Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9559 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ador'dadored

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

Puritas changed it: 147 times in 102 works
Consistency: 91.3% (147 of 161)
Reach if approved: ~169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: adored
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 161 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (147 changes in 102 works, 91.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Humbly ador'dadored God's Love and long'd to ſee
With rule
Humbly ador'dadored God's Love and long'd to ſee
Samuel Annesley · The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his Nature? Who can describe what is ineffable, and most worthy to be ador'dadored with silent admiration and extasy of Mind? He dwells in that Light which is …
With rule
… of his Nature? Who can describe what is ineffable, and most worthy to be ador'dadored with silent admiration and extasy of Mind? He dwells in that Light which is …
William Bates · The Great Duty of Resignation to the Divine Will · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
That God vouchſafes to be acknowledged, ador'dadored, and worſhipped by Man; and that he takes notice when he is ſo worſhipped …
With rule
That God vouchſafes to be acknowledged, ador'dadored, and worſhipped by Man; and that he takes notice when he is ſo worſhipped …
Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
That hath his Name and Word ador'dadored,
With rule
That hath his Name and Word ador'dadored,
John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purſuing ſuch a Conqueſt, theſe fam'd Divines of the firſt Reformation, once too much ador'dadored, and now as much deſpis'd, wrote and preach'd the pure ſincere Grace of the …
With rule
… purſuing ſuch a Conqueſt, theſe fam'd Divines of the firſt Reformation, once too much ador'dadored, and now as much deſpis'd, wrote and preach'd the pure ſincere Grace of the …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Dumb Pictures might we all ador'dadored,
With rule
Dumb Pictures might we all ador'dadored,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
As sitting Queen ador'dadored on Bauties Throne,
With rule
As sitting Queen ador'dadored on Bauties Throne,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many in these times, though they be very iolly fellowes in their owne conceits, ador'dadored as Idols, by their flattering Dependants, applauded generally as the principall Patrones of revelling …
With rule
… many in these times, though they be very iolly fellowes in their owne conceits, ador'dadored as Idols, by their flattering Dependants, applauded generally as the principall Patrones of revelling …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

5 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.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… Whatſoever is the Orderer of his Work, as his Wiſdom; yet nothing can be Ador'dAdored as the Motive of his VVork, but the Goodneſs of his Nature. This only …
With rule
… Whatſoever is the Orderer of his Work, as his Wiſdom; yet nothing can be Ador'dAdored as the Motive of his VVork, but the Goodneſs of his Nature. This only …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 581 · Open in the reader

A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow A47500

Printed
8 Who then deserv'st to be Ador'dAdored,
With rule
8 Who then deserv'st to be Ador'dAdored,
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Songs A47612

Printed
Who then deſerv'ſt to be Ador'dAdored,
With rule
Who then deſerv'ſt to be Ador'dAdored,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 19 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Ador'dAdored, then drawing neere to it ſtretching
With rule
Ador'dAdored, then drawing neere to it ſtretching
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Ador'dAdored againe, with new apoſtaſie;
With rule
Ador'dAdored againe, with new apoſtaſie;
John Donne · Poems · p. 387 · Open in the reader