Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9676 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

retir'dretired

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

Puritas changed it: 175 times in 112 works
Consistency: 92.5% (175 of 189)
Reach if approved: ~199 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: retired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 189 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (175 changes in 112 works, 92.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 175)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
At present you must keep your selves retir'dretired,
With rule
At present you must keep your selves retir'dretired,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · Open in the reader
Printed
… cessation from labour, comes forth into the open Air, to a place nigh, somewhat retir'dretired there to sit a while and bemoan his condition. Where he happens at length …
With rule
… cessation from labour, comes forth into the open Air, to a place nigh, somewhat retir'dretired there to sit a while and bemoan his condition. Where he happens at length …
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
And happy that man, who in the days of his health hath retir'dretired himself from the noise and tumult of this world, and made that careful preparation …
With rule
And happy that man, who in the days of his health hath retir'dretired himself from the noise and tumult of this world, and made that careful preparation …
John Tillotson · Sermon on 14 April 1689 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
But 'tis not so: w'are not retir'dretired, but dampt;
With rule
But 'tis not so: w'are not retir'dretired, but dampt;
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Apostle wishes, Pray Continually, 1 Thes. 5.17. That is, at constant times, of publick and retir'dretired Devotions; or else continually by Good Words or Works: for indeed no Circumstances can …
With rule
… the Apostle wishes, Pray Continually, 1 Thes. 5.17. That is, at constant times, of publick and retir'dretired Devotions; or else continually by Good Words or Works: for indeed no Circumstances can …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the outward Court, or Profeſſion of the Chriſtian Name, and the True Worſhippers retir'dretired into the Temple; The Witneſſes put on their Sackcloth, out of whith they are …
With rule
… into the outward Court, or Profeſſion of the Chriſtian Name, and the True Worſhippers retir'dretired into the Temple; The Witneſſes put on their Sackcloth, out of whith they are …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then reſtleſſe Paſſion, keepe thy ſelfe retir'dretired,
With rule
Then reſtleſſe Paſſion, keepe thy ſelfe retir'dretired,
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Acts being thus passed, her Majesty retir'dretired, and put off her Parliament Robes, and so returned to her Court at Whitehall.
With rule
The Acts being thus passed, her Majesty retir'dretired, and put off her Parliament Robes, and so returned to her Court at Whitehall.
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

A Scripture Line of Time A27623

Printed
… here to be choſen, as moſt agreeable with the other Symbols of the Worſhippers Retir'dRetired into the Secret of the Temple, the Witneſſes Sackcloth, the Woman in the Wilderneſs …
With rule
… here to be choſen, as moſt agreeable with the other Symbols of the Worſhippers Retir'dRetired into the Secret of the Temple, the Witneſſes Sackcloth, the Woman in the Wilderneſs …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Fall and Funeral of Northampton A39912

Printed
Retir'dRetired;—the labouring Moon does diſappear,
With rule
Retir'dRetired;—the labouring Moon does diſappear,
Simon Ford · The Fall and Funeral of Northampton · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Retir'dRetired unto the Desert, but with arms;
With rule
Retir'dRetired unto the Desert, but with arms;
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 63 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… Account, It must needs fall below the Types of that Kingdom, as Estopp'd, and Retir'dRetired from its Appearance; and how long it must do so, and when there shall …
With rule
… Account, It must needs fall below the Types of that Kingdom, as Estopp'd, and Retir'dRetired from its Appearance; and how long it must do so, and when there shall …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, the Book, that was Open in the Hand of the Angel, and after Retir'dRetired, and Enclos'd; and thereupon a Commission to Prophecy again; And therein I am to …
With rule
… is, the Book, that was Open in the Hand of the Angel, and after Retir'dRetired, and Enclos'd; and thereupon a Commission to Prophecy again; And therein I am to …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains N03209

Printed
Retir'dRetired from Courts, and Crouds, ſecure we'll ſet,
With rule
Retir'dRetired from Courts, and Crouds, ſecure we'll ſet,
Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · p. 85 · Open in the reader

Journal of a Voyage from Gibraltar to Georgia N03643

Printed
Retir'dRetired in the Evening to our Lodgings. Had Family Prayer. Wrote ſome few Religious Letters …
With rule
Retir'dRetired in the Evening to our Lodgings. Had Family Prayer. Wrote ſome few Religious Letters …
George Whitefield · Journal of a Voyage from Gibraltar to Georgia · p. 7 · Open in the reader