Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9651 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prefer'dpreferred

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

Puritas changed it: 303 times in 196 works
Consistency: 98.7% (303 of 307)
Reach if approved: ~323 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: preferred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 307 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (303 changes in 196 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 303)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Religion is more hated of a Natural Man than the True; all others being prefer'dpreferred before this.
With rule
… Religion is more hated of a Natural Man than the True; all others being prefer'dpreferred before this.
Joseph Hill · Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of Churches · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVith idle pompe and show, or be prefer'dpreferred
With rule
VVith idle pompe and show, or be prefer'dpreferred
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… is my Love among the Daughters. By how much the Lily is to be prefer'dpreferred before the Thorns and Thiſtles, ſo much is the Spouſe before all other Children …
With rule
… is my Love among the Daughters. By how much the Lily is to be prefer'dpreferred before the Thorns and Thiſtles, ſo much is the Spouſe before all other Children …
Timothy Armitage · Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… centre of Pleasure. Job's Patience was unparallel'd, when encompass'd with the sharpest Affliction. Daniel prefer'dpreferred a Den of Lyons to Darius's Palace, rather than neglect one day his desired …
With rule
… centre of Pleasure. Job's Patience was unparallel'd, when encompass'd with the sharpest Affliction. Daniel prefer'dpreferred a Den of Lyons to Darius's Palace, rather than neglect one day his desired …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 370 · Open in the reader
Printed
As for worldly riches, Philoſophers have contemn'd them, and prefer'dpreferred a contemplative life above them; and ſhall not Chriſtians much more, the Prophet calls …
With rule
As for worldly riches, Philoſophers have contemn'd them, and prefer'dpreferred a contemplative life above them; and ſhall not Chriſtians much more, the Prophet calls …
Thomas Brooks · Apples of Gold · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
Let him unto that Office be prefer'dpreferred.
With rule
Let him unto that Office be prefer'dpreferred.
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
Indeed, had your neglect or miscarriage been knowing and voluntary; or had you really prefer'dpreferred a little money (being able to give it) before the life of your Relation …
With rule
Indeed, had your neglect or miscarriage been knowing and voluntary; or had you really prefer'dpreferred a little money (being able to give it) before the life of your Relation …
John Flavel · A Token for Mourners · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… This was alſo the temper of the Gadarenes, (a companie of Apoſtate Jews:) who prefer'dpreferred their ſwine before their Meſſias, and his ſpiritual offers of peace, Luke 8. 37. And is …
With rule
… This was alſo the temper of the Gadarenes, (a companie of Apoſtate Jews:) who prefer'dpreferred their ſwine before their Meſſias, and his ſpiritual offers of peace, Luke 8. 37. And is …
Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 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.

Britains Genius A96763

Printed
Prefer'dPreferred ſhould be, in any thing at all,
With rule
Prefer'dPreferred ſhould be, in any thing at all,
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Invitations to the Gospel Feast N01506

Printed
… reſpect to the Recompence of Reward. This was the Choice that Moſes made; he Prefer'dPreferred a Life of True Piety with all the Sufferings that could attend it, to …
With rule
… reſpect to the Recompence of Reward. This was the Choice that Moſes made; he Prefer'dPreferred a Life of True Piety with all the Sufferings that could attend it, to …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 122 · Open in the reader