Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9589 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

discours'ddiscoursed

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

Puritas changed it: 143 times in 95 works
Consistency: 89.3% (143 of 160)
Reach if approved: ~168 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: discoursed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (143 changes in 95 works, 89.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 143)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… had been acting thus; suppose one that you would have credited, had come and discours'ddiscoursed you thus, Do you know who it is that suffers here? whom it is …
With rule
… had been acting thus; suppose one that you would have credited, had come and discours'ddiscoursed you thus, Do you know who it is that suffers here? whom it is …
Richard Davis · The True Spring of Gospel Sight and Sense of Sin · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cor. 4.1. Having therefore this miniſtry, (the excellency and dignity whereof he had prov'd and diſcours'ddiscoursed of in the former Chapter (for to that do theſe words refer) we faint …
With rule
… Cor. 4.1. Having therefore this miniſtry, (the excellency and dignity whereof he had prov'd and diſcours'ddiscoursed of in the former Chapter (for to that do theſe words refer) we faint …
John Hickes · The Excellency of the Heavenly Substance · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the more particular methods for carrying on this Pacifick design, they are at large discours'ddiscoursed of by three Reverend Prelates of our Church, Bishop Morton, Bishop Hall, and Bishop …
With rule
… the more particular methods for carrying on this Pacifick design, they are at large discours'ddiscoursed of by three Reverend Prelates of our Church, Bishop Morton, Bishop Hall, and Bishop …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. XVI · Open in the reader
Printed
… unregenerate man, casting a false glosse over it of restauration and healing, as we discours'ddiscoursed above.
With rule
… unregenerate man, casting a false glosse over it of restauration and healing, as we discours'ddiscoursed above.
Richard Resbury · The Lightless Star · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Repining. 'Tis both our Duty, and Intereſt to do this, from what hath been diſcours'ddiscoursed. The Mind of God revealed in his Word; and the Will of God declar'd …
With rule
… Repining. 'Tis both our Duty, and Intereſt to do this, from what hath been diſcours'ddiscoursed. The Mind of God revealed in his Word; and the Will of God declar'd …
John Shower · Gods Thoughts and Ways Above Ours · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Holy Monica's Mind, St. Augustine's Pious Mother, who, as he tells us, having thus discours'ddiscoursed over the Frailty of the World together, melted into this Expression; For my own …
With rule
… Holy Monica's Mind, St. Augustine's Pious Mother, who, as he tells us, having thus discours'ddiscoursed over the Frailty of the World together, melted into this Expression; For my own …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Grace of Fear I have discours'ddiscoursed of in another place, and shall be the shorter in the account of its …
With rule
The Grace of Fear I have discours'ddiscoursed of in another place, and shall be the shorter in the account of its …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 271 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exceed that exerciſe of Power allotted to them by God (as we have before diſcours'ddiscoursed); and alſo by the very eſſential conſtitution of Chriſtianity; ſeeing Chriſt hath made none …
With rule
… exceed that exerciſe of Power allotted to them by God (as we have before diſcours'ddiscoursed); and alſo by the very eſſential conſtitution of Chriſtianity; ſeeing Chriſt hath made none …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 115 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

8 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.

The Good Hope Through Grace A27608

Printed
… we find no Cenſure fix'd by the Spirit of God upon it, where David Diſcours'dDiscoursed with Nathan the Prophet concerning Building God a Houſe; He ſpake as a Prophet …
With rule
… we find no Cenſure fix'd by the Spirit of God upon it, where David Diſcours'dDiscoursed with Nathan the Prophet concerning Building God a Houſe; He ſpake as a Prophet …
Thomas Beverley · The Good Hope Through Grace · p. 37 · Open in the reader

A Scripture Line of Time A27623

Printed
Diſcours'dDiscoursed at large, upon the 2300 Ev. Morn. Dan. 8. 14. And their Collateral Lines, From CYRƲS, to …
With rule
Diſcours'dDiscoursed at large, upon the 2300 Ev. Morn. Dan. 8. 14. And their Collateral Lines, From CYRƲS, to …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · Open in the reader

The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace A27637

Printed
DISCOURS'DDISCOURSED, As one ſtrongeſt Argument againſt Impoſitions in Religious Things acknowledg'd to be Indifferent.
With rule
DISCOURS'DDISCOURSED, As one ſtrongeſt Argument againſt Impoſitions in Religious Things acknowledg'd to be Indifferent.
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Covenant both in the Hiſtory and Myſtery) the next Patriarch is Jacob to be Diſcours'dDiscoursed upon, (in whoſe Life Iſaac's Hiſtory, &c. is farther handled) whoſe grand Remarks are …
With rule
… Covenant both in the Hiſtory and Myſtery) the next Patriarch is Jacob to be Diſcours'dDiscoursed upon, (in whoſe Life Iſaac's Hiſtory, &c. is farther handled) whoſe grand Remarks are …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 215 · Open in the reader

Divine Comforts A59579

Printed
… out to them. 21. Thus my Heart was grieved, &c. which refers to all before Diſcours'dDiscoursed, concerning proſperous Wickedneſs, and ſuffering Godlineſs. And, How can the Body in many parts …
With rule
… out to them. 21. Thus my Heart was grieved, &c. which refers to all before Diſcours'dDiscoursed, concerning proſperous Wickedneſs, and ſuffering Godlineſs. And, How can the Body in many parts …
Thomas Sharpe · Divine Comforts · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Gods Thoughts and Ways Above Ours A60135

Printed
… Seals that God is true. Several things might be Obſerv'd, as proper to be Diſcours'dDiscoursed of, from theſe Words:
With rule
… Seals that God is true. Several things might be Obſerv'd, as proper to be Diſcours'dDiscoursed of, from theſe Words:
John Shower · Gods Thoughts and Ways Above Ours · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… Alive, lives for evermore. All which I give in this Running View, having elsewhere Discours'dDiscoursed the Particulars at Large.
With rule
… Alive, lives for evermore. All which I give in this Running View, having elsewhere Discours'dDiscoursed the Particulars at Large.
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
SEeing from All I have Diſcours'dDiscoursed, it appears very undoubted, that a Return of Miracles is, and ought to be …
With rule
SEeing from All I have Diſcours'dDiscoursed, it appears very undoubted, that a Return of Miracles is, and ought to be …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 46 · Open in the reader