Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9746 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

adorn'dadorned

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

Puritas changed it: 275 times in 177 works
Consistency: 89.2% (275 of 308)
Reach if approved: ~324 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: adorned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 308 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (275 changes in 177 works, 89.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 275)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but get ſpirituall cloathing and riches, and you ſhall goe out of the world adorn'dadorned and enrich'd for ever, the cloathing of grace, the robe of righteouſneſſe, a veſture …
With rule
… but get ſpirituall cloathing and riches, and you ſhall goe out of the world adorn'dadorned and enrich'd for ever, the cloathing of grace, the robe of righteouſneſſe, a veſture …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
A Table, though never ſo richly adorn'dadorned, and furniſh'd with Food, differs (according to the Greek Proverb) nothing from a Manger …
With rule
A Table, though never ſo richly adorn'dadorned, and furniſh'd with Food, differs (according to the Greek Proverb) nothing from a Manger …
Francis Fuller · Words to Give to the Young Man Knowledge and Discretion · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… State began to look with a purer (though leſs Sanguine) complexion, when Queen Elizabeth adorn'dadorned the Crown, than when her Siſter wore it, yet even in Queen Elizabeths time …
With rule
… State began to look with a purer (though leſs Sanguine) complexion, when Queen Elizabeth adorn'dadorned the Crown, than when her Siſter wore it, yet even in Queen Elizabeths time …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many and notable vertues and wondrous effects, that so it might be honoured and adorn'dadorned with divers names, of which there is none, that may not be applied to …
With rule
… many and notable vertues and wondrous effects, that so it might be honoured and adorn'dadorned with divers names, of which there is none, that may not be applied to …
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
VII. NO, 'tis a Heart adorn'dadorned with the White Robe of Humility, crown'd with the Diadem of Love, fumigated by …
With rule
VII. NO, 'tis a Heart adorn'dadorned with the White Robe of Humility, crown'd with the Diadem of Love, fumigated by …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Pagan Worship was very pleasing to the flesh. The Magnificence of their Temples adorn'dadorned with the Trophies of Superstition, their Mysterious Ceremonies, their Musick, their Processions, their Images …
With rule
… the Pagan Worship was very pleasing to the flesh. The Magnificence of their Temples adorn'dadorned with the Trophies of Superstition, their Mysterious Ceremonies, their Musick, their Processions, their Images …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 434 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have the great Theatre of the Throne, and the whole Grandeur of it, and adorn'dadorned every way ſuitable to the Doctrine of the Goſpel, and as it were in …
With rule
… have the great Theatre of the Throne, and the whole Grandeur of it, and adorn'dadorned every way ſuitable to the Doctrine of the Goſpel, and as it were in …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
—ſhould be adorn'dadorned by the Regenerate. Page. 128.
With rule
—ſhould be adorn'dadorned by the Regenerate. Page. 128.
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

Printed
Were Form'd, Adorn'dAdorned, yea with what pauement rare,
With rule
Were Form'd, Adorn'dAdorned, yea with what pauement rare,
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
Adorn'dAdorned with Angels, that all tongues may say,
With rule
Adorn'dAdorned with Angels, that all tongues may say,
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Report A48858

Printed
… being Antinomian; I will paſs over the Delicate Language, with which the Rebuker hath Adorn'dAdorned his Diſcourſes, as what is becoming neither the Auguſt, and Sacred Matters treated on …
With rule
… being Antinomian; I will paſs over the Delicate Language, with which the Rebuker hath Adorn'dAdorned his Diſcourſes, as what is becoming neither the Auguſt, and Sacred Matters treated on …
Stephen Lobb · Defense of the Report · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… We must depart from (or out of) our own House (or nature, however Ciel'd, Adorn'dAdorned, Swept, Cleansed from the filth of flesh, and Garnished with Spiritual Light, or best …
With rule
… We must depart from (or out of) our own House (or nature, however Ciel'd, Adorn'dAdorned, Swept, Cleansed from the filth of flesh, and Garnished with Spiritual Light, or best …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 192 · Open in the reader

Comfortable Cordials Against Discomfortable Fears A70863

Printed
Adorn'dAdorned with theſe, Gods love thou ſhalt poſſeſſe.
With rule
Adorn'dAdorned with theſe, Gods love thou ſhalt poſſeſſe.
William Prynne · Comfortable Cordials Against Discomfortable Fears · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Adorn'dAdorned with theſe, Gods love thou ſhalt poſſeſſe.
With rule
Adorn'dAdorned with theſe, Gods love thou ſhalt poſſeſſe.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

Printed
Adorn'dAdorned with costly Robes,
With rule
Adorn'dAdorned with costly Robes,
Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 202 · Open in the reader