Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9540 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

enclin'dinclined

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

Puritas changed it: 67 times in 50 works
Consistency: 95.7% (67 of 70)
Reach if approved: ~79 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: inclined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 75 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (67 changes in 50 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 67)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… than Reaſon] or elſe there is nothing for them to do. Others that are enclin'dinclined to Learning, and to ſerve in the Goſpel, are deterred upon many accounts, and …
With rule
… than Reaſon] or elſe there is nothing for them to do. Others that are enclin'dinclined to Learning, and to ſerve in the Goſpel, are deterred upon many accounts, and …
Edward Pearse · The Conformists Plea · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
I am not enclin'dinclined, nor have ever had a Temptation to repreſent the Propheſies of Scripture as a …
With rule
I am not enclin'dinclined, nor have ever had a Temptation to repreſent the Propheſies of Scripture as a …
Thomas Beverley · The Voice from Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
To pitie, and to pietie enclin'dinclined;
With rule
To pitie, and to pietie enclin'dinclined;
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
To act his will so readily enclin'dinclined;
With rule
To act his will so readily enclin'dinclined;
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Terrors of the Lord, will damp the sensual affections when most strongly enclin'dinclined to forbidden things, and extinguish delight in Sin: for delight and fear are inconsistent …
With rule
… of the Terrors of the Lord, will damp the sensual affections when most strongly enclin'dinclined to forbidden things, and extinguish delight in Sin: for delight and fear are inconsistent …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot but be kind to an innocent and holy Creature. The Nature of God enclin'dinclined him to it by the Rules of Goodneſs, but the Service of Man could …
With rule
… cannot but be kind to an innocent and holy Creature. The Nature of God enclin'dinclined him to it by the Rules of Goodneſs, but the Service of Man could …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 614 · Open in the reader
Printed
With strong desires enclin'dinclined,
With rule
With strong desires enclin'dinclined,
Arthur Hildersham · The Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſt Impreſſion, as alſo ſome honeſt gain to my ſelf & good to others, has enclin'dinclined me to renew the Impreſſion of it. But to render it the more compleat …
With rule
… ſt Impreſſion, as alſo ſome honeſt gain to my ſelf & good to others, has enclin'dinclined me to renew the Impreſſion of it. But to render it the more compleat …
Increase Mather · Sermon at Execution of a Man Found Guilty of Murder · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.