Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9506 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

requir'drequired

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

Puritas changed it: 592 times in 259 works
Consistency: 98.3% (592 of 602)
Reach if approved: ~634 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: required
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 603 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (592 changes in 259 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 592)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
3 For they that there us captives led, requir'drequired a song of us.
With rule
3 For they that there us captives led, requir'drequired a song of us.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… his part, he will be a God unto them. What was it that God requir'drequired, in the 6. of Micah, 6, 7. verſes, there you may ſee how God prizes walking with …
With rule
… his part, he will be a God unto them. What was it that God requir'drequired, in the 6. of Micah, 6, 7. verſes, there you may ſee how God prizes walking with …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Two Treatises · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it upon a Conscientious account; for 1. Many Learned Men do think that the respect requir'drequired, was not only Civil, but Religious; the Kings of Persia commonly expecting and receiving …
With rule
… it upon a Conscientious account; for 1. Many Learned Men do think that the respect requir'drequired, was not only Civil, but Religious; the Kings of Persia commonly expecting and receiving …
Timothy Cruso · The Duty and Blessing of a Tender Conscience · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
Before it was requir'drequired by double due.
With rule
Before it was requir'drequired by double due.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… near 3000 were baptiz'd. Act. 2. at another strait 5000 Act. 4. and such beginnings, such sums are requir'drequired to make good what the Governor of Palestine Tiberianus tells the Emperor, that he …
With rule
… near 3000 were baptiz'd. Act. 2. at another strait 5000 Act. 4. and such beginnings, such sums are requir'drequired to make good what the Governor of Palestine Tiberianus tells the Emperor, that he …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… specious pretext of vindicating the Soveraignty of the Father; a Service, which God never requir'drequired, either from the Prophets, Apostles, or any other Holy Men of Old. But 'tis …
With rule
… specious pretext of vindicating the Soveraignty of the Father; a Service, which God never requir'drequired, either from the Prophets, Apostles, or any other Holy Men of Old. But 'tis …
Benedictus Aretius · Valentinus Gentilis – The Tritheist Put to Death In Bern · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… equal Extreams of Ignominy and Torment were combin'd, what an Evil Sin is, that requir'drequired such a mighty Expiation. We may from the Depth of his Sufferings conceive the …
With rule
… equal Extreams of Ignominy and Torment were combin'd, what an Evil Sin is, that requir'drequired such a mighty Expiation. We may from the Depth of his Sufferings conceive the …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Psalm 130:4 · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we do this, when True Revealed Religion is joyned with Natural, if nothing be requir'drequired of us that corrupts and defiles it: No Man's Errour, in which we are …
With rule
… we do this, when True Revealed Religion is joyned with Natural, if nothing be requir'drequired of us that corrupts and defiles it: No Man's Errour, in which we are …
Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

4 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.

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Requir'dRequired on earth no cooke at all, becauſe
With rule
Requir'dRequired on earth no cooke at all, becauſe
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… That there is Grace glorified, in that the Reward Excels, Infinitely excels what is Requir'dRequired of us as a Condition; and that help is vouchſafed for the Enabling us …
With rule
… That there is Grace glorified, in that the Reward Excels, Infinitely excels what is Requir'dRequired of us as a Condition; and that help is vouchſafed for the Enabling us …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… merited by Chriſt is an Inconſiſtence; Or, to Affirm that to be a Condition Requir'dRequired of us, which is not Performed by us, but wrought in us by him …
With rule
… merited by Chriſt is an Inconſiſtence; Or, to Affirm that to be a Condition Requir'dRequired of us, which is not Performed by us, but wrought in us by him …
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 82 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
Requir'dRequired the ſervices that brought upon me
With rule
Requir'dRequired the ſervices that brought upon me
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 81 · Open in the reader