Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9681 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aim'daimed

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

Puritas changed it: 208 times in 145 works
Consistency: 99.5% (208 of 209)
Reach if approved: ~220 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: aimed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 209 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (208 changes in 145 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 208)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
'Tis the thing the best Philosophy aim'daimed at, as some of their choice men do express it, to reduce men, as …
With rule
'Tis the thing the best Philosophy aim'daimed at, as some of their choice men do express it, to reduce men, as …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhich being hid, their looke aim'daimed at the place
With rule
VVhich being hid, their looke aim'daimed at the place
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader
Printed
… then in Being; but beyond compariſon ſhorter then the eighth King, who is plainly aim'daimed at, and for whoſe ſake the ſeventh King was cut ſo ſhort in Time …
With rule
… then in Being; but beyond compariſon ſhorter then the eighth King, who is plainly aim'daimed at, and for whoſe ſake the ſeventh King was cut ſo ſhort in Time …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all; but theſe we ſhall ſpeak too more afterward; but the ſpecial thing I aim'daimed at in the opening of this point, is to ſhew how great a Myſtery …
With rule
… all; but theſe we ſhall ſpeak too more afterward; but the ſpecial thing I aim'daimed at in the opening of this point, is to ſhew how great a Myſtery …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the tendency of every Promiſe alſo, the magnifying and exalting of himſelf is ultimately aim'daimed at; and hereunto the Holineſs and Comfort of his Creature is but ſubordinate.
With rule
… the tendency of every Promiſe alſo, the magnifying and exalting of himſelf is ultimately aim'daimed at; and hereunto the Holineſs and Comfort of his Creature is but ſubordinate.
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
Courting mens tongues, both miss't at what they aim'daimed,
With rule
Courting mens tongues, both miss't at what they aim'daimed,
Thomas Fuller · To His Majesty on his Happy Return · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… frame of his ſoule, which was brought in ſubjection to God and whereby he aim'daimed at Gods glory in the ſervice of him, this was that which was Davids …
With rule
… frame of his ſoule, which was brought in ſubjection to God and whereby he aim'daimed at Gods glory in the ſervice of him, this was that which was Davids …
Thomas Horton · The Safety of Jerusalem · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… far more pardonable than the former; in so much as the thing the Bishops aim'daimed at against the Papacy, if it can be call'd any thing, came infinitely short …
With rule
… far more pardonable than the former; in so much as the thing the Bishops aim'daimed at against the Papacy, if it can be call'd any thing, came infinitely short …
William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · p. 105 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.