Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9700 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dispers'ddispersed

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

Puritas changed it: 95 times in 73 works
Consistency: 95.0% (95 of 100)
Reach if approved: ~105 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dispersed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 100 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 73 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by them propagating it to more, and if the cloud ever come to be dispers'ddispersed, their fame will appear with the brighter luster. But if none of this happen …
With rule
… by them propagating it to more, and if the cloud ever come to be dispers'ddispersed, their fame will appear with the brighter luster. But if none of this happen …
Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
So Bridg diſpers'ddispersed his fruitful beams whilſt here,
With rule
So Bridg diſpers'ddispersed his fruitful beams whilſt here,
William Bridge · The Freeness of the Grace and Love of God · Open in the reader
Printed
… are deſtroy'd to ſupport and maintain, is to be Meat for Worms, corrupted and diſpers'ddispersed we cannot tell where. Under the Apprehenſions of Death's feeding upon it after it.
With rule
… are deſtroy'd to ſupport and maintain, is to be Meat for Worms, corrupted and diſpers'ddispersed we cannot tell where. Under the Apprehenſions of Death's feeding upon it after it.
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Religion, and Loyalty were ſuch Eye-ſores, that all the Farrars fled away, and diſpers'ddispersed, and tock joyfully the ſpotling of their goods, Hebr. 10.34. All that they had reſtored …
With rule
… Religion, and Loyalty were ſuch Eye-ſores, that all the Farrars fled away, and diſpers'ddispersed, and tock joyfully the ſpotling of their goods, Hebr. 10.34. All that they had reſtored …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he marches to London; and dividing his Forces into ſeveral Bodies, ſets upon the diſpers'ddispersed and plundring Enemie, lad'n with ſpoile; from whom recovering the booty which they led …
With rule
… he marches to London; and dividing his Forces into ſeveral Bodies, ſets upon the diſpers'ddispersed and plundring Enemie, lad'n with ſpoile; from whom recovering the booty which they led …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their whole frames have been broke in pieces, and all their parts divided and dispers'ddispersed, they have still been generated anew, and rallied into the same specifick natures, which …
With rule
… their whole frames have been broke in pieces, and all their parts divided and dispers'ddispersed, they have still been generated anew, and rallied into the same specifick natures, which …
John Scott · The Christian Life Part 2 Volume 1 · p. 295 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Church into the Pope), and the Decrees of a Council cannot be universally dispers'ddispersed (or at least never use to be) but by Writing: And if Differences will …
With rule
… the Church into the Pope), and the Decrees of a Council cannot be universally dispers'ddispersed (or at least never use to be) but by Writing: And if Differences will …
John Tillotson · The Rule of Faith · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perſecution threatning Chriſtians either to arm themſelves, or in fear of being ſcatter'd and diſpers'ddispersed, took every occaſion to celebrate the Supper, and Juſtin Martyr ſignifies, that their ſolemn …
With rule
… perſecution threatning Chriſtians either to arm themſelves, or in fear of being ſcatter'd and diſpers'ddispersed, took every occaſion to celebrate the Supper, and Juſtin Martyr ſignifies, that their ſolemn …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Fall and Funeral of Northampton A39912

Printed
Diſpers'dDispersed, and ſhuffl'd multitudes among,
With rule
Diſpers'dDispersed, and ſhuffl'd multitudes among,
Simon Ford · The Fall and Funeral of Northampton · p. 8 · Open in the reader