Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9512 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

advanc'dadvanced

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

Puritas changed it: 369 times in 204 works
Consistency: 94.8% (369 of 389)
Reach if approved: ~410 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: advanced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 390 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (369 changes in 204 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 369)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
A Slave advanc'dadvanced to everlasting Glory!
With rule
A Slave advanc'dadvanced to everlasting Glory!
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… This is that Vorſtius who denied the Omnipreſence of the Infinite God, and who advanc'dadvanced a wicked Opinion, not only to impriſon him in Heaven, but to bind the …
With rule
… This is that Vorſtius who denied the Omnipreſence of the Infinite God, and who advanc'dadvanced a wicked Opinion, not only to impriſon him in Heaven, but to bind the …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… here particularly to recount. And when Themistius commends the Modesty of Iovian, who was advanc'dadvanced from a Rank which was not one of the very prime and most eminent …
With rule
… here particularly to recount. And when Themistius commends the Modesty of Iovian, who was advanc'dadvanced from a Rank which was not one of the very prime and most eminent …
William Hopkins · Animadversions on Johnsons Answer to Jovian · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
And be advanc'dadvanced, a million by the yeare:
With rule
And be advanc'dadvanced, a million by the yeare:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nec Servum meliorem, nec deteriorem Dominum, while a Subject none more obedient, but when advanc'dadvanced to the Throne, he became the Reproach of the Empire, and Plague of the …
With rule
… Nec Servum meliorem, nec deteriorem Dominum, while a Subject none more obedient, but when advanc'dadvanced to the Throne, he became the Reproach of the Empire, and Plague of the …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… three laſt Books, that are to be ſucceſſively Tranſlated; the ſecond being already far advanc'dadvanced. I only earneſtly wiſh, that you may be as well ſatisfied with my Dedication …
With rule
… three laſt Books, that are to be ſucceſſively Tranſlated; the ſecond being already far advanc'dadvanced. I only earneſtly wiſh, that you may be as well ſatisfied with my Dedication …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… are excellent ones, Subjects of the higheſt ranke, they are Kings, and Prieſts, (being advanc'dadvanced to that Dignity by himſelfe) Rev. 1.6. Men of other ſpirits, redeemed from among men …
With rule
… are excellent ones, Subjects of the higheſt ranke, they are Kings, and Prieſts, (being advanc'dadvanced to that Dignity by himſelfe) Rev. 1.6. Men of other ſpirits, redeemed from among men …
Richard Breviter · The Mighty Christ the Saints Help · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would render them unfit to ſucceed him in that ſacred Office; to which being advanc'dadvanced by God, ſhe ſhould be carful no way to diſhonour it, verſ. 13, 14, 15.
With rule
… would render them unfit to ſucceed him in that ſacred Office; to which being advanc'dadvanced by God, ſhe ſhould be carful no way to diſhonour it, verſ. 13, 14, 15.
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 163 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Advanc'dAdvanced her voice, and ſaid, Unmated honour!
With rule
Advanc'dAdvanced her voice, and ſaid, Unmated honour!
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… further, in the Advancement of this Redeeming Perſon, after his Death. Our Saviour was Advanc'dAdvanced, not barely for his Dying, but for the reſpect he had in his Death …
With rule
… further, in the Advancement of this Redeeming Perſon, after his Death. Our Saviour was Advanc'dAdvanced, not barely for his Dying, but for the reſpect he had in his Death …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 514 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
Advanc'dAdvanced by Caesar for thine able Parts,
With rule
Advanc'dAdvanced by Caesar for thine able Parts,
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… the Prophet's Servant, or natural Man, even in the Saint himself; till Baptiz'd and Advanc'dAdvanced (through a Mystical Death and Resurrection of his Spirit; the only true Regeneration, Transformation …
With rule
… the Prophet's Servant, or natural Man, even in the Saint himself; till Baptiz'd and Advanc'dAdvanced (through a Mystical Death and Resurrection of his Spirit; the only true Regeneration, Transformation …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 103 · Open in the reader

A Triple Paradox A66791

Printed
Advanc'dAdvanced would be, when Antichriſt aroſe,
With rule
Advanc'dAdvanced would be, when Antichriſt aroſe,
George Wither · A Triple Paradox · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Fanatic Moderation Exemplified B33867

Printed
… or enjoy any Preferment or Office. Notwithstanding which, the King soon after Pardon'd and Advanc'dAdvanced him; But the Party were not forgetful of him; and in 1640, his Troubles were …
With rule
… or enjoy any Preferment or Office. Notwithstanding which, the King soon after Pardon'd and Advanc'dAdvanced him; But the Party were not forgetful of him; and in 1640, his Troubles were …
Joseph Hall · Fanatic Moderation Exemplified · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Orders and Ceremonies of the Church of England, till the Restoration, being then deservedly Advanc'dAdvanced as above.
With rule
… Orders and Ceremonies of the Church of England, till the Restoration, being then deservedly Advanc'dAdvanced as above.
Joseph Hall · Fanatic Moderation Exemplified · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Necessity of Religion in Societies N01345

Printed
… ſelf is from God; a Ray of His. In Elective States, where Perſons are Advanc'dAdvanced by the Suffrage of others to Places of Rule, and Veſted with Civil Power …
With rule
… ſelf is from God; a Ray of His. In Elective States, where Perſons are Advanc'dAdvanced by the Suffrage of others to Places of Rule, and Veſted with Civil Power …
John Bulkley · The Necessity of Religion in Societies · p. 13 · Open in the reader