Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9774 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

consum'dconsumed

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

Puritas changed it: 327 times in 199 works
Consistency: 91.8% (327 of 356)
Reach if approved: ~374 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: consumed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 356 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: consum (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (327 changes in 199 works, 91.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 327)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
To make it fit to be conſum'dconsumed againe:
With rule
To make it fit to be conſum'dconsumed againe:
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gomorrha, and their neighbouring villages or ſuburbs, which he adjudged to utter deſtruction, and conſum'dconsumed them by fire from heaven, and made them an exemplary ſpectacle and document to …
With rule
… Gomorrha, and their neighbouring villages or ſuburbs, which he adjudged to utter deſtruction, and conſum'dconsumed them by fire from heaven, and made them an exemplary ſpectacle and document to …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 416 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very ends almost burnt, which can do nothing but smoke, and will be quickly consum'dconsumed. By which the two Kings that were Adversaries to the Jews are understood as …
With rule
… very ends almost burnt, which can do nothing but smoke, and will be quickly consum'dconsumed. By which the two Kings that were Adversaries to the Jews are understood as …
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
Selfe fed, and selfe consum'dconsumed, if this faile
With rule
Selfe fed, and selfe consum'dconsumed, if this faile
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
Though life my spirits I consum'dconsumed to reach it.
With rule
Though life my spirits I consum'dconsumed to reach it.
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
… tranquillity. And by sleep, when the animal operations cease, the Spirits that were much consum'dconsumed in the service of the senses, are renewed, and united in assistance to the …
With rule
… tranquillity. And by sleep, when the animal operations cease, the Spirits that were much consum'dconsumed in the service of the senses, are renewed, and united in assistance to the …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
And ſin may be conſum'dconsumed by woe.
With rule
And ſin may be conſum'dconsumed by woe.
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
verse 7 For us consum'dconsumed thine anger hath, our might is much decai'd;
With rule
verse 7 For us consum'dconsumed thine anger hath, our might is much decai'd;
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Consum'dConsumed beneath one roofe in little space?
With rule
Consum'dConsumed beneath one roofe in little space?
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
Consum'dConsumed by fire. For this, the goods of some
With rule
Consum'dConsumed by fire. For this, the goods of some
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 213 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Conſum'dConsumed with wormes, he miſerably dy'd.
With rule
Conſum'dConsumed with wormes, he miſerably dy'd.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Banqueting House A47401

Printed
Consum'dConsumed you utterly.
With rule
Consum'dConsumed you utterly.
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
Consum'dConsumed to Ashes my Imperial City.
With rule
Consum'dConsumed to Ashes my Imperial City.
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 140 · Open in the reader

Zion in Distress A47607

Printed
Conſum'dConsumed to Aſhes my Imperial City.
With rule
Conſum'dConsumed to Aſhes my Imperial City.
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Melody A47611

Printed
Conſum'dConsumed you utterly.
With rule
Conſum'dConsumed you utterly.
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 26 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

Printed
Conſum'dConsumed that, on one beaſt, which to the poor
With rule
Conſum'dConsumed that, on one beaſt, which to the poor
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Hymns on Several Subjects A81996

Printed
Conſum'dConsumed ſhall be away,
With rule
Conſum'dConsumed ſhall be away,
Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

Printed
Consum'dConsumed and sweal'd away.
With rule
Consum'dConsumed and sweal'd away.
Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Incomprehensibleness of God N03669

Printed
… well ſtrike us dumb. If a Man ſpeak ſurely be ſhall be ſwallowed up: Conſum'dConsumed by the Flaſhes from the divine Shekinah if he ſpeak preſumptuouſly; or loſt in …
With rule
… well ſtrike us dumb. If a Man ſpeak ſurely be ſhall be ſwallowed up: Conſum'dConsumed by the Flaſhes from the divine Shekinah if he ſpeak preſumptuouſly; or loſt in …
Benjamin Colman · The Incomprehensibleness of God · p. 16 · Open in the reader