Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9717 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

measur'dmeasured

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

Puritas changed it: 123 times in 94 works
Consistency: 93.1% (123 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: measured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (123 changes in 94 works, 93.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 123)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a famin upon our minds again, when we shall know nothing but what is measur'dmeasured to us by their bushel? Beleeve it, Lord and Commons, they who counsell ye …
With rule
… a famin upon our minds again, when we shall know nothing but what is measur'dmeasured to us by their bushel? Beleeve it, Lord and Commons, they who counsell ye …
John Milton · Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… part of their Cornice on the top. The Building, to which they belonged, I meaſur'dmeasured the Area of, as near as I could conjecture, and found it near a …
With rule
… part of their Cornice on the top. The Building, to which they belonged, I meaſur'dmeasured the Area of, as near as I could conjecture, and found it near a …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
Can't meaſur'dmeasured be by our capacities.
With rule
Can't meaſur'dmeasured be by our capacities.
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of this Amalekite therfore was not guilty, his tongue was: Had not this meſſenger meaſur'dmeasured Dauids foot, by his owne laſt, hee had forborne this peece of the newes …
With rule
… of this Amalekite therfore was not guilty, his tongue was: Had not this meſſenger meaſur'dmeasured Dauids foot, by his owne laſt, hee had forborne this peece of the newes …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shuts the door upon us, and the happiness and misery of it is not measur'dmeasured by time, but the one excludes all fear, the other all hope of Change …
With rule
… shuts the door upon us, and the happiness and misery of it is not measur'dmeasured by time, but the one excludes all fear, the other all hope of Change …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That the Forty Two Months of the Beaſt are Lunar Time, and muſt be meaſur'dmeasured according to the time of the Sun, or the Twelve hundred and ſixty Years …
With rule
… That the Forty Two Months of the Beaſt are Lunar Time, and muſt be meaſur'dmeasured according to the time of the Sun, or the Twelve hundred and ſixty Years …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
It shall be measur'dmeasured unto you agen.
With rule
It shall be measur'dmeasured unto you agen.
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Creatures upon the face of it, that poured out the great Deeps, and meaſur'dmeasured them all in the hollow of my hand, that ride upon the wings of …
With rule
… the Creatures upon the face of it, that poured out the great Deeps, and meaſur'dmeasured them all in the hollow of my hand, that ride upon the wings of …
Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 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.

The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary A27621

Printed
… the Firſt Trumpet, the Apoſtaſie of 1260 Days or Years entred; Then that Temple was Meaſur'dMeasured, and ſhut, c. 11. 1. and the Court without caſt to the Gentiles to be Trodden …
With rule
… the Firſt Trumpet, the Apoſtaſie of 1260 Days or Years entred; Then that Temple was Meaſur'dMeasured, and ſhut, c. 11. 1. and the Court without caſt to the Gentiles to be Trodden …
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · Open in the reader
Printed
The Pattern of the Divine Temple, Sanctuary, and City of the New Jeruſalem, Meaſur'dMeasured according to Ezekiels Laſt, and Greateſt Viſion, c. 40. c. 41. &c. to the End.
With rule
The Pattern of the Divine Temple, Sanctuary, and City of the New Jeruſalem, Meaſur'dMeasured according to Ezekiels Laſt, and Greateſt Viſion, c. 40. c. 41. &c. to the End.
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Annointed, hath been yet Reſerv'd in Heaven, and was by Reaſon of the Apoſtaſie, Meaſur'dMeasured, and ſhut up, and not ſeen, till the Seventh Trumpet; nor ſhall It Come …
With rule
… Annointed, hath been yet Reſerv'd in Heaven, and was by Reaſon of the Apoſtaſie, Meaſur'dMeasured, and ſhut up, and not ſeen, till the Seventh Trumpet; nor ſhall It Come …
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… breadth Run through All; And when this Admirable Pattern ſhall be fully Anatomiz'd, and Meaſur'dMeasured; It will draw freely much higher Hallelujahs, then the Beholding the wonders of the …
With rule
… breadth Run through All; And when this Admirable Pattern ſhall be fully Anatomiz'd, and Meaſur'dMeasured; It will draw freely much higher Hallelujahs, then the Beholding the wonders of the …
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now Theſe Waters were Four Times Meaſur'dMeasured by a Line, viz. the Line of Flax Recorded, c. 40. 10. and mention'd on this …
With rule
Now Theſe Waters were Four Times Meaſur'dMeasured by a Line, viz. the Line of Flax Recorded, c. 40. 10. and mention'd on this …
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Measur'dMeasured by Cubit, length, & breadth, and highth,
With rule
Measur'dMeasured by Cubit, length, & breadth, and highth,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Measur'dMeasured this transient World, the Race of time,
With rule
Measur'dMeasured this transient World, the Race of time,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader