Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9605 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stain'dstained

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

Puritas changed it: 170 times in 125 works
Consistency: 98.8% (170 of 172)
Reach if approved: ~181 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 172 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (170 changes in 125 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 170)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… homeward (by the way) he cut his Fingers on purpoſe that the blood which ſtain'dstained his clothes might be thought to proceed from thence.
With rule
… homeward (by the way) he cut his Fingers on purpoſe that the blood which ſtain'dstained his clothes might be thought to proceed from thence.
John Lucas · The Exceeding Abundant Grace of God Displayed · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
FAire Helen hauing stain'dstained her husbands bed,
With rule
FAire Helen hauing stain'dstained her husbands bed,
George Wither · Nuptial Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
… many glorious expectations. Vpon a partiall survay, and perusall of their time past, not stain'dstained perhaps with any great enormities, notoriousnesse, or infamous sinne; out of a vaine-glorious …
With rule
… many glorious expectations. Vpon a partiall survay, and perusall of their time past, not stain'dstained perhaps with any great enormities, notoriousnesse, or infamous sinne; out of a vaine-glorious …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Spirit of our God. Justine Martyr tells Triphon, that those who had been stain'dstained with all filthiness, and enslav'd by charming imperious lusts, yet becoming Christians, they were …
With rule
… the Spirit of our God. Justine Martyr tells Triphon, that those who had been stain'dstained with all filthiness, and enslav'd by charming imperious lusts, yet becoming Christians, they were …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 449 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Apoſtles Time, is our Rule, and ſeeing any Authority no higher deriv'd, is ſtain'dstained and blemiſh'd by that Apoſtolical Declaration, yet a Face, a Countenance of Authority, will …
With rule
… the Apoſtles Time, is our Rule, and ſeeing any Authority no higher deriv'd, is ſtain'dstained and blemiſh'd by that Apoſtolical Declaration, yet a Face, a Countenance of Authority, will …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though there be a blacker Tincture in ſins after converſion, as being more deeply ſtain'dstained with ingratitude, yet the Covenant of God ſtands firm, and he will not take …
With rule
… though there be a blacker Tincture in ſins after converſion, as being more deeply ſtain'dstained with ingratitude, yet the Covenant of God ſtands firm, and he will not take …
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can attain to, untainted, innocent, and holy Converſation. Is not Society much broken and ſtain'dstained by theſe Cups which are a Vehicle of Exceſs and Corruption?
With rule
… can attain to, untainted, innocent, and holy Converſation. Is not Society much broken and ſtain'dstained by theſe Cups which are a Vehicle of Exceſs and Corruption?
Charles Morton · The Great Evil of Health Drinking · p. iv · Open in the reader
Printed
… never heard any probable grounds, from any one intelligent perſon, that toucht, much les ſtain'dstained his Majeſties reputation in this particular. But I will not impoſe this upon others …
With rule
… never heard any probable grounds, from any one intelligent perſon, that toucht, much les ſtain'dstained his Majeſties reputation in this particular. But I will not impoſe this upon others …
Joseph Hill · The Interest of These United Provinces · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Grapes from Canaan A63574

Printed
Stain'dStained with the births of ſins too pregnant womb.
With rule
Stain'dStained with the births of ſins too pregnant womb.
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · p. 12 · Open in the reader