Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

declin'ddeclined

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

Puritas changed it: 129 times in 81 works
Consistency: 94.1% (129 of 137)
Reach if approved: ~144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: declined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 137 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (129 changes in 81 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 129)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Myſteries of Religion, compared with our preſent dayly practice, will teſtifie that we are declin'ddeclined and fallen.
With rule
… Myſteries of Religion, compared with our preſent dayly practice, will teſtifie that we are declin'ddeclined and fallen.
John Shower · Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which dull'd his Reaſon, and his heart declin'ddeclined
With rule
Which dull'd his Reaſon, and his heart declin'ddeclined
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
Our Sun's declin'ddeclined but promiſeth no morning,
With rule
Our Sun's declin'ddeclined but promiſeth no morning,
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very great Felicity, both by his Learning and Temper. If there were any that declin'ddeclined Discoursing with him, he improv'd that against them very much; urging (as he wrote …
With rule
… very great Felicity, both by his Learning and Temper. If there were any that declin'ddeclined Discoursing with him, he improv'd that against them very much; urging (as he wrote …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all times, and to ſome particular perſons be expedient, for this reaſon the Apoſtle declin'ddeclined the taking of Maintenance from the Church of Corinth; v. 15. I have uſed none …
With rule
… all times, and to ſome particular perſons be expedient, for this reaſon the Apoſtle declin'ddeclined the taking of Maintenance from the Church of Corinth; v. 15. I have uſed none …
John Bush · The Necessity and Reward of a Willing Mind · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make Brothers friends, and to be an equall Umpire betwixt them? Yet Christ himselfe declin'ddeclined the Imployment, as out of his Vocation, Luke 12.14. Who made me a Iudge or …
With rule
… make Brothers friends, and to be an equall Umpire betwixt them? Yet Christ himselfe declin'ddeclined the Imployment, as out of his Vocation, Luke 12.14. Who made me a Iudge or …
Thomas Fuller · Sermon of Reformation · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the power and authority in each Church, That is certainly pretended to (and not declin'ddeclined) by the Preſbyterian as well as the Prelatiſt, the onely Queſtion is, whether it …
With rule
… the power and authority in each Church, That is certainly pretended to (and not declin'ddeclined) by the Preſbyterian as well as the Prelatiſt, the onely Queſtion is, whether it …
Henry Hammond · Vindication of the Dissertations Concerning Episcopacy · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is that popular Pretence, that Nurſing is an Impediment to Fruitfulneſs, and to be declin'ddeclined by great Perſons for the better ſecuring of Succeſſion by a numerous Poſterity; for …
With rule
… is that popular Pretence, that Nurſing is an Impediment to Fruitfulneſs, and to be declin'ddeclined by great Perſons for the better ſecuring of Succeſſion by a numerous Poſterity; for …
Henry Newcome · The Complete Mother · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Accedence Commenced A50880

Printed
Declin'dDeclined.
With rule
Declin'dDeclined.
John Milton · Accedence Commenced · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
DEclin'dDeclined are those Words which have divers endings; as Homo a man, hominis of a …
With rule
DEclin'dDeclined are those Words which have divers endings; as Homo a man, hominis of a …
John Milton · Accedence Commenced · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
WOrds Declin'dDeclined have two Numbers, the Singular, and the Plural. The Singular speaketh but of one …
With rule
WOrds Declin'dDeclined have two Numbers, the Singular, and the Plural. The Singular speaketh but of one …
John Milton · Accedence Commenced · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
HItherto the Eight Parts of speech Declin'dDeclined and Undeclin'd have been spoken of single, and each one by it self: Now …
With rule
HItherto the Eight Parts of speech Declin'dDeclined and Undeclin'd have been spoken of single, and each one by it self: Now …
John Milton · Accedence Commenced · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Declin'dDeclined was hasting now with prone carreer
With rule
Declin'dDeclined was hasting now with prone carreer
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader