Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9581 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

assum'dassumed

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

Puritas changed it: 144 times in 97 works
Consistency: 96.6% (144 of 149)
Reach if approved: ~157 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: assumed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 149 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (144 changes in 97 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 144)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and agreed with his Father to endure all this for our sakes, before he assum'dassumed our flesh. Hence Isay 50.6. I gave my back to the siniters, and my cheeks …
With rule
… and agreed with his Father to endure all this for our sakes, before he assum'dassumed our flesh. Hence Isay 50.6. I gave my back to the siniters, and my cheeks …
John Flavel · The Fountain of Life · p. 391 · Open in the reader
Printed
… driving them headlong into perdition it ſelf. So dangerous is any evil cuſtom re-aſſum'dassumed and taken up again; and the habits of ſin return'd to, and revived in …
With rule
… driving them headlong into perdition it ſelf. So dangerous is any evil cuſtom re-aſſum'dassumed and taken up again; and the habits of ſin return'd to, and revived in …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Song of Songs; nor be very ſollicitous about the ſort of Lilly here aſſum'dassumed for the Metaphor. Whether the Tulip of Perſia, to which Solomon is reſembled, when …
With rule
… this Song of Songs; nor be very ſollicitous about the ſort of Lilly here aſſum'dassumed for the Metaphor. Whether the Tulip of Perſia, to which Solomon is reſembled, when …
Samuel Lee · Two Discourses on the Mournful State of the Church · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
It ill becomes Servants to aſſume the form of Princes, when their Great Prince aſſum'dassumed the form of a Servant, Mat. 20.27, 28. Whoſoever will be chief— let him be your …
With rule
It ill becomes Servants to aſſume the form of Princes, when their Great Prince aſſum'dassumed the form of a Servant, Mat. 20.27, 28. Whoſoever will be chief— let him be your …
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
And, he so late assum'dassumed his Diadem,
With rule
And, he so late assum'dassumed his Diadem,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… plain set down there as words can express them, yet there are such principles assum'dassumed into the faith of different sects, as must oblige them to interpret diversly the …
With rule
… plain set down there as words can express them, yet there are such principles assum'dassumed into the faith of different sects, as must oblige them to interpret diversly the …
Richard Allestree · The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… violence to interpret the words otherwise than they plainly signifie, that a Divine Being assum'dassumed the Humane Nature, and was God-Man. This was also declar'd by Jesus Christ …
With rule
… violence to interpret the words otherwise than they plainly signifie, that a Divine Being assum'dassumed the Humane Nature, and was God-Man. This was also declar'd by Jesus Christ …
William Bates · The Divinity of the Christian Religion · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Paſchaſus in declaring the Euchariſt to be the true Fleſh of Jeſus Chriſt aſſum'dassumed of the Virgin, has propoſed a new Doctrin. Neither can I believe that amongſt …
With rule
… that Paſchaſus in declaring the Euchariſt to be the true Fleſh of Jeſus Chriſt aſſum'dassumed of the Virgin, has propoſed a new Doctrin. Neither can I believe that amongſt …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 213 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A History of Angels A49761

Printed
Why they Assum'dAssumed bodyes.
With rule
Why they Assum'dAssumed bodyes.
Henry Lawrence · A History of Angels · Open in the reader

The Dark Lantern A96745

Printed
Aſſum'dAssumed new courage, and went boldly on:
With rule
Aſſum'dAssumed new courage, and went boldly on:
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 21 · Open in the reader