Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9771 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

breath'dbreathed

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

Puritas changed it: 243 times in 167 works
Consistency: 98.7% (243 of 246)
Reach if approved: ~258 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: breathed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 246 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (243 changes in 167 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 243)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But the sad Poet breath'dbreathed his sighes so deepe;
With rule
But the sad Poet breath'dbreathed his sighes so deepe;
George Wither · Nuptial Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reſurrection of the ſoule; and that is, when that ſoule, which was at firſt breath'dbreathed from God, and hath long ſuffered a baniſhment, a cloſe impriſonment in this body …
With rule
… Reſurrection of the ſoule; and that is, when that ſoule, which was at firſt breath'dbreathed from God, and hath long ſuffered a baniſhment, a cloſe impriſonment in this body …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he began the Christian persecution, and was baptiz'd in the first Martyr-blood, and breath'dbreathed out threatnings, so that nothing but thunder could out-voice him, and at last …
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… he began the Christian persecution, and was baptiz'd in the first Martyr-blood, and breath'dbreathed out threatnings, so that nothing but thunder could out-voice him, and at last …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 6 January 1660 · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… solid, and affectionate. He dipp'd his Words in his Soul, in warm Affections, and breath'dbreathed a Holy Fire into the Breasts of his Hearers: Of this many serious and …
With rule
… solid, and affectionate. He dipp'd his Words in his Soul, in warm Affections, and breath'dbreathed a Holy Fire into the Breasts of his Hearers: Of this many serious and …
William Bates · The Way to the Highest Honor · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all men being moſt obſtinate) yet he gave not over, he was not ſhort breath'dbreathed in the work of the Lord, but ſtill was importunate with them to look …
With rule
… all men being moſt obſtinate) yet he gave not over, he was not ſhort breath'dbreathed in the work of the Lord, but ſtill was importunate with them to look …
Thomas Cawton · The Life and Death of Thomas Cawton · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or ſhould be matter of humiliation to us, that we are ſhort-liv'd, ſhort breath'dbreathed creatures; we who were born into the world but the other day, ſhall in …
With rule
… or ſhould be matter of humiliation to us, that we are ſhort-liv'd, ſhort breath'dbreathed creatures; we who were born into the world but the other day, ſhall in …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the thoughts of the heart walk when the body walks. And as a ſtrong breath'dbreathed and well ſet man for wayfaring, ſhall foot it with greater ſleight and more …
With rule
… the thoughts of the heart walk when the body walks. And as a ſtrong breath'dbreathed and well ſet man for wayfaring, ſhall foot it with greater ſleight and more …
Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of loud-breath'dbreathed sighs, his leaden weight up sending,
With rule
Of loud-breath'dbreathed sighs, his leaden weight up sending,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 121 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Saints Sacrifice A01981

Printed
Breath'dBreathed from a generall mouth will weigh thee downe
With rule
Breath'dBreathed from a generall mouth will weigh thee downe
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Succeſſors) even to the End of the World, Mat. 28. 20. Now after his Reſurrection, He Breath'dBreathed on them, ſaying, Receive ye the Holy Ghoſt, Joh. 20. 22. as Adam received Life by …
With rule
… Succeſſors) even to the End of the World, Mat. 28. 20. Now after his Reſurrection, He Breath'dBreathed on them, ſaying, Receive ye the Holy Ghoſt, Joh. 20. 22. as Adam received Life by …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 372 · Open in the reader