Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9532 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

promis'dpromised

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

Puritas changed it: 660 times in 293 works
Consistency: 96.0% (660 of 687)
Reach if approved: ~722 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: promised
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 687 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (660 changes in 293 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 660)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to pass, and staggering not, consider'd neither difficulty, rather natural impossibility of what was promis'dpromised, foreign nor was curious to satisfy himself, or indeed examin how it should or could …
With rule
… to pass, and staggering not, consider'd neither difficulty, rather natural impossibility of what was promis'dpromised, foreign nor was curious to satisfy himself, or indeed examin how it should or could …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Goſpel, ſhall be communicated to you; All that Chriſt hath purchaſed, or God hath promis'dpromised, you ſhall have in due time; Chriſt can defraud no man, Luk. 12. 42.
With rule
… Goſpel, ſhall be communicated to you; All that Chriſt hath purchaſed, or God hath promis'dpromised, you ſhall have in due time; Chriſt can defraud no man, Luk. 12. 42.
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
And brings them to the promis'dpromised Land of Rest.
With rule
And brings them to the promis'dpromised Land of Rest.
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to thoſe whom God enclines to Hear, that Both may come to the Bleſſedneſs promis'dpromised, by underſtanding them aright.
With rule
… to thoſe whom God enclines to Hear, that Both may come to the Bleſſedneſs promis'dpromised, by underſtanding them aright.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy ſelfe, oh Lord, was promis'dpromised in this ſeed;
With rule
Thy ſelfe, oh Lord, was promis'dpromised in this ſeed;
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Spirit promis'dpromised them.
With rule
The Spirit promis'dpromised them.
Hercules Collins · The Marrow of Gospel History · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
What he hath promis'dpromised and protested,
With rule
What he hath promis'dpromised and protested,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
the promis'dpromised Seed to Eua was foretold,
With rule
the promis'dpromised Seed to Eua was foretold,
John Andrewes · A Subpoena from the High Imperial Court of Heaven · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

15 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.

Englands Hallelujah A14379

Printed
Promis'dPromised, assu…'d, they should the Conquest win.
With rule
Promis'dPromised, assu…'d, they should the Conquest win.
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Promis'dPromised he hath, and will perform the ſame.
With rule
Promis'dPromised he hath, and will perform the ſame.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
Promis'dPromised his life, if he would go to Maſs,
With rule
Promis'dPromised his life, if he would go to Maſs,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 161 · Open in the reader

Harvest-Home A29933

Printed
Promis'dPromised to Saints, of which nought ſhall abridge
With rule
Promis'dPromised to Saints, of which nought ſhall abridge
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
Promis'dPromised unto them, and as now all France,
With rule
Promis'dPromised unto them, and as now all France,
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Over the Promis'dPromised Land to God so dear,
With rule
Over the Promis'dPromised Land to God so dear,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
By mee the Promis'dPromised Seed shall all restore.
With rule
By mee the Promis'dPromised Seed shall all restore.
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Small) in the World, are but the Accompliſhment of what God hath Prophecy'd and Promis'dPromised in His Word: Solomon Saith, The thing that hath been, it is that which …
With rule
… Small) in the World, are but the Accompliſhment of what God hath Prophecy'd and Promis'dPromised in His Word: Solomon Saith, The thing that hath been, it is that which …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
2. The Bleſſing Iſaac pronounc'd upon Jacob muſt be the ſame Bleſſing which God Promis'dPromised to Abraham the Grand-Father, and to Iſaac the Father, ſo to be tranſmitted …
With rule
2. The Bleſſing Iſaac pronounc'd upon Jacob muſt be the ſame Bleſſing which God Promis'dPromised to Abraham the Grand-Father, and to Iſaac the Father, ſo to be tranſmitted …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to our Tranſlation) had the ſame Temporal Bleſſings, and by the Lordſhip and Dominion Promis'dPromised here to Jacob muſt not only be underſtood an External Kingdom, but alſo the …
With rule
… to our Tranſlation) had the ſame Temporal Bleſſings, and by the Lordſhip and Dominion Promis'dPromised here to Jacob muſt not only be underſtood an External Kingdom, but alſo the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to a Day: Therefore may we be confident, that whatever God hath Prophecy'd and Promis'dPromised, though not yet performed (ſuch as the Converſion of the Jews, the fulneſs of …
With rule
… to a Day: Therefore may we be confident, that whatever God hath Prophecy'd and Promis'dPromised, though not yet performed (ſuch as the Converſion of the Jews, the fulneſs of …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 455 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
Promis'dPromised a Noun, but gave a Verb to me.
With rule
Promis'dPromised a Noun, but gave a Verb to me.
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 74 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Promis'dPromised to ſend a Comforter, that is
With rule
Promis'dPromised to ſend a Comforter, that is
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 92 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self Denial A86527

Printed
… of Armes, yea it were Contradictio in Adjecto, and Additament Contradicting what before he Promis'dPromised. I wonder, what are all this Worlds goods with Perſecution, when we can neither …
With rule
… of Armes, yea it were Contradictio in Adjecto, and Additament Contradicting what before he Promis'dPromised. I wonder, what are all this Worlds goods with Perſecution, when we can neither …
Thomas Hooker · A Treatise of Self Denial · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

Printed
… Temporary, ſo far as they had a Subſerviency to theſe. And hence the Bleſſings Promis'dPromised in that Land, are ſaid to be for ever, becauſe they were, (tho' in …
With rule
… Temporary, ſo far as they had a Subſerviency to theſe. And hence the Bleſſings Promis'dPromised in that Land, are ſaid to be for ever, becauſe they were, (tho' in …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 653 · Open in the reader