Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9628 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dar'ddared

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

Puritas changed it: 112 times in 81 works
Consistency: 98.2% (112 of 114)
Reach if approved: ~120 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dared
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 114 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (112 changes in 81 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 112)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… him; thoſe are happy that would truſt for the future, but I miſerable, that dar'ddared not truſt in him: The Lord will rain ſnares, and fire, and brimſtones, here …
With rule
… him; thoſe are happy that would truſt for the future, but I miſerable, that dar'ddared not truſt in him: The Lord will rain ſnares, and fire, and brimſtones, here …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Saints Inheritance · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… M. to have at least attempted a refutation of Dr. Stillingfleet, than to have dar'ddared his Adversaries to bring but one example of Churches without Diocesan Bishops, seeing he …
With rule
… M. to have at least attempted a refutation of Dr. Stillingfleet, than to have dar'ddared his Adversaries to bring but one example of Churches without Diocesan Bishops, seeing he …
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… opposition. Had Peter abode in the company of his Lord, Satan would not have dar'ddared to tempt him unto a Tripledenial in the presence of such a power, whence …
With rule
… opposition. Had Peter abode in the company of his Lord, Satan would not have dar'ddared to tempt him unto a Tripledenial in the presence of such a power, whence …
Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Fall and Rising of Peter · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
I that have only dar'ddared to whiſper Verſes,
With rule
I that have only dar'ddared to whiſper Verſes,
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
She did him pleaſure, when a greater dar'ddared not.
With rule
She did him pleaſure, when a greater dar'ddared not.
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, reverence to their Father; or affection to their Brother, they would not have dar'ddared to have touched his coat with a violent hand, but their inveterate hatred having …
With rule
… God, reverence to their Father; or affection to their Brother, they would not have dar'ddared to have touched his coat with a violent hand, but their inveterate hatred having …
James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
That dar'ddared to looke vpon the starry skye,
With rule
That dar'ddared to looke vpon the starry skye,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
Printed
… with pretences of loyalty and affection to the King, and this their prophaneneſs they dar'ddared to call, and expect that others ſhould count a teſtimony thereof. In the mean …
With rule
… with pretences of loyalty and affection to the King, and this their prophaneneſs they dar'ddared to call, and expect that others ſhould count a teſtimony thereof. In the mean …
Nehemiah Beaton · No Treason to Say Kings are Gods Subjects · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
Dar'dDared with a looke, mine arme had weakned Fate.
With rule
Dar'dDared with a looke, mine arme had weakned Fate.
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
Dar'dDared as much, as greater men.
With rule
Dar'dDared as much, as greater men.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader