Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9727 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rear'dreared

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 51 works
Consistency: 93.6% (74 of 79)
Reach if approved: ~83 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reared
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 79 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 51 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Church, the house which himselfe hath built, hauing purchased it with his blood, rear'dreared it vp with his spirit, preseruing it by his power, therefore he is justly …
With rule
… the Church, the house which himselfe hath built, hauing purchased it with his blood, rear'dreared it vp with his spirit, preseruing it by his power, therefore he is justly …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
So were the people: Altars straight were rear'dreared
With rule
So were the people: Altars straight were rear'dreared
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
The pillars rear'dreared whereon this frame is ſtaid.
With rule
The pillars rear'dreared whereon this frame is ſtaid.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alledged infallibility being overturned, all the rotten and tottering superstructure of his false doctrines rear'dreared up thereon, as so many castles of come-downe, must needs fall to the …
With rule
… alledged infallibility being overturned, all the rotten and tottering superstructure of his false doctrines rear'dreared up thereon, as so many castles of come-downe, must needs fall to the …
James Durham · The Blessedness of the Death of These that Die in the Lord · Open in the reader
Printed
Who piteous of her woes, rear'dreared her lank head,
With rule
Who piteous of her woes, rear'dreared her lank head,
John Milton · Poems · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
A City ſhall be rear'dreared in one days ſpace
With rule
A City ſhall be rear'dreared in one days ſpace
Benjamin Tompson · Sad and Deplorable News from New England · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhew his zeal for God, in building a houſe for his worſhip, that had rear'dreared a throne for him, 2 Sam. 7. And is there nothing (Chriſtian) thou canſt think on …
With rule
… ſhew his zeal for God, in building a houſe for his worſhip, that had rear'dreared a throne for him, 2 Sam. 7. And is there nothing (Chriſtian) thou canſt think on …
William Gurnall · The Christians in Complete Armor · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhere he hath rear'dreared himſelf a Monument,
With rule
VVhere he hath rear'dreared himſelf a Monument,
Urian Oakes · Elegy Upon the Death of Reverend Thomas Shepherd · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 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.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Rear'dReared in Azotus, dreaded through the Coast
With rule
Rear'dReared in Azotus, dreaded through the Coast
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
Rear'dReared high thir flourisht heads between, and
With rule
Rear'dReared high thir flourisht heads between, and
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… they reſted long there, almoſt a whole year, wherein they Received the Law, and Rear'dReared the Tabernacle; to ſhew by their removing thence, that the Law is not for …
With rule
… they reſted long there, almoſt a whole year, wherein they Received the Law, and Rear'dReared the Tabernacle; to ſhew by their removing thence, that the Law is not for …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 464 · Open in the reader