Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9652 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

presum'dpresumed

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

Puritas changed it: 187 times in 133 works
Consistency: 96.3% (187 of 194)
Reach if approved: ~204 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: presumed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 194 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (187 changes in 133 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 187)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… heart; an heart in the breaſt, and another in the tongue. Our outſide is preſum'dpresumed to be an expreſſion of our inſide; what wee ſpeak, wee pretend to bee …
With rule
… heart; an heart in the breaſt, and another in the tongue. Our outſide is preſum'dpresumed to be an expreſſion of our inſide; what wee ſpeak, wee pretend to bee …
Richard Alleine · Heaven Opened · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to their Sins again, if they had died with their religious resolutions, would have presum'dpresumed that their repentance was unto Life, and of their interest in the divine Mercy …
With rule
… to their Sins again, if they had died with their religious resolutions, would have presum'dpresumed that their repentance was unto Life, and of their interest in the divine Mercy …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is not to be preſum'dpresumed, that all ſhall go on juſt thus, God hath done this, that he might …
With rule
It is not to be preſum'dpresumed, that all ſhall go on juſt thus, God hath done this, that he might …
Thomas Beverley · The Late Great Revolution in this Nation · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
Neither preſum'dpresumed they on an equall greet,
With rule
Neither preſum'dpresumed they on an equall greet,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a fifth part of the whole Volume) being thus discharged, it is to be presum'dpresumed that nothing should remain but a meer Church History, as the Title promiseth. But …
With rule
… a fifth part of the whole Volume) being thus discharged, it is to be presum'dpresumed that nothing should remain but a meer Church History, as the Title promiseth. But …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reformation of the Church of England. Your historical abilitiesare sufficiently known, and it is presum'dpresumed you have said as much as can be spoken upon this Subject; for what …
With rule
… Reformation of the Church of England. Your historical abilitiesare sufficiently known, and it is presum'dpresumed you have said as much as can be spoken upon this Subject; for what …
Henry Hickman · Englands Reformation Needing to be Reformed · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
When he preſum'dpresumed on naked breaſt to wander.
With rule
When he preſum'dpresumed on naked breaſt to wander.
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the other graves, upon the Altar of Bethel, as was prophecied; and he preſum'dpresumed that he would ſpare the bones of that Prophet, and ſo his bones ſhould …
With rule
… all the other graves, upon the Altar of Bethel, as was prophecied; and he preſum'dpresumed that he would ſpare the bones of that Prophet, and ſo his bones ſhould …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 198 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 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.

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented A15642

Printed
Presum'dPresumed for more to haue commanded thee.
With rule
Presum'dPresumed for more to haue commanded thee.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
Presum'dPresumed vnworthily what thou hast sought,
With rule
Presum'dPresumed vnworthily what thou hast sought,
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Preſum'dPresumed for more to haue commanded thee.
With rule
Preſum'dPresumed for more to haue commanded thee.
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
Preſum'dPresumed vnworthily what thou haſt ſought,
With rule
Preſum'dPresumed vnworthily what thou haſt ſought,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

The Piety and Duty of Rulers to Comfort and Encourage the Ministry of Christ N01128

Printed
… were Solicitous not to loſe the light of his Countenance ſhining upon them: They Preſum'dPresumed not upon his Condeſcentions to diminiſh his Authority, and to blow upon the Light …
With rule
… were Solicitous not to loſe the light of his Countenance ſhining upon them: They Preſum'dPresumed not upon his Condeſcentions to diminiſh his Authority, and to blow upon the Light …
Benjamin Colman · The Piety and Duty of Rulers to Comfort and Encourage the Ministry of Christ · p. 30 · Open in the reader