Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9550 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pen'dpenned

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

Puritas changed it: 118 times in 102 works
Consistency: 90.0% (118 of 131)
Reach if approved: ~138 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: penned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 131 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 102 works, 90.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to David, chap. 22.9, 10. Now if you look into the 52 Psa. you shall find it pen'dpenned upon D…egs informing of Saul what he saw and heard done between Abimelech …
With rule
… to David, chap. 22.9, 10. Now if you look into the 52 Psa. you shall find it pen'dpenned upon D…egs informing of Saul what he saw and heard done between Abimelech …
Stephen Ford · The Evil Tongue Tried and Found Guilty · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… journey as tis from Babylon to Egypt. Its more conſonant to truth, that he pen'dpenned this Propheſie, and ſent it unto him by one means or other.
With rule
… journey as tis from Babylon to Egypt. Its more conſonant to truth, that he pen'dpenned this Propheſie, and ſent it unto him by one means or other.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which after it had failed him ſometimes, he would never truſt again; but verbatim, pen'dpenned and read all his Notes; whereas till of late years, in Preaching he never …
With rule
… which after it had failed him ſometimes, he would never truſt again; but verbatim, pen'dpenned and read all his Notes; whereas till of late years, in Preaching he never …
John Johnson · The Shining Forth of the Righteous · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
'Tis Heaven tranſcrib'd and glory pen'dpenned,
With rule
'Tis Heaven tranſcrib'd and glory pen'dpenned,
Richard Moore · A Pearl in an Oyster Shell · Open in the reader
Printed
… his) but they are printed according to his own Original Manuscript. These Meditations were pen'dpenned and sent (as a New-years Gift) to one of his ancient Friends in …
With rule
… his) but they are printed according to his own Original Manuscript. These Meditations were pen'dpenned and sent (as a New-years Gift) to one of his ancient Friends in …
Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Fall and Rising of Peter · Open in the reader
Printed
… and their tongue a ſharp ſword. Afterwards he was in great proſperity, when he pen'dpenned Pſal. 108. and yet in both Pſalms David profeſſeth, O God my heart is fixed …
With rule
… and their tongue a ſharp ſword. Afterwards he was in great proſperity, when he pen'dpenned Pſal. 108. and yet in both Pſalms David profeſſeth, O God my heart is fixed …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Counsels and Comforts for Troubled Consciences · Open in the reader
Printed
… Artificiall Wedding-ſong; or a diuine Hymn, deſcribing and commending Marriage with vertuous women: pen'dpenned or appointed, as may be probably conceiued, to be ſaid or ſung at Solemne …
With rule
… Artificiall Wedding-ſong; or a diuine Hymn, deſcribing and commending Marriage with vertuous women: pen'dpenned or appointed, as may be probably conceiued, to be ſaid or ſung at Solemne …
William Crompton · A Wedding-Ring Fitted · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
Accept therefore of what is pen'dpenned,
With rule
Accept therefore of what is pen'dpenned,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

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

A Help to Holy Walking A30675

Printed
… word there, which is the Title unto David's Pſalms. We find alſo the Apoſtle Pen'dPenned good part of the Second Pſalm, Acts 4.24. and why not Sing it? And if …
With rule
… word there, which is the Title unto David's Pſalms. We find alſo the Apoſtle Pen'dPenned good part of the Second Pſalm, Acts 4.24. and why not Sing it? And if …
Edward Bury · A Help to Holy Walking · p. 126 · Open in the reader

Further Vindication of the Dissenters A53659

Printed
… ſhou'd have ſaid the Sixth Century, for the Maſora, according to Elias Levita was Pen'dPenned after the Year 500. But the Rector who affects to contradict himſelf, acknowledgeth in another …
With rule
… ſhou'd have ſaid the Sixth Century, for the Maſora, according to Elias Levita was Pen'dPenned after the Year 500. But the Rector who affects to contradict himſelf, acknowledgeth in another …
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
His de…t'rous hand Translated hath, and Pen'dPenned
With rule
His de…t'rous hand Translated hath, and Pen'dPenned
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · Open in the reader
Printed
Such rare Things of thy Genius are Pen'dPenned,
With rule
Such rare Things of thy Genius are Pen'dPenned,
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 2 · Open in the reader