Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9712 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

impos'dimposed

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

Puritas changed it: 249 times in 148 works
Consistency: 93.2% (249 of 267)
Reach if approved: ~281 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: imposed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 267 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (249 changes in 148 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 249)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Veracity: he is a witness brought into the Court, that cannot lie, nor be impos'dimposed upon, as saith the Apostle, be not deceived God is not mocked; Gal. 6. 7. Fifthly …
With rule
… Veracity: he is a witness brought into the Court, that cannot lie, nor be impos'dimposed upon, as saith the Apostle, be not deceived God is not mocked; Gal. 6. 7. Fifthly …
David Dickson · Truths Victory Over Error · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as it was to them, conſider theſe three things. 1. With what honour it was impos'dimposed. 2. What excellency it includes. 3. What reverence it deſerves.
With rule
… as it was to them, conſider theſe three things. 1. With what honour it was impos'dimposed. 2. What excellency it includes. 3. What reverence it deſerves.
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our Inner Man; What can we be the better for them? What to be impos'dimposed upon by so absurd a misconceit, and so repugnant to Scripture? Which so expresly …
With rule
… our Inner Man; What can we be the better for them? What to be impos'dimposed upon by so absurd a misconceit, and so repugnant to Scripture? Which so expresly …
John Howe · The Much Lamented Death of Queen Mary · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… put in his Limitations: And why may we not conceive that when a Parliament impos'dimposed upon us ſuch a Declaration as this, they did intend we ſhould ſubſcribe it …
With rule
… put in his Limitations: And why may we not conceive that when a Parliament impos'dimposed upon us ſuch a Declaration as this, they did intend we ſhould ſubſcribe it …
John Humfrey · The Third Step of a Non-Conformist · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
If this necessity, they talke of, were impos'dimposed by GOD, this reason were good: Usury is necessary, therefore lawfull. But sith men …
With rule
If this necessity, they talke of, were impos'dimposed by GOD, this reason were good: Usury is necessary, therefore lawfull. But sith men …
Robert Bolton · Discourse Concerning Usury · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Agreable to your own Nature, and that strict Law which your own Wisdome has impos'dimposed upon you, Not to pass a final judgment upon any thing, before you have …
With rule
… Agreable to your own Nature, and that strict Law which your own Wisdome has impos'dimposed upon you, Not to pass a final judgment upon any thing, before you have …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · Open in the reader
Printed
A penalty impos'dimposed on his backſliding Race.
With rule
A penalty impos'dimposed on his backſliding Race.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the people ſhall be taken from them: an Arbitrary Power ſet up, illegal Taxes impoſ'dimposed and onely force, and violence bear ſway.
With rule
… the people ſhall be taken from them: an Arbitrary Power ſet up, illegal Taxes impoſ'dimposed and onely force, and violence bear ſway.
John Canne · The Time of the End · p. 50 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… Inflicted by Reformed powers, either Civil, or Ecclesiastic; had not this Synagogue of Sathan Impos'dImposed upon them.
With rule
… Inflicted by Reformed powers, either Civil, or Ecclesiastic; had not this Synagogue of Sathan Impos'dImposed upon them.
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shut its Door; and so undoubtedly must be asham'd, that they had been so Impos'dImposed upon with the false Appearances of that Synagogue, whose Authority They would have impos'dimposed …
With rule
… shut its Door; and so undoubtedly must be asham'd, that they had been so Impos'dImposed upon with the false Appearances of that Synagogue, whose Authority They would have impos'dimposed …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 77 · Open in the reader

A Plea for the Non-Conformists A69915

Printed
… retained and kept out of due Reverence to … again▪ Theſe Ceremonies were retained or Impos'dImposed … and Equity of the Reformation, by … ſee they did not break Communion with them …
With rule
… retained and kept out of due Reverence to … again▪ Theſe Ceremonies were retained or Impos'dImposed … and Equity of the Reformation, by … ſee they did not break Communion with them …
Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould be a pattern to us, ſo as to have their Rites and Services Impos'dImposed upon us for our Ritual? And (2) whether there were not great Errors and Superſtitions …
With rule
… ſhould be a pattern to us, ſo as to have their Rites and Services Impos'dImposed upon us for our Ritual? And (2) whether there were not great Errors and Superſtitions …
Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 15 · Open in the reader