Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9544 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inclin'dinclined

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

Puritas changed it: 517 times in 271 works
Consistency: 97.1% (517 of 532)
Reach if approved: ~559 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: inclined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 532 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (517 changes in 271 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 517)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Moſt ſlow to wrath, and to forgive inclin'dinclined;
With rule
Moſt ſlow to wrath, and to forgive inclin'dinclined;
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not of malice or revenge, and ſuppoſed that hereupon they would be the more inclin'dinclined to ſpare him, ſeeing he was not likely (being in this ſad caſe) to …
With rule
… not of malice or revenge, and ſuppoſed that hereupon they would be the more inclin'dinclined to ſpare him, ſeeing he was not likely (being in this ſad caſe) to …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 382 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Pestilence doth show her selfe inclin'dinclined
With rule
The Pestilence doth show her selfe inclin'dinclined
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… to deny himself his own advantages merely to do good to others, cannot be inclin'dinclined to do ill to others for his own advantage, these inclinations cannot dwell together …
With rule
… to deny himself his own advantages merely to do good to others, cannot be inclin'dinclined to do ill to others for his own advantage, these inclinations cannot dwell together …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… untoward and perverse, admitted to it, but those Children that are hopeful and well inclin'dinclined to the things of God, and appear to be concern'd in other Duties, of …
With rule
… untoward and perverse, admitted to it, but those Children that are hopeful and well inclin'dinclined to the things of God, and appear to be concern'd in other Duties, of …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Saints, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. He that inclin'dinclined them joyfully to chuse the Spiritual Eternal Good, will bind their unconstant Hearts, that …
With rule
… in the Saints, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. He that inclin'dinclined them joyfully to chuse the Spiritual Eternal Good, will bind their unconstant Hearts, that …
William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it not for Confounding it with the Exploded Fallen Reaſon; as men are ſo inclin'dinclined to do, who are ſo Deſirous to be Teachers of Reaſon, but not Rationally …
With rule
… it not for Confounding it with the Exploded Fallen Reaſon; as men are ſo inclin'dinclined to do, who are ſo Deſirous to be Teachers of Reaſon, but not Rationally …
Thomas Beverley · Christianity the Great Mystery · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhapes of Godlineſs, for all your preſumptions and others Opinions of your being Well-inclin'dinclined, Good, or whatever it be. I am ſure St. Paul ſtretches the promiſe of …
With rule
… ſhapes of Godlineſs, for all your preſumptions and others Opinions of your being Well-inclin'dinclined, Good, or whatever it be. I am ſure St. Paul ſtretches the promiſe of …
Daniel Burgess · Christians Earnest Expectation and Longing for the Glorious Appearing · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
In Sacred writ, once bowed or Inclin'dInclined
With rule
In Sacred writ, once bowed or Inclin'dInclined
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 140 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Inclin'dInclined, through every quarter of the Land:
With rule
Inclin'dInclined, through every quarter of the Land:
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 20 · Open in the reader