Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9650 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

oppos'dopposed

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

Puritas changed it: 325 times in 172 works
Consistency: 98.1% (325 of 331)
Reach if approved: ~348 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: opposed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 331 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (325 changes in 172 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 325)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… born unto the Church: Yet since that now this Sacred Office is it self oppos'dopposed, and even the Mission of Preachers preach'd against, and the Authority that sends despis'd …
With rule
… born unto the Church: Yet since that now this Sacred Office is it self oppos'dopposed, and even the Mission of Preachers preach'd against, and the Authority that sends despis'd …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 6 January 1660 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will, and whom he will he hardens. Where 'tis evident that shewing Mercy is oppos'dopposed not to condemning, but to hardning, and consequently the intent of the Words is …
With rule
… will, and whom he will he hardens. Where 'tis evident that shewing Mercy is oppos'dopposed not to condemning, but to hardning, and consequently the intent of the Words is …
William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that moſt ſagacious Interpretation of Dr. Burnet, in the forenamed Diſcourſes, That it is oppos'dopposed to the ſhaking not only the Earth, but the Heaven alſo, in and by …
With rule
… that moſt ſagacious Interpretation of Dr. Burnet, in the forenamed Diſcourſes, That it is oppos'dopposed to the ſhaking not only the Earth, but the Heaven alſo, in and by …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
SAtans commands (oppos'dopposed to Gods) are ten
With rule
SAtans commands (oppos'dopposed to Gods) are ten
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · Open in the reader
Printed
Had not Gods secret Providence oppos'dopposed:
With rule
Had not Gods secret Providence oppos'dopposed:
Samuel Clarke · The Life and Death of Black Prince Edward · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… body; that they had no regard to the ſatiating of the fleſh; that they oppos'dopposed its pleaſures, and humbled, and mortified it. And you know, that this is at …
With rule
… body; that they had no regard to the ſatiating of the fleſh; that they oppos'dopposed its pleaſures, and humbled, and mortified it. And you know, that this is at …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… countrey stands in relation to forrein Kingdomes; how it is friended with Confederates, how oppos'dopposed with Enemies. His little eyes can cast a soure glance on the suspicious greatnesse …
With rule
… countrey stands in relation to forrein Kingdomes; how it is friended with Confederates, how oppos'dopposed with Enemies. His little eyes can cast a soure glance on the suspicious greatnesse …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
If but oppos'dopposed with envye but vnleſſe
With rule
If but oppos'dopposed with envye but vnleſſe
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Sermon of the True Spiritual Transubstantiation A27625

Printed
SERMON Of the True, Spiritual, Tranſubſtantiation, Oppos'dOpposed to the GROSS, CARNAL, IMAGINARY, Tranſubſtantiation.
With rule
SERMON Of the True, Spiritual, Tranſubſtantiation, Oppos'dOpposed to the GROSS, CARNAL, IMAGINARY, Tranſubſtantiation.
Thomas Beverley · A Sermon of the True Spiritual Transubstantiation · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Divine Raptures A28161

Printed
Oppos'dOpposed to Hell! Hell is a reſtleſs place.
With rule
Oppos'dOpposed to Hell! Hell is a reſtleſs place.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 132 · Open in the reader

A Congratulatory Poem to John Tillotson A63958

Printed
Oppos'dOpposed our Foes, and our Reſtorer ſerv'd,
With rule
Oppos'dOpposed our Foes, and our Reſtorer ſerv'd,
John Tutchin · A Congratulatory Poem to John Tillotson · p. 8 · Open in the reader