Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9531 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preferr'dprefer'd

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

Puritas changed it: 529 times in 315 works
Consistency: 97.4% (529 of 543)
Reach if approved: ~571 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: preferred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 543 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: prefer (2)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (529 changes in 315 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 529)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… When Men put the World in their hearts, a Title of Honour ſhall be preferr'dprefer'd to the New Name, and to be clad in Scarlet ſhall be reckon'd a …
With rule
… When Men put the World in their hearts, a Title of Honour ſhall be preferr'dprefer'd to the New Name, and to be clad in Scarlet ſhall be reckon'd a …
Timothy Cruso · The Usefulness of Spiritual Wisdom · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Vice and provocation of him. And being thus affronted and refused, his Enemy preferr'dprefer'd, not this God, but Barrabas, any the vilest thing for Friend, rather than Christ …
With rule
… of Vice and provocation of him. And being thus affronted and refused, his Enemy preferr'dprefer'd, not this God, but Barrabas, any the vilest thing for Friend, rather than Christ …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the children) they muſt have whole loaves, and full diſhes, and they muſt be preferr'dprefer'd before her, yet ſhe juſtifies the Lord, and ſays, Truth Lord. But I ſhall …
With rule
… the children) they muſt have whole loaves, and full diſhes, and they muſt be preferr'dprefer'd before her, yet ſhe juſtifies the Lord, and ſays, Truth Lord. But I ſhall …
Timothy Armitage · A Trial of Faith · p. 386 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dishonour'd and displeased the blessed God our Maker, Preserver and Redeemer; that we have preferr'dprefer'd the pleasing our corrupt and licentious Appetites, before the obeying his holy, just, and …
With rule
… dishonour'd and displeased the blessed God our Maker, Preserver and Redeemer; that we have preferr'dprefer'd the pleasing our corrupt and licentious Appetites, before the obeying his holy, just, and …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Psalm 130:4 · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have any to vie with them, or overtop them, and be look'd upon and preferr'dprefer'd before them. None look with ſuch ſcorn and envy at your bravery, as thoſe …
With rule
… have any to vie with them, or overtop them, and be look'd upon and preferr'dprefer'd before them. None look with ſuch ſcorn and envy at your bravery, as thoſe …
Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any wiſe Man, what kind of Tranſubſtantiation is moſt deſirable, and worthy to be preferr'dprefer'd; Whether that Inſipid one, at the ſuppos'd Expence of a Miracle, ſo unaccountable to …
With rule
… any wiſe Man, what kind of Tranſubſtantiation is moſt deſirable, and worthy to be preferr'dprefer'd; Whether that Inſipid one, at the ſuppos'd Expence of a Miracle, ſo unaccountable to …
Thomas Beverley · A Sermon of the True Spiritual Transubstantiation · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yea, though preferr'dprefer'd and made surmount
With rule
Yea, though preferr'dprefer'd and made surmount
John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cardinal of Guise; Renalt Villoclare (A man, saith the incomparable Monsieur de Thou, fatally preferr'dprefer'd to be an attendant upon this King by his Mother) and diverse others, who …
With rule
… Cardinal of Guise; Renalt Villoclare (A man, saith the incomparable Monsieur de Thou, fatally preferr'dprefer'd to be an attendant upon this King by his Mother) and diverse others, who …
Samuel Clarke · A Looking Glass for Persecutors · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

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

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

Printed
… Latter dayes, Ezek 44. 13, 15. Thus alſo John's Diſciples did Repine, to ſee their Maſter's Succeſſor Preferr'dPrefer'd before him, Joh. 3. 25, 26. and ſo will ſome of Chriſt's Diſciples doe, (upon a like …
With rule
… Latter dayes, Ezek 44. 13, 15. Thus alſo John's Diſciples did Repine, to ſee their Maſter's Succeſſor Preferr'dPrefer'd before him, Joh. 3. 25, 26. and ſo will ſome of Chriſt's Diſciples doe, (upon a like …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 301 · Open in the reader

The Great Assizes A96750

Printed
Preferr'dPrefer'd are before truths, by many buyers:
With rule
Preferr'dPrefer'd are before truths, by many buyers:
George Wither · The Great Assizes · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Preferr'dPrefer'd to God his ſons in his reproof:
With rule
Preferr'dPrefer'd to God his ſons in his reproof:
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
Preferr'dPrefer'd to Man their whilom-Angels food,
With rule
Preferr'dPrefer'd to Man their whilom-Angels food,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 358 · Open in the reader