Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9729 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reproach'dreproached

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

Puritas changed it: 108 times in 77 works
Consistency: 93.1% (108 of 116)
Reach if approved: ~122 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reproached
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 116 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: reproach (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (108 changes in 77 works, 93.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a lamp to his feet, Ver. 105. And he had wherewith to anſwer him that reproach'dreproached him (the accuſer of the Brethren) becauſe he truſted in his Word, Verſ. 41, 42. God …
With rule
… a lamp to his feet, Ver. 105. And he had wherewith to anſwer him that reproach'dreproached him (the accuſer of the Brethren) becauſe he truſted in his Word, Verſ. 41, 42. God …
Ralph Venning · Christs School · p. 359 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paſſions) before beſtiality and villany, before the foreign, the infamous affections which nature itſelf hath reproach'dreproached and branded, that the preſerving our bodies the temples of the holy Ghoſt, may …
With rule
… paſſions) before beſtiality and villany, before the foreign, the infamous affections which nature itſelf hath reproach'dreproached and branded, that the preſerving our bodies the temples of the holy Ghoſt, may …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 519 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both miniſter and People, when they will not ſpeak for Chriſt's cauſe when it's reproach'dreproached, for fear of hazard: this is to ſeek to ſave their life by omitting …
With rule
… both miniſter and People, when they will not ſpeak for Chriſt's cauſe when it's reproach'dreproached, for fear of hazard: this is to ſeek to ſave their life by omitting …
William Guthrie · Heads of Sermons 17 August 1662 · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for Chriſts ſake, and deſpiſed: 'Tis part of the Croſs of Chriſt to be reproach'dreproached for his ſake, 1 Pet. 4. 14. But here's Comfort in ſuch a caſe in the conſideration …
With rule
… for Chriſts ſake, and deſpiſed: 'Tis part of the Croſs of Chriſt to be reproach'dreproached for his ſake, 1 Pet. 4. 14. But here's Comfort in ſuch a caſe in the conſideration …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Best Treasure · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then either death, or a ſpeedy deliverance. That our Tears, Prayers and Sighings are reproach'dreproached, it hath brought the Work to the Birth. Ah! how Zion now travels, as …
With rule
… then either death, or a ſpeedy deliverance. That our Tears, Prayers and Sighings are reproach'dreproached, it hath brought the Work to the Birth. Ah! how Zion now travels, as …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lam. 1. 7. and the sanctification of them represented as only a Cloak for Idleness. Sacraments reproach'dreproached, and the Sacred Memorial of Christ's Death and Sufferings, by the Persecutors of the …
With rule
… Lam. 1. 7. and the sanctification of them represented as only a Cloak for Idleness. Sacraments reproach'dreproached, and the Sacred Memorial of Christ's Death and Sufferings, by the Persecutors of the …
Matthew Henry · Meekness and Quietness of Spirit · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the outſide of the Platter; if he can but keep his name from being reproach'dreproached by men, he cares not though his Heart be grievouſly defiled before God, Should …
With rule
… the outſide of the Platter; if he can but keep his name from being reproach'dreproached by men, he cares not though his Heart be grievouſly defiled before God, Should …
Benjamin Keach · The Travels of True Godliness · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have me and theſe, thou muſt be content to ſuffer for me, to be reproach'dreproached, to be perſecuted, to be impriſoned, yea, to be killed all the day long …
With rule
… have me and theſe, thou muſt be content to ſuffer for me, to be reproach'dreproached, to be perſecuted, to be impriſoned, yea, to be killed all the day long …
Edward Pearse · The Best Match · p. 253 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry A25212

Printed
… Men but believe their Credenda, and practise the Agenda, and they shall never be Reproach'dReproached by me, for not practising their Creed, whether it be Old or New.
With rule
… Men but believe their Credenda, and practise the Agenda, and they shall never be Reproach'dReproached by me, for not practising their Creed, whether it be Old or New.
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 22 · Open in the reader