Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9660 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

strain'dstrained

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 68 works
Consistency: 100% (74 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: strained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 68 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is, let pure juſtice, without mud, run down; let all ſelf-iſh affections be ſtrain'dstrained out.
With rule
… is, let pure juſtice, without mud, run down; let all ſelf-iſh affections be ſtrain'dstrained out.
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It ſpoils the Bow to keep it always bent, and the Viol if always ſtrain'dstrained up. Mirth is ſome looſe or relaxation to the labouring Mind or Body, it …
With rule
… It ſpoils the Bow to keep it always bent, and the Viol if always ſtrain'dstrained up. Mirth is ſome looſe or relaxation to the labouring Mind or Body, it …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us from the scorching heat of the Sun. The Allusion is too subtile and strain'dstrained, but the Benefit is real; for the admirable examples of their Patience and Courage …
With rule
… us from the scorching heat of the Sun. The Allusion is too subtile and strain'dstrained, but the Benefit is real; for the admirable examples of their Patience and Courage …
William Bates · The Great Duty of Resignation to the Divine Will · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Crown of Righteouſneſs; and yet as diligent in beating down his body, and… ſtrain'dstrained as hard in Running his Race, as any of thoſe, who lay the ſtreſs …
With rule
… the Crown of Righteouſneſs; and yet as diligent in beating down his body, and… ſtrain'dstrained as hard in Running his Race, as any of thoſe, who lay the ſtreſs …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Principles, but complies with the Conditions of Human Life; for we have no high-ſtrain'dstrained Paradoxes, ſuch as the Stolcks had againſt the Convictions of Senſe and Experience; but …
With rule
… Principles, but complies with the Conditions of Human Life; for we have no high-ſtrain'dstrained Paradoxes, ſuch as the Stolcks had againſt the Convictions of Senſe and Experience; but …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… This is not to eat every morſel as dipt in Chriſts blood, and is ſtrain'dstrained through the Covenant to take off the curſe inflicted on all creatures for the …
With rule
… This is not to eat every morſel as dipt in Chriſts blood, and is ſtrain'dstrained through the Covenant to take off the curſe inflicted on all creatures for the …
Christopher Ness · The Crown and Glory of a Christian · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… necessity of credence. Where nothing more then Affirmation is necessary, why should more be strain'dstrained. To lift a Feather with both hands and with strong Engines, to hoot alowd …
With rule
… necessity of credence. Where nothing more then Affirmation is necessary, why should more be strain'dstrained. To lift a Feather with both hands and with strong Engines, to hoot alowd …
William Strode · Sermon Concerning Swearing · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Jam. 1.21. If all the evils in the World were put together, and their quintessence strain'dstrained out, they could not make a thing so filthy as Sin doth. So odious …
With rule
… Jam. 1.21. If all the evils in the World were put together, and their quintessence strain'dstrained out, they could not make a thing so filthy as Sin doth. So odious …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 871 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.