Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9752 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

griev'dgrieved

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

Puritas changed it: 233 times in 153 works
Consistency: 96.2% (233 of 242)
Reach if approved: ~254 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grieved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 242 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (233 changes in 153 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 233)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Common-Laws; but if an erroneous Judgment be given before the Sheriffs, the party griev'dgrieved may ſue a Writ of Error, and remove it to the Huſtings, before the …
With rule
… Common-Laws; but if an erroneous Judgment be given before the Sheriffs, the party griev'dgrieved may ſue a Writ of Error, and remove it to the Huſtings, before the …
Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
But griev'dgrieved his foul, perſiſted in ſuch vice
With rule
But griev'dgrieved his foul, perſiſted in ſuch vice
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Majeſties Authority; and that what apprehenſions ſoever he may have of his being griev'dgrieved through any undue procedure, he cannot make any Appeal to any Foreign Power from …
With rule
… his Majeſties Authority; and that what apprehenſions ſoever he may have of his being griev'dgrieved through any undue procedure, he cannot make any Appeal to any Foreign Power from …
John Humfrey · A Reply to the Defense of Dr Stillingfleet · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ph╌ilo, with twelve years ſtudy hath been griev'dgrieved
With rule
Ph╌ilo, with twelve years ſtudy hath been griev'dgrieved
Thomas Lye · Reading and Spelling English Made Easy · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
For ſince that time more griev'dgrieved I am become,
With rule
For ſince that time more griev'dgrieved I am become,
George Wither · An Excellent Sonnet · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is something left of Principle and vigor in us, ere we have so griev'dgrieved Gods Spirit, that he do resolve to leave us utterly; and before the Devil …
With rule
… there is something left of Principle and vigor in us, ere we have so griev'dgrieved Gods Spirit, that he do resolve to leave us utterly; and before the Devil …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
158 I saw transgressours, and was griev'dgrieved, for they not keept thy word;
With rule
158 I saw transgressours, and was griev'dgrieved, for they not keept thy word;
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
That he fond man regards; for him be griev'dgrieved,
With rule
That he fond man regards; for him be griev'dgrieved,
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

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

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Griev'dGrieved for his changing of the Nicene faith.
With rule
Griev'dGrieved for his changing of the Nicene faith.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Griev'dGrieved at this change of manners and of mind
With rule
Griev'dGrieved at this change of manners and of mind
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 144 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Griev'dGrieved that they are not dead, and yet muſt dye.
With rule
Griev'dGrieved that they are not dead, and yet muſt dye.
John Donne · Poems · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Griev'dGrieved at this change of manners, and of minde:
With rule
Griev'dGrieved at this change of manners, and of minde:
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Britains Genius A96763

Printed
Griev'dGrieved was he, that, a Son might not be ſaved;
With rule
Griev'dGrieved was he, that, a Son might not be ſaved;
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 53 · Open in the reader