Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9699 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dispens'ddispensed

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

Puritas changed it: 84 times in 63 works
Consistency: 97.6% (84 of 86)
Reach if approved: ~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dispensed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 86 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 63 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and authority of this Law, and although the Covenant of Grace was ſome way diſpens'ddispensed though darkly, whereby it appeared that ſome were exempt from the Curſe of the …
With rule
… and authority of this Law, and although the Covenant of Grace was ſome way diſpens'ddispensed though darkly, whereby it appeared that ſome were exempt from the Curſe of the …
Nicholas Noyes · New Englands Duty · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… comes upon Children, but for their own ſins; but for Temporal Curſes they are diſpens'ddispensed in a way of prerogative, and the Lord will lay thoſe Curſes upon Children …
With rule
… comes upon Children, but for their own ſins; but for Temporal Curſes they are diſpens'ddispensed in a way of prerogative, and the Lord will lay thoſe Curſes upon Children …
William Strong · A Discourse of the Two Covenants · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
Prerogative hath thus diſpenſ'ddispensed with thee,
With rule
Prerogative hath thus diſpenſ'ddispensed with thee,
John Donne · Poems · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sometimes, by grace, may be diſpens'ddispensed withall.
With rule
Sometimes, by grace, may be diſpens'ddispensed withall.
George Wither · A Sudden Flash · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them whoſe Sins are pardon'd, this great Benefit is free; yet is it ſo diſpens'ddispensed, that GOD's Juſtice and Grace are glorified together. Rom. iii. 26.—That he might be …
With rule
… them whoſe Sins are pardon'd, this great Benefit is free; yet is it ſo diſpens'ddispensed, that GOD's Juſtice and Grace are glorified together. Rom. iii. 26.—That he might be …
Joseph Sewall · Christ Victorious Over the Powers of Darkness · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Heaven was from the application of his Merits to them. But the Reward is dispens'ddispensed from God according to the Evangelical Law; not only as a Magnificent Prince, but …
With rule
… Heaven was from the application of his Merits to them. But the Reward is dispens'ddispensed from God according to the Evangelical Law; not only as a Magnificent Prince, but …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be content to do ſome part of what GOD willeth, provided they might be diſpens'ddispensed with for the reſt; as for example, to believe the truth which GOD hath …
With rule
… be content to do ſome part of what GOD willeth, provided they might be diſpens'ddispensed with for the reſt; as for example, to believe the truth which GOD hath …
Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or of the City, which Augustus was careful to keep in great price, and dispens'ddispensed so very sparingly; others, of Dignity. And in Dignities, the several Degrees had their …
With rule
… or of the City, which Augustus was careful to keep in great price, and dispens'ddispensed so very sparingly; others, of Dignity. And in Dignities, the several Degrees had their …
John Kettlewell · Christianity a Doctrine of the Cross · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
3. Theſe Miraculous Powers were Diſpens'dDispensed in a Frequency, in a Continued Daylineſs, in an univerſality; we find our Lord …
With rule
3. Theſe Miraculous Powers were Diſpens'dDispensed in a Frequency, in a Continued Daylineſs, in an univerſality; we find our Lord …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 90 · Open in the reader