Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9657 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spoil'dspoiled

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

Puritas changed it: 290 times in 191 works
Consistency: 96.0% (290 of 302)
Reach if approved: ~317 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: spoiled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 302 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (290 changes in 191 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 290)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Orators, observed, that if one word be taken from a sentence of Plato, you spoil'dspoiled the elegance, if from Lycias, the sense. So the taking away the least considerable …
With rule
… Orators, observed, that if one word be taken from a sentence of Plato, you spoil'dspoiled the elegance, if from Lycias, the sense. So the taking away the least considerable …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
verse 6 My foes thou hast destroied quite, and spoil'dspoiled their cities all;
With rule
verse 6 My foes thou hast destroied quite, and spoil'dspoiled their cities all;
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
This is the case; Men by Sin are marr'd, spoil'dspoiled, corrupted, depraved, but they dwell by themselves in the dark; they see neither God …
With rule
This is the case; Men by Sin are marr'd, spoil'dspoiled, corrupted, depraved, but they dwell by themselves in the dark; they see neither God …
John Bunyan · The Acceptable Sacrifice · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him and his followers eternally, and declared them guilty of Treaſon and Hereſie; he ſpoil'dspoiled them of all their Honours and Goods, and injoyn'd all Arch-Biſhops, Biſhops, Prelates …
With rule
… him and his followers eternally, and declared them guilty of Treaſon and Hereſie; he ſpoil'dspoiled them of all their Honours and Goods, and injoyn'd all Arch-Biſhops, Biſhops, Prelates …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neither, men may innovate otherwiſe than through forgetfulneſs or malice. Either way your Arguments ſpoil'dspoiled.
With rule
… neither, men may innovate otherwiſe than through forgetfulneſs or malice. Either way your Arguments ſpoil'dspoiled.
Clement Ellis · The Reflecters Defense of His Letter to a Friend · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in a Servant is a necessary Qualification, without which a Man is rob'd and spoil'dspoiled in his outward Affairs, insensibly, from day to day. For whether the Servant be …
With rule
… in a Servant is a necessary Qualification, without which a Man is rob'd and spoil'dspoiled in his outward Affairs, insensibly, from day to day. For whether the Servant be …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
date 25 His Royal Highness's Picture in Guild-Hall, London, cut and spoil'dspoiled by the hand of some Villain unknown.
With rule
date 25 His Royal Highness's Picture in Guild-Hall, London, cut and spoil'dspoiled by the hand of some Villain unknown.
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
And lately spoil'dspoiled thee England to thy terror;
With rule
And lately spoil'dspoiled thee England to thy terror;
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Four Useful Discourses A30576

Printed
… of you now? O, you are grown ſo Preciſe, that now you will be Spoil'dSpoiled, and good for nothing: And ſo perhaps the Mother, out of whoſe Womb it …
With rule
… of you now? O, you are grown ſo Preciſe, that now you will be Spoil'dSpoiled, and good for nothing: And ſo perhaps the Mother, out of whoſe Womb it …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Useful Discourses · p. 204 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… againſt the Church ſhall proſper, Iſai. 54. 17. This Divine Promiſe did blunt the Point, and Spoil'dSpoiled the Purpoſe of all both Humane or Diabolical Projects; Yea, of this laſt, which …
With rule
… againſt the Church ſhall proſper, Iſai. 54. 17. This Divine Promiſe did blunt the Point, and Spoil'dSpoiled the Purpoſe of all both Humane or Diabolical Projects; Yea, of this laſt, which …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… foom Judah, &c.▪ and the late promiſe of Preſerving David a Lamp, &c. 1 Kin. 11. 36. Spoil'dSpoiled all Satans Engines and Endeavours, by Vertue hereof Jehoſheba Sacredly as well as Secretly …
With rule
… foom Judah, &c.▪ and the late promiſe of Preſerving David a Lamp, &c. 1 Kin. 11. 36. Spoil'dSpoiled all Satans Engines and Endeavours, by Vertue hereof Jehoſheba Sacredly as well as Secretly …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Deſtroy the Church; ſo God ſuffers his Servants to Conſpire his Deſtruction. This Spoil'dSpoiled the Devils Plot, and yet it was worſe ſpoil'dspoiled by Joſiah his Son, whom …
With rule
… to Deſtroy the Church; ſo God ſuffers his Servants to Conſpire his Deſtruction. This Spoil'dSpoiled the Devils Plot, and yet it was worſe ſpoil'dspoiled by Joſiah his Son, whom …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pope, to wit, of a Chriſt, he would make him Antichriſt; but that which Spoil'dSpoiled the Devils Game, he backs his Proſſer'd Beneficence (which in its ſelf was but …
With rule
… Pope, to wit, of a Chriſt, he would make him Antichriſt; but that which Spoil'dSpoiled the Devils Game, he backs his Proſſer'd Beneficence (which in its ſelf was but …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adiutoria,] as after Charles the 5th. God ſends good Ferdinand to Succeed, who quite Spoil'dSpoiled the Project of the Trent-Councel, [Cum magna Moliuntur,] while they carry'd on their …
With rule
… Adiutoria,] as after Charles the 5th. God ſends good Ferdinand to Succeed, who quite Spoil'dSpoiled the Project of the Trent-Councel, [Cum magna Moliuntur,] while they carry'd on their …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 466 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

Printed
Spoil'dSpoiled by his Croſs.
With rule
Spoil'dSpoiled by his Croſs.
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 98 · Open in the reader