Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9556 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nam'dnamed

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

Puritas changed it: 397 times in 205 works
Consistency: 94.7% (397 of 419)
Reach if approved: ~440 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: named
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 419 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (397 changes in 205 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 397)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… benefits, to any other, euen in heauen, then to God himſelfe. The ſtars are nam'dnamed; It could not be feared that Men would pray to them, ſacrifice to them …
With rule
… benefits, to any other, euen in heauen, then to God himſelfe. The ſtars are nam'dnamed; It could not be feared that Men would pray to them, ſacrifice to them …
John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to imagine that God is pleased with the most sordid Lusts, that cannot be nam'dnamed without violating Modesty, nor thought of without defiling the Mind with their infamous Ideas …
With rule
… to imagine that God is pleased with the most sordid Lusts, that cannot be nam'dnamed without violating Modesty, nor thought of without defiling the Mind with their infamous Ideas …
William Bates · The Divinity of the Christian Religion · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteouſneſs; where the Parallel lies in the Heaven and Earth expreſly nam'dnamed; in both being New, and Righteouſneſs dwelling in both., Ep. 2. c. 3. 13.
With rule
… Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteouſneſs; where the Parallel lies in the Heaven and Earth expreſly nam'dnamed; in both being New, and Righteouſneſs dwelling in both., Ep. 2. c. 3. 13.
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like Vision to Ezekiel's of the Sanctuary clean'd) no other particular person is so nam'dnamed but Christ the True Son of Man. And the Rain-bow is ever after …
With rule
… like Vision to Ezekiel's of the Sanctuary clean'd) no other particular person is so nam'dnamed but Christ the True Son of Man. And the Rain-bow is ever after …
Thomas Beverley · The Thousand Years Kingdom of Christ · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Hell, nam'dnamed, Appetite!
With rule
The Hell, nam'dnamed, Appetite!
Daniel Burgess · The Sure Way to Wealth Infallible · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… new▪ Burse, which Sir Thomas Gresham had newly built; and, in a solemn manner, nam'dnamed it the Royal Exchange, with Sound of Trumpets, and by the Voice of an …
With rule
… new▪ Burse, which Sir Thomas Gresham had newly built; and, in a solemn manner, nam'dnamed it the Royal Exchange, with Sound of Trumpets, and by the Voice of an …
Samuel Clarke · The History of the Life Reign and Death of Queen Elizabeth · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
His fashion like the fish a Raia nam'dnamed;
With rule
His fashion like the fish a Raia nam'dnamed;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is then so rife, that God is rarely nam'dnamed
With rule
Is then so rife, that God is rarely nam'dnamed
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

9 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.

The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon A27590

Printed
… while there was Another between, that was no Head, and he had not been Nam'dNamed; There muſt have been a Leap of Time from the ſixth to the ſeventh …
With rule
… while there was Another between, that was no Head, and he had not been Nam'dNamed; There muſt have been a Leap of Time from the ſixth to the ſeventh …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The Thousand Years Kingdom of Christ A27629

Printed
… Persons of the Conformity (with whom I confess my Self altogether Unworthy to be Nam'dNamed, or once Thought of) All that is Due.
With rule
… Persons of the Conformity (with whom I confess my Self altogether Unworthy to be Nam'dNamed, or once Thought of) All that is Due.
Thomas Beverley · The Thousand Years Kingdom of Christ · p. 4 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Nam'dNamed Roger Holland, (who had boldly done
With rule
Nam'dNamed Roger Holland, (who had boldly done
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nam'dNamed Mr. Richard Yeomans, much did bear:
With rule
Nam'dNamed Mr. Richard Yeomans, much did bear:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Some Prison Meditations A42148

Printed
Nam'dNamed Shadrach, Meſhach, and Abednego,
With rule
Nam'dNamed Shadrach, Meſhach, and Abednego,
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 42 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… a Story, That Alexander the Great Reading thoſe Verſes in Homer, that Agamemnon was Nam'dNamed by the Common Souldiers to Fight the Duel with Hector after Aiax and Diomedes …
With rule
… a Story, That Alexander the Great Reading thoſe Verſes in Homer, that Agamemnon was Nam'dNamed by the Common Souldiers to Fight the Duel with Hector after Aiax and Diomedes …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 132 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Nam'dNamed in this Text; whoſe ſcope is to declare,
With rule
Nam'dNamed in this Text; whoſe ſcope is to declare,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 156 · Open in the reader

The Voice from Heaven A76495

Printed
… while there was Another between, that was no Head, and he had not been Nam'dNamed; There muſt have been a Leap of Time from the ſixth to the ſeventh …
With rule
… while there was Another between, that was no Head, and he had not been Nam'dNamed; There muſt have been a Leap of Time from the ſixth to the ſeventh …
Thomas Beverley · The Voice from Heaven · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The Government and Improvement of Mirth N01083

Printed
… compoſe for your Edification, & the raiſing your Affections toward God, any thing to be Nam'dNamed with thoſe Pſalms of Praiſe, which have this day been Read in your Hearing …
With rule
… compoſe for your Edification, & the raiſing your Affections toward God, any thing to be Nam'dNamed with thoſe Pſalms of Praiſe, which have this day been Read in your Hearing …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 147 · Open in the reader