Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9715 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lay'dlaid

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

Puritas changed it: 223 times in 145 works
Consistency: 98.2% (223 of 227)
Reach if approved: ~239 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: laid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 227 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (223 changes in 145 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 223)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but he ſhewes thy dulneſſe, & blindneſs, that thou knoweſt it not, when it is lay'dlaid before thee. I would it were not worſe then ſo. Yes yes: it is …
With rule
… but he ſhewes thy dulneſſe, & blindneſs, that thou knoweſt it not, when it is lay'dlaid before thee. I would it were not worſe then ſo. Yes yes: it is …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 248 · Open in the reader
Printed
The review of the comparison before lay'dlaid down will explain this to you: A Prince bestoweth a Lordship upon a Slave …
With rule
The review of the comparison before lay'dlaid down will explain this to you: A Prince bestoweth a Lordship upon a Slave …
Richard Baxter · Aphorisms of Justification · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
And now there being ſuch a Foundation lay'dlaid in that, which is Agreed among all Chriſtians, if there ſhall be Any Inducement …
With rule
And now there being ſuch a Foundation lay'dlaid in that, which is Agreed among all Chriſtians, if there ſhall be Any Inducement …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the torments provided for you? She anſwered, Theſe pains I ſuffer as the burden lay'dlaid upon our Sex for the ſin of our firſt Mother; but in that conflict …
With rule
… the torments provided for you? She anſwered, Theſe pains I ſuffer as the burden lay'dlaid upon our Sex for the ſin of our firſt Mother; but in that conflict …
Zachary Cawdrey · A Preparation for Martyrdom · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day, Life and Good, Death and Evil, that is, I have clearly shewed, and lay'dlaid before thee what is the cause and original of each, or for what cause …
With rule
… day, Life and Good, Death and Evil, that is, I have clearly shewed, and lay'dlaid before thee what is the cause and original of each, or for what cause …
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… loved us, loved us and waſhed us in his own blood, loved us and lay'dlaid down his life for us, loved us dearly, and ſtrongly, loved us even above …
With rule
… loved us, loved us and waſhed us in his own blood, loved us and lay'dlaid down his life for us, loved us dearly, and ſtrongly, loved us even above …
William Greenhill · The Sound-Hearted Christian · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gen. 1.14. and therefore could not praiſe God when the foundations of the earth were lay'dlaid: to this they anſwer; firſt, that no more is here intended, but that they …
With rule
… Gen. 1.14. and therefore could not praiſe God when the foundations of the earth were lay'dlaid: to this they anſwer; firſt, that no more is here intended, but that they …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 270 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nor durſt he there appear in Court, being threaten'd as he was, and way-lay'dlaid by his Adverſaries: We therefore requeſt your Highneſs, that you would vouchſafe your Aſſiſtance …
With rule
… Nor durſt he there appear in Court, being threaten'd as he was, and way-lay'dlaid by his Adverſaries: We therefore requeſt your Highneſs, that you would vouchſafe your Aſſiſtance …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 287 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 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
… to Time in thoſe Prophecies, and wherein the preciſeneſs of Times is Depoſited and Lay'dLaid up, is of Private Interpretation.
With rule
… to Time in thoſe Prophecies, and wherein the preciſeneſs of Times is Depoſited and Lay'dLaid up, is of Private Interpretation.
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy A76491

Printed
… to Time in thoſe Prophecies, and wherein the preciſeneſs of Times is Depoſited and Lay'dLaid up, is of Private Interpretation.
With rule
… to Time in thoſe Prophecies, and wherein the preciſeneſs of Times is Depoſited and Lay'dLaid up, is of Private Interpretation.
Thomas Beverley · The Great Charter for the Interpretation of All Prophecy · p. 2 · Open in the reader