Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9755 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scorn'dscorned

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

Puritas changed it: 265 times in 181 works
Consistency: 96.0% (265 of 276)
Reach if approved: ~290 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scorned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 276 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (265 changes in 181 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 265)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
His Rule to Greece he ſcorn'dscorned ſhould be confin'd,
With rule
His Rule to Greece he ſcorn'dscorned ſhould be confin'd,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other brings home nothing but a company of pibble ſtones which makes him ſcorn'dscorned and jeer'd at by all his Neighbours; Oh! how would he be ready to …
With rule
… the other brings home nothing but a company of pibble ſtones which makes him ſcorn'dscorned and jeer'd at by all his Neighbours; Oh! how would he be ready to …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Two Treatises · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
Heavens Legacy, the busie world's scorn'dscorned ease!
With rule
Heavens Legacy, the busie world's scorn'dscorned ease!
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and to change our course of life for that which we have so long scorn'dscorned as foolishness. There are so many restitutions, reparations, satisfactions, and confessions to be made …
With rule
… and to change our course of life for that which we have so long scorn'dscorned as foolishness. There are so many restitutions, reparations, satisfactions, and confessions to be made …
Clement Ellis · The Necessity of Serious Consideration and Speedy Repentance · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
What in himselfe he scorn'dscorned, hee prais'd their kinde imbraces:
With rule
What in himselfe he scorn'dscorned, hee prais'd their kinde imbraces:
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
The more they ſlander'd, ſcorn'dscorned, and murthered;
With rule
The more they ſlander'd, ſcorn'dscorned, and murthered;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… betray the heart to downright vice, but his suggestions are shut out, and temtations scorn'dscorned, or at least avoided; then he will trouble them in their duties, he will …
With rule
… betray the heart to downright vice, but his suggestions are shut out, and temtations scorn'dscorned, or at least avoided; then he will trouble them in their duties, he will …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prevail'd with to prove the Canons Excommunications ipso facto lawful, when even Papists have scorn'dscorned all such doings; and when the learnedst of all their own admired men, that …
With rule
… prevail'd with to prove the Canons Excommunications ipso facto lawful, when even Papists have scorn'dscorned all such doings; and when the learnedst of all their own admired men, that …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Communion Defended Against Both Extremes · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

8 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
Scorn'dScorned love is death; loves mutuall wounds delighting:
With rule
Scorn'dScorned love is death; loves mutuall wounds delighting:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Scorn'dScorned Xerxes bated for his cruelty,
With rule
Scorn'dScorned Xerxes bated for his cruelty,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 109 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
But Scorn'dScorned to smell on their impoysn'd flowers:
With rule
But Scorn'dScorned to smell on their impoysn'd flowers:
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 223 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Mystical New-Creation Sun of everlasting Righteousness, Christ, as a Spiritual Bride-groom) is Scorn'dScorned, Hated, contradicted, Blasphem'd; and they, Persecuted and kill'd for't (by none, so much as …
With rule
… Mystical New-Creation Sun of everlasting Righteousness, Christ, as a Spiritual Bride-groom) is Scorn'dScorned, Hated, contradicted, Blasphem'd; and they, Persecuted and kill'd for't (by none, so much as …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… World, against them: No thing, No body for them. They are Men Wonder'd at, Scorn'dScorned, Hated, by all: Men of Contention with the whole Earth. The whole Earth (or …
With rule
… World, against them: No thing, No body for them. They are Men Wonder'd at, Scorn'dScorned, Hated, by all: Men of Contention with the whole Earth. The whole Earth (or …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 106 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Scorn'dScorned Xerxes, hated for his cruelty.
With rule
Scorn'dScorned Xerxes, hated for his cruelty.
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 105 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Scorn'dScorned, injur'd, and abus'd, as abject things,
With rule
Scorn'dScorned, injur'd, and abus'd, as abject things,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

Printed
Abus'd, Reproach'd and Scorn'dScorned
With rule
Abus'd, Reproach'd and Scorn'dScorned
Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 198 · Open in the reader