Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9688 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

believ'dbelieved

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

Puritas changed it: 516 times in 211 works
Consistency: 96.9% (516 of 532)
Reach if approved: ~559 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: believed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 532 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (516 changes in 211 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 516)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in theſe things, than other good Mens exceed; it being always to be firmly believ'dbelieved, no good Man, while he ſo ſpoke, could have it once enter into his …
With rule
… in theſe things, than other good Mens exceed; it being always to be firmly believ'dbelieved, no good Man, while he ſo ſpoke, could have it once enter into his …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
I then believ'dbelieved not, now I feel and ſee,
With rule
I then believ'dbelieved not, now I feel and ſee,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… abundance of queſtions, as amongſt others to theſe, Whence Paſchaſus could know the Church believ'dbelieved the Real Preſence, ſeeing all her expreſſions were capable of another ſenſe. Whence he …
With rule
… abundance of queſtions, as amongſt others to theſe, Whence Paſchaſus could know the Church believ'dbelieved the Real Preſence, ſeeing all her expreſſions were capable of another ſenſe. Whence he …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. To ſhew, That there are ſome Truths neceſſary to be believ'dbelieved, which humane Reaſon cannot diſcover. The peculiar Doctrines of the Goſpel are as deep …
With rule
1. To ſhew, That there are ſome Truths neceſſary to be believ'dbelieved, which humane Reaſon cannot diſcover. The peculiar Doctrines of the Goſpel are as deep …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good as nothing without them; or if they be not as certainly known and believ'dbelieved, as the Power it self, I think it will follow, that all their agreement …
With rule
… good as nothing without them; or if they be not as certainly known and believ'dbelieved, as the Power it self, I think it will follow, that all their agreement …
Clement Ellis · The Protestant Resolved · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Carthuſianus, who lived Anno Dom. 1450.) viz. Teſtimonies and Precepts; Teſtimonies concern things to be believ'dbelieved, Precepts thoſe which are to be done.
With rule
… Carthuſianus, who lived Anno Dom. 1450.) viz. Teſtimonies and Precepts; Teſtimonies concern things to be believ'dbelieved, Precepts thoſe which are to be done.
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all flesh come. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believ'dbelieved, Rom. 10.14. We can believe in none but God, Ergo, to him alone we must …
With rule
… all flesh come. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believ'dbelieved, Rom. 10.14. We can believe in none but God, Ergo, to him alone we must …
Thomas Horton · Choice and Practical Expositions on Four Select Psalms · p. 572 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stumble into a belief, that what they Preach is not much material to be believ'dbelieved, when they had rather it should not be Preach'd at all, than not under …
With rule
… stumble into a belief, that what they Preach is not much material to be believ'dbelieved, when they had rather it should not be Preach'd at all, than not under …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 106 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer A27600

Printed
… cannot be in this World, where this Glory is ſcorned and defied, and neither Believ'dBelieved nor Known. It cannot be after the Enemies of Chriſt are put quite down …
With rule
… cannot be in this World, where this Glory is ſcorned and defied, and neither Believ'dBelieved nor Known. It cannot be after the Enemies of Chriſt are put quite down …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
… that purpoſe. I onely Fear Prejudging without Hearing; I know I have not onely Believ'dBelieved, and therefore Spoken, but that I have Propheſied according to the Analogy of the …
With rule
… that purpoſe. I onely Fear Prejudging without Hearing; I know I have not onely Believ'dBelieved, and therefore Spoken, but that I have Propheſied according to the Analogy of the …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · Open in the reader

The Growth of Error A48862

Printed
… Believers from Unbelievers. — That this is the ſole Doctrine, Preſſed, and Required to be Believ'dBelieved in the whole Terour of our Saviours, and his Apoſtles Preaching we have ſhewed …
With rule
… Believers from Unbelievers. — That this is the ſole Doctrine, Preſſed, and Required to be Believ'dBelieved in the whole Terour of our Saviours, and his Apoſtles Preaching we have ſhewed …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 191 · Open in the reader

Letters of State A50909

Printed
… Interceſſions, if there be any Tye, any Charity or Communion of Religion to be Believ'dBelieved and Worſhipp'd, upon Conſultations duly firſt communicated to your Majeſty and the chief of …
With rule
… Interceſſions, if there be any Tye, any Charity or Communion of Religion to be Believ'dBelieved and Worſhipp'd, upon Conſultations duly firſt communicated to your Majeſty and the chief of …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 142 · Open in the reader

Heaven and Hell A60136

Printed
… Dead, and his Reſurrection was confirm'd by Five Hundred Witneſſes, and yet how few Believ'dBelieved it? We cannot have ſuch Certainty of a particular Apparition, as of the Reſurrection …
With rule
… Dead, and his Reſurrection was confirm'd by Five Hundred Witneſſes, and yet how few Believ'dBelieved it? We cannot have ſuch Certainty of a particular Apparition, as of the Reſurrection …
John Shower · Heaven and Hell · p. 123 · Open in the reader