Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9737 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tir'dtired

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

Puritas changed it: 96 times in 72 works
Consistency: 93.2% (96 of 103)
Reach if approved: ~108 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: tired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 103 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (96 changes in 72 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 96)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
First her I saw, when tir'dtired with hunting toyl,
With rule
First her I saw, when tir'dtired with hunting toyl,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
Soon after this, whether with eating tir'dtired,
With rule
Soon after this, whether with eating tir'dtired,
John Allison · Upon the Late Lamentable Fire in London · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
The tir'dtired Horſe when he comes neer home will mend
With rule
The tir'dtired Horſe when he comes neer home will mend
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
Shut Virgins eyes, whilst Love tir'dtired with delay,
With rule
Shut Virgins eyes, whilst Love tir'dtired with delay,
John Donne · Paradoxes Problems Essays Characters · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lay that the Goods might not be reſtor'd to the Heirs. Thus diſappointed and tir'dtired out with delays, and at length reduc'd to utmoſt Poverty, they are become ſuppliants …
With rule
… lay that the Goods might not be reſtor'd to the Heirs. Thus diſappointed and tir'dtired out with delays, and at length reduc'd to utmoſt Poverty, they are become ſuppliants …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will never be weary of being there. Here indeed we are quickly weary and tir'dtired out at the best of our comforts. A Man may lie in a Bed …
With rule
… will never be weary of being there. Here indeed we are quickly weary and tir'dtired out at the best of our comforts. A Man may lie in a Bed …
Samuel Slater · Funeral Sermon of William Rathband · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of finer fancies, chear up a tir'dtired mind!
With rule
Of finer fancies, chear up a tir'dtired mind!
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
And tir'dtired with search, discretion calls to bed.
With rule
And tir'dtired with search, discretion calls to bed.
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Tir'dTired Sisyphus sat on his resting stone,
With rule
Tir'dTired Sisyphus sat on his resting stone,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Tir'dTired in this toylsome way (my deep affection)
With rule
Tir'dTired in this toylsome way (my deep affection)
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 73 · Open in the reader

A Fathers Testament A39813

Printed
Tir'dTired let them still pursue their honours, riches,
With rule
Tir'dTired let them still pursue their honours, riches,
Phineas Fletcher · A Fathers Testament · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Remains A65835

Printed
TIr'dTired with a body, now at laſt
With rule
TIr'dTired with a body, now at laſt
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 128 · Open in the reader