Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9624 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clear'dcleared

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

Puritas changed it: 249 times in 175 works
Consistency: 98.0% (249 of 254)
Reach if approved: ~267 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cleared
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 254 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (249 changes in 175 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 249)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Voices, the Vials, under the Seventh of each former, as hath been already clear'dcleared, by which they are all kept in a cloſe ſucceſſional Connexion one with another …
With rule
… the Voices, the Vials, under the Seventh of each former, as hath been already clear'dcleared, by which they are all kept in a cloſe ſucceſſional Connexion one with another …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
Hath clear'dcleared the soul from filth, and she appears
With rule
Hath clear'dcleared the soul from filth, and she appears
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
Th'abuſed Medium, which another clear'dcleared;
With rule
Th'abuſed Medium, which another clear'dcleared;
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forward, the whole number will in a short time be cast away, the Island clear'dcleared, and its Inhabitants dead and lost in the bottom of the Sea. This is …
With rule
… forward, the whole number will in a short time be cast away, the Island clear'dcleared, and its Inhabitants dead and lost in the bottom of the Sea. This is …
John Flavel · The Soul of Man · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. And then when you have upon deep ſearch clear'dcleared up your Conſciences, then conſider, that though you are not what they cenſure you …
With rule
2. And then when you have upon deep ſearch clear'dcleared up your Conſciences, then conſider, that though you are not what they cenſure you …
Thomas Froysell · Sermons Concerning Grace and Temptations · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
All clouded brows were clear'dcleared, and every Face
With rule
All clouded brows were clear'dcleared, and every Face
William Higford · Institutions · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Treason, and properly enough call'd Treason. In which Pius the second ha…h clear'dcleared vs and giuen vs satisfaction, who sayes, That to appeale to a future Councell …
With rule
… as Treason, and properly enough call'd Treason. In which Pius the second ha…h clear'dcleared vs and giuen vs satisfaction, who sayes, That to appeale to a future Councell …
John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… impossible to obtain what they desire, they will not endeavour to obtain. 'Tis easily clear'dcleared by the Scriptures, if Men will believe the Scriptures when they are clear, that …
With rule
… impossible to obtain what they desire, they will not endeavour to obtain. 'Tis easily clear'dcleared by the Scriptures, if Men will believe the Scriptures when they are clear, that …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 311 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Funeral Sermon of Richard Fincher A93322

Printed
… exerciſe you: Let him be juſtified when he Chides and Frowns, let him be Clear'dCleared when he Judgeth. Do this now with reference to that ſmarting Stroak which was …
With rule
… exerciſe you: Let him be juſtified when he Chides and Frowns, let him be Clear'dCleared when he Judgeth. Do this now with reference to that ſmarting Stroak which was …
Samuel Slater · Funeral Sermon of Richard Fincher · p. 21 · Open in the reader