Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9773 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

complain'dcomplained

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

Puritas changed it: 299 times in 199 works
Consistency: 98.6% (299 of 303)
Reach if approved: ~318 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: complained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 303 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (299 changes in 199 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 299)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… own appetites. Plain and wholesome food will not satisfie, as the lusting Israelites heretofore complain'dcomplained, that there was nothing but Manna before their Eyes, Numb. 11.6. Men labour to provoke …
With rule
… own appetites. Plain and wholesome food will not satisfie, as the lusting Israelites heretofore complain'dcomplained, that there was nothing but Manna before their Eyes, Numb. 11.6. Men labour to provoke …
Timothy Cruso · Discourses Upon the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there, nor indeed did he Atteſt at Keitering, as I am inform'd, but only complain'dcomplained that we took away his Hearers; It would have been fair to have put …
With rule
… there, nor indeed did he Atteſt at Keitering, as I am inform'd, but only complain'dcomplained that we took away his Hearers; It would have been fair to have put …
Richard Davis · Truth and Innocence Vindicated · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had called it ſo ſeveral times. Bleſſed Auſtin vvas not the man alone vvho complain'dcomplained of his Ferrea Voluntas; here are others vvith him vvho feel it as vvell …
With rule
… had called it ſo ſeveral times. Bleſſed Auſtin vvas not the man alone vvho complain'dcomplained of his Ferrea Voluntas; here are others vvith him vvho feel it as vvell …
Giles Firmin · The Real Christian · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church, and has no further affection to it. As Sion ſometimes fooliſhly and pettiſhly complain'dcomplained; The Lord has forſaken me, and my God has forgotten me, &c. Iſa. 49.14. Can …
With rule
… Church, and has no further affection to it. As Sion ſometimes fooliſhly and pettiſhly complain'dcomplained; The Lord has forſaken me, and my God has forgotten me, &c. Iſa. 49.14. Can …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a world of gold. Himselfe abhor'd that. And not long before his last sicknesse complain'dcomplained much against slattery, as a grievous iniquity of the times.
With rule
… a world of gold. Himselfe abhor'd that. And not long before his last sicknesse complain'dcomplained much against slattery, as a grievous iniquity of the times.
Robert Bolton · Death Judgment Hell and Heaven · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he had them, was ready to periſh with hunger, Luk. 15.13, 17. Of ſuch the Lord complain'dcomplained by the Prophet Haggai, Ye have ſown much, and bring in little: ye eat …
With rule
… he had them, was ready to periſh with hunger, Luk. 15.13, 17. Of ſuch the Lord complain'dcomplained by the Prophet Haggai, Ye have ſown much, and bring in little: ye eat …
Richard Alleine · The Best Remedies for the Worst of Maladies · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a pretence for Rebellion, as the Doctrine and Prophecy of Chriſts Kingdom, or be complain'dcomplained as dangerous to Government, or deſtructive to Humane Society.
With rule
… a pretence for Rebellion, as the Doctrine and Prophecy of Chriſts Kingdom, or be complain'dcomplained as dangerous to Government, or deſtructive to Humane Society.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
He confuted Marcion the Heretick; and the Valentinians: He complain'dcomplained to the Emperor Antoninus Pius of the cruelty of the Proconsul in Asia against …
With rule
He confuted Marcion the Heretick; and the Valentinians: He complain'dcomplained to the Emperor Antoninus Pius of the cruelty of the Proconsul in Asia against …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… Litigious Humours, ſaying, That it was for Chriſt's Servant to Suffer twice, before he Complain'dComplained once; that Religion was unſpirited without Love; and that Love was a blank without …
With rule
… Litigious Humours, ſaying, That it was for Chriſt's Servant to Suffer twice, before he Complain'dComplained once; that Religion was unſpirited without Love; and that Love was a blank without …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Twelve Single Sermons N01630

Printed
… that were in the uttermoſt parts of the camp. The People they Murmur'd and Complain'dComplained; and God heard it, He took exact Notice of all their repining, diſcontented, complaining …
With rule
… that were in the uttermoſt parts of the camp. The People they Murmur'd and Complain'dComplained; and God heard it, He took exact Notice of all their repining, diſcontented, complaining …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Twelve Single Sermons · p. 33 · Open in the reader