Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9630 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

desir'ddesired

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

Puritas changed it: 598 times in 294 works
Consistency: 98.6% (598 of 606)
Reach if approved: ~637 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: desired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 606 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (598 changes in 294 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 598)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But like a Lampe of Balsamum, desir'ddesired
With rule
But like a Lampe of Balsamum, desir'ddesired
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
By ſweet devotions ſhe deſir'ddesired,
With rule
By ſweet devotions ſhe deſir'ddesired,
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as our Father and Friend, and engages our Affections entirely to him. When Moses desir'ddesired to see God's Glory, he told him, his Goodness should pass before him. Now …
With rule
… as our Father and Friend, and engages our Affections entirely to him. When Moses desir'ddesired to see God's Glory, he told him, his Goodness should pass before him. Now …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
To preach what doctrines are by men deſir'ddesired.
With rule
To preach what doctrines are by men deſir'ddesired.
Richard Baxter · A Key for Catholics · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wauld be, as if we Vyed with God in the Magnanimity of Pardon, and deſir'ddesired him to take Pattern by us, and to f…rgive us; For we are …
With rule
… wauld be, as if we Vyed with God in the Magnanimity of Pardon, and deſir'ddesired him to take Pattern by us, and to f…rgive us; For we are …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
14 This still my rest is, heer I'le dwell for I have it desir'ddesired.
With rule
14 This still my rest is, heer I'le dwell for I have it desir'ddesired.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… not for transition. It was a glorious piece of the world, which rauished Peter desir'ddesired to build Tabernacles on: Math. 17. yet it was perishable earth; and it might not …
With rule
… not for transition. It was a glorious piece of the world, which rauished Peter desir'ddesired to build Tabernacles on: Math. 17. yet it was perishable earth; and it might not …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of whom thou wer…, of late, so much desir'ddesired?
With rule
Of whom thou wer…, of late, so much desir'ddesired?
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
Deſir'dDesired his counſell, and aſſiſting hand,
With rule
Deſir'dDesired his counſell, and aſſiſting hand,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 136 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Deſir'dDesired God that his ſpir't might be receiv'd.
With rule
Deſir'dDesired God that his ſpir't might be receiv'd.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Poems in Two Parts A60349

Printed
Desir'dDesired on him his sharp'ned darts to spend.
With rule
Desir'dDesired on him his sharp'ned darts to spend.
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Remains A65835

Printed
Deſir'dDesired they would return,
With rule
Deſir'dDesired they would return,
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 155 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Deſir'dDesired that Abimelech ſhould come out:
With rule
Deſir'dDesired that Abimelech ſhould come out:
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Foxcroft N01872

Printed
While in the Body, much Deſir'dDesired!
With rule
While in the Body, much Deſir'dDesired!
Thomas Foxcroft · Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Foxcroft · p. 54 · Open in the reader