Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9633 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

excell'dexcel'd

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

Puritas changed it: 115 times in 90 works
Consistency: 96.6% (115 of 119)
Reach if approved: ~125 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: excelled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 119 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (115 changes in 90 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 115)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Moses nor the Prophets had performed, and in those that had been done, Christ excell'dexcel'd them in the manner of doing them. This the Jews could not contradict, and …
With rule
… Moses nor the Prophets had performed, and in those that had been done, Christ excell'dexcel'd them in the manner of doing them. This the Jews could not contradict, and …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adam had before ſin, and probably, as much excelling, as the Firſt Adam is excell'dexcel'd by the Second. And though they for many great Reſons, Beget an Off-ſpring …
With rule
… Adam had before ſin, and probably, as much excelling, as the Firſt Adam is excell'dexcel'd by the Second. And though they for many great Reſons, Beget an Off-ſpring …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he could never have carryed it at this rate. Take the meek Moses, who excell'dexcel'd all others in that grace; and let him be tryed in that very grace …
With rule
… he could never have carryed it at this rate. Take the meek Moses, who excell'dexcel'd all others in that grace; and let him be tryed in that very grace …
John Flavel · The Fountain of Life · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which was the Rule of the moſt perfect Obedience that ever was, and which excell'dexcel'd that of Angels? Are any Precepts wanting in it? how then did Chriſt compleat …
With rule
… which was the Rule of the moſt perfect Obedience that ever was, and which excell'dexcel'd that of Angels? Are any Precepts wanting in it? how then did Chriſt compleat …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… set forth the wisdome and great abilities of Solomon, he tels us that it excell'dexcel'd al the wisdome of Egypt, 1 Kin. 4.3.
With rule
… set forth the wisdome and great abilities of Solomon, he tels us that it excell'dexcel'd al the wisdome of Egypt, 1 Kin. 4.3.
Thomas Hall · The Schools Guarded · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
But to make amends for this Silence, Blegabredus next ſucceeding, is recorded to have excell'dexcel'd all before him in the Art of Muſic; oppertunely, had he but left us …
With rule
But to make amends for this Silence, Blegabredus next ſucceeding, is recorded to have excell'dexcel'd all before him in the Art of Muſic; oppertunely, had he but left us …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… contain a treaſure of divine and humane learning, and are full of eloquence. He excell'dexcel'd in Hiſtory, and in confutation of hereſie.
With rule
… contain a treaſure of divine and humane learning, and are full of eloquence. He excell'dexcel'd in Hiſtory, and in confutation of hereſie.
Edward Reyner · Necessity of Human Learning for a Gospel Preacher · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
He particularly excell'dexcel'd in the more peculiar vertues of conversation, in modesty, humility, meekness, cheerfulness, and in …
With rule
He particularly excell'dexcel'd in the more peculiar vertues of conversation, in modesty, humility, meekness, cheerfulness, and in …
John Tillotson · Sermon at Funeral of Thomas Gouge · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 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.