Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9637 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

furnish'dfurnished

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

Puritas changed it: 300 times in 173 works
Consistency: 97.4% (300 of 308)
Reach if approved: ~324 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: furnished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 308 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (300 changes in 173 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 300)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Well furniſh'dfurnished both with skill and ſtrength,
With rule
Well furniſh'dfurnished both with skill and ſtrength,
John Greene · A Brief Unveiling of God and Mans Glory · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be so much the more reasonable, in that themselves, who stand against us, have furnish'dfurnished us, therewith, For, whereas against the making of Ministers by Bishops alone, their use …
With rule
… be so much the more reasonable, in that themselves, who stand against us, have furnish'dfurnished us, therewith, For, whereas against the making of Ministers by Bishops alone, their use …
Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 407 · Open in the reader
Printed
… befriended of that poore remnant of all his wealth, (the richlie stock'd grounds, richly furnish'dfurnished house, richly fild purse, are all wasted; and nothing is left rich but) the …
With rule
… befriended of that poore remnant of all his wealth, (the richlie stock'd grounds, richly furnish'dfurnished house, richly fild purse, are all wasted; and nothing is left rich but) the …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the Closet; but because the Providence of God and the Church hath already furnish'dfurnished thee for that purpose, infinitely beyond what my utmost care could do. I mean …
With rule
… as the Closet; but because the Providence of God and the Church hath already furnish'dfurnished thee for that purpose, infinitely beyond what my utmost care could do. I mean …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Man · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nature he made us by priviledg above all Creatures in this sensible World, and furnish'dfurnished it with innumerable objects excellent in their beauty and variety, that are not meer …
With rule
… Nature he made us by priviledg above all Creatures in this sensible World, and furnish'dfurnished it with innumerable objects excellent in their beauty and variety, that are not meer …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
Streight furniſh'dfurnished him with a ſufficient aid,
With rule
Streight furniſh'dfurnished him with a ſufficient aid,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… He could contentedly bear a l…w condition: Yet the plenty their liberality had furniſh'dfurnished him with, he could mak… uſe of to the glory of God. He could …
With rule
… He could contentedly bear a l…w condition: Yet the plenty their liberality had furniſh'dfurnished him with, he could mak… uſe of to the glory of God. He could …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 332 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Common businesse and works proper to an Inferiour calling; and not only so, but furnish'dfurnished him also, with whatever he could suppose instrumentall to his work; and for his …
With rule
… Common businesse and works proper to an Inferiour calling; and not only so, but furnish'dfurnished him also, with whatever he could suppose instrumentall to his work; and for his …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 231 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

The Infancy of the World A76717

Printed
Furnish'dFurnished the Courts of Sea-green Amphitrite;
With rule
Furnish'dFurnished the Courts of Sea-green Amphitrite;
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 27 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Ministry N01458

Printed
… as my Father hath ſent me, even ſo have I ſent you (Qualify'd and Furniſh'dFurnished as well as Authoriz'd and Commiſſion'd;) and when he had ſaid this, he breathed …
With rule
… as my Father hath ſent me, even ſo have I ſent you (Qualify'd and Furniſh'dFurnished as well as Authoriz'd and Commiſſion'd;) and when he had ſaid this, he breathed …
Benjamin Colman · A Gospel Ministry · p. 23 · Open in the reader