Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9740 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

weigh'dweighed

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

Puritas changed it: 188 times in 135 works
Consistency: 96.9% (188 of 194)
Reach if approved: ~204 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: weighed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 194 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (188 changes in 135 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 188)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Yet, if all matters were but wiſely weigh'dweighed,
With rule
Yet, if all matters were but wiſely weigh'dweighed,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no bad event, for ſuch a deed wherin valour, and ingenuity ſo much out-weigh'dweighed tranſgreſſion, eaſily made amends and preferr'd him to be a Centurion. Caeſar alſo is …
With rule
… no bad event, for ſuch a deed wherin valour, and ingenuity ſo much out-weigh'dweighed tranſgreſſion, eaſily made amends and preferr'd him to be a Centurion. Caeſar alſo is …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
By ſenſe are alwayes felt, weigh'dweighed, try'd and told.
With rule
By ſenſe are alwayes felt, weigh'dweighed, try'd and told.
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him choosing to endure the Crosse and despising the shame. On that Beam he weigh'dweighed them, and by that his choice declar'd the Pomps of this World far too …
With rule
… him choosing to endure the Crosse and despising the shame. On that Beam he weigh'dweighed them, and by that his choice declar'd the Pomps of this World far too …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… City or Community concerning which we ſhall by the Light of this Prophecy duly weigh'dweighed and conſider'd, be convinc'd; that It is the City ſymboliz'd, or ſet out by …
With rule
… City or Community concerning which we ſhall by the Light of this Prophecy duly weigh'dweighed and conſider'd, be convinc'd; that It is the City ſymboliz'd, or ſet out by …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Portion in the End, as Babylon will be, when her Plagues come to be weigh'dweighed and measur'd out in Proportion to her Ease, and Honour and Wealth, Rev. 18.7. How …
With rule
… Portion in the End, as Babylon will be, when her Plagues come to be weigh'dweighed and measur'd out in Proportion to her Ease, and Honour and Wealth, Rev. 18.7. How …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be) a Rational Service the Reſult of your own mature impartial, and well-weigh'dweighed Conſiderations. And what in this I ſay unto you, I would ſay more particularly …
With rule
… to be) a Rational Service the Reſult of your own mature impartial, and well-weigh'dweighed Conſiderations. And what in this I ſay unto you, I would ſay more particularly …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou didst rather choose to do that. And this consideration seems sometimes to have weigh'dweighed much with God himself, as we find he is brought in speaking Deut. 32. 26, 27. I …
With rule
… thou didst rather choose to do that. And this consideration seems sometimes to have weigh'dweighed much with God himself, as we find he is brought in speaking Deut. 32. 26, 27. I …
John Howe · The Right Use of The Name of God in Prayer · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 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.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
Weigh'dWeighed out, by Providence; and, that, by Grace,
With rule
Weigh'dWeighed out, by Providence; and, that, by Grace,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 95 · Open in the reader

The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment A27634

Printed
… not therefore the Lord is Slack, for He hath with Great Wiſdom Ballanc'd, and Weigh'dWeighed out for the Firſt Seventh Day Sabbath, a Sahbath of a 1000 Years; For the …
With rule
… not therefore the Lord is Slack, for He hath with Great Wiſdom Ballanc'd, and Weigh'dWeighed out for the Firſt Seventh Day Sabbath, a Sahbath of a 1000 Years; For the …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 14 · Open in the reader

A Prayer-Song A81112

Printed
Weigh'dWeighed with the Shekel of thy Sanctuary?
With rule
Weigh'dWeighed with the Shekel of thy Sanctuary?
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 80 · Open in the reader