Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9542 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

expos'dexposed

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

Puritas changed it: 425 times in 247 works
Consistency: 93.8% (425 of 453)
Reach if approved: ~476 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: exposed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 453 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: expos (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (425 changes in 247 works, 93.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 425)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of our Saviours condition in the world, and the miseries to which He was expos'dexposed, do so perfectly correspond with his great design to make Men holy and heavenly …
With rule
… of our Saviours condition in the world, and the miseries to which He was expos'dexposed, do so perfectly correspond with his great design to make Men holy and heavenly …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 466 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Statues erected in the Temple of Immortality, and Bad men as Malefactors upon Gibbets, expos'dexposed to the publick view of the world to all Posterity. Although Your Highnesse hath …
With rule
… Statues erected in the Temple of Immortality, and Bad men as Malefactors upon Gibbets, expos'dexposed to the publick view of the world to all Posterity. Although Your Highnesse hath …
Thomas Beard · The Theater of Gods Judgments · Open in the reader
Printed
And to his view expos'dexposed their Sacks in hast;
With rule
And to his view expos'dexposed their Sacks in hast;
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perform'd a grateful office to them, though ſhe ran a great hazzard thereby, and expos'dexposed her ſelf to the rage of the people of her City, for harbouring ſpies …
With rule
… perform'd a grateful office to them, though ſhe ran a great hazzard thereby, and expos'dexposed her ſelf to the rage of the people of her City, for harbouring ſpies …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lie out to rav'nous birds and beasts expos'dexposed,
With rule
Lie out to rav'nous birds and beasts expos'dexposed,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… couered, not in Atrio, in that part of the Temple, which was open, and expos'dexposed to the weather. We doe not ſay, that infirme and weak men, may not …
With rule
… couered, not in Atrio, in that part of the Temple, which was open, and expos'dexposed to the weather. We doe not ſay, that infirme and weak men, may not …
John Donne · The Feast of Dedication Celebrated at Lincolns Inn · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Here if Reason that hath Principles by which to judge of Bodies, which are expos'dexposed to all the notices and trials of our several faculties, and to which a …
With rule
… Here if Reason that hath Principles by which to judge of Bodies, which are expos'dexposed to all the notices and trials of our several faculties, and to which a …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 264 · Open in the reader
Printed
… contradictory Providences, 1 Sam. 24. 4, 5, 6. Pſal. 73. 2, 3, 17. And L…, when by lingring in Sodom, he had almoſt expos'dexposed himſelf a prey to devouring Flames, the Angels ſuddenly pluckt him out, and kept …
With rule
… contradictory Providences, 1 Sam. 24. 4, 5, 6. Pſal. 73. 2, 3, 17. And L…, when by lingring in Sodom, he had almoſt expos'dexposed himſelf a prey to devouring Flames, the Angels ſuddenly pluckt him out, and kept …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 158 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Expos'dExposed to slandrous censures, and disgrace;
With rule
Expos'dExposed to slandrous censures, and disgrace;
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Expos'dExposed her to all eyes, and ſoundly whip'd her,
With rule
Expos'dExposed her to all eyes, and ſoundly whip'd her,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 63 · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

Printed
Expos'dExposed to be snatch'd by ev'ry Hand;
With rule
Expos'dExposed to be snatch'd by ev'ry Hand;
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 183 · Open in the reader

Family-Hymns out of Davids Psalms A43345

Printed
Expos'dExposed to griefs and wrongs.
With rule
Expos'dExposed to griefs and wrongs.
Matthew Henry · Family-Hymns out of Davids Psalms · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Expos'dExposed to dangers great,
With rule
Expos'dExposed to dangers great,
Matthew Henry · Family-Hymns out of Davids Psalms · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
Expos'dExposed by Greater Brutes, he muſt (alas)
With rule
Expos'dExposed by Greater Brutes, he muſt (alas)
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
Expos'dExposed him daily to the greateſt ſhame
With rule
Expos'dExposed him daily to the greateſt ſhame
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
Expos'dExposed to Torture, Death, and Infamy.
With rule
Expos'dExposed to Torture, Death, and Infamy.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 128 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Expos'dExposed to ſuffrings, then I was before.
With rule
Expos'dExposed to ſuffrings, then I was before.
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 180 · Open in the reader