Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9560 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

conform'dconformed

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

Puritas changed it: 121 times in 88 works
Consistency: 90.9% (121 of 133)
Reach if approved: ~140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: conformed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 133 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (121 changes in 88 works, 90.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 121)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… St. James ſaith) we are juſtified, is Faith inform'd with ſuch Works as are conform'dconformed to the Rule of the Promiſe.
With rule
… St. James ſaith) we are juſtified, is Faith inform'd with ſuch Works as are conform'dconformed to the Rule of the Promiſe.
Stephen Lobb · Inquiry into the Nature of the Present Controversy About Justification Part 1 · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Will of God; that the Divine Will may be known by you, and likewise conform'dconformed and liv'd up to, for, He that knoweth his Masters will, and doth it …
With rule
… Will of God; that the Divine Will may be known by you, and likewise conform'dconformed and liv'd up to, for, He that knoweth his Masters will, and doth it …
Samuel Slater · An Earnest Call to Family Religion · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in which were written the Names of all the Elect, that are to be conform'dconformed to him, in the like Death of the first Creation, and Resurrection into the …
With rule
… in which were written the Names of all the Elect, that are to be conform'dconformed to him, in the like Death of the first Creation, and Resurrection into the …
George Sikes · A Wakening Call · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reasonable Joyes must needs be the most natural and most proper for it, most conform'dconformed to it, and therefore the most taking with it. This may be cleared most …
With rule
… reasonable Joyes must needs be the most natural and most proper for it, most conform'dconformed to it, and therefore the most taking with it. This may be cleared most …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleasing to that most pure and compassionate Being, than to see a sinful Creature conform'dconformed to his Holiness, and saved by his Mercy? If the internal Joy of God …
With rule
… pleasing to that most pure and compassionate Being, than to see a sinful Creature conform'dconformed to his Holiness, and saved by his Mercy? If the internal Joy of God …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Psalm 130:4 · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… States riſe and fall alternately; whoſe motion herein, the Woman, the Church was exactly conform'dconformed to, being indeed the very ſame one with another, except the Notion of Single …
With rule
… States riſe and fall alternately; whoſe motion herein, the Woman, the Church was exactly conform'dconformed to, being indeed the very ſame one with another, except the Notion of Single …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
And all the spirit to Light, and Li… conform'dconformed.
With rule
And all the spirit to Light, and Li… conform'dconformed.
Phineas Fletcher · A Fathers Testament · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the meek and lowly Jesus, but how few are acted by his Spirit, or conform'dconformed to his Example? It is a shame that any occasion should be given to …
With rule
… the meek and lowly Jesus, but how few are acted by his Spirit, or conform'dconformed to his Example? It is a shame that any occasion should be given to …
Matthew Henry · Meekness and Quietness of Spirit · p. 77 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

3 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 Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

Printed
Conform'dConformed vnto, confirm'd in puritie
With rule
Conform'dConformed vnto, confirm'd in puritie
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

The Mourners Companion A60137

Printed
… doubt, but when we come to Heaven, our Minds and Wills ſhall be entirely Conform'dConformed to his. And for the preſent it cannot well be Anſwer'd, Why one or …
With rule
… doubt, but when we come to Heaven, our Minds and Wills ſhall be entirely Conform'dConformed to his. And for the preſent it cannot well be Anſwer'd, Why one or …
John Shower · The Mourners Companion · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Letter to Robert Burscough A61665

Printed
… you harrangue on this Head. You ſay, If our Separation was Sinful before we Conform'dConformed, our return to it muſt be Sinful; And we think ſo too, For the …
With rule
… you harrangue on this Head. You ſay, If our Separation was Sinful before we Conform'dConformed, our return to it muſt be Sinful; And we think ſo too, For the …
Samuel Stodden · Letter to Robert Burscough · p. 70 · Open in the reader