ſtood, before the Vail, or the Holy of Holies, theſe …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Cover'dCovered with pearly grain: yet God hath here
With rule
Cover'dCovered with pearly grain: yet God hath here
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Cover'dCovered th' Abyss: but on the watrie calme
With rule
Cover'dCovered th' Abyss: but on the watrie calme
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader