Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9777 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deform'ddeformed

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

Puritas changed it: 87 times in 69 works
Consistency: 93.5% (87 of 93)
Reach if approved: ~98 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deformed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 93 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 69 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wrath. Or did Job deliberate for a curſe? was he moulding and faſhioning ſo deform'ddeformed an iſſue as this in his thoughts ſo long? Yes, faith the Text, he …
With rule
… wrath. Or did Job deliberate for a curſe? was he moulding and faſhioning ſo deform'ddeformed an iſſue as this in his thoughts ſo long? Yes, faith the Text, he …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 327 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who are deform'ddeformed, as ſoon as e're they cloſe
With rule
Who are deform'ddeformed, as ſoon as e're they cloſe
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… than a living Perſon, a body ſtark Naked, black, hairy, of a meager and deform'ddeformed Countenance, hollow and diſtorted Eyes, which raiſed ſuch Compaſſion in them, that they proffer'd …
With rule
… than a living Perſon, a body ſtark Naked, black, hairy, of a meager and deform'ddeformed Countenance, hollow and diſtorted Eyes, which raiſed ſuch Compaſſion in them, that they proffer'd …
James Janeway · A Token for Mariners · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
E're Stains of Error had her Meen deform'ddeformed,
With rule
E're Stains of Error had her Meen deform'ddeformed,
John Tutchin · A Congratulatory Poem to John Tillotson · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
And Abſalom was moſt deform'ddeformed within;
With rule
And Abſalom was moſt deform'ddeformed within;
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… that when there was nothing lovely in you, when he saw you the most deform'ddeformed Creatures in the World. There was no Likeness between God and thee. Similis simile …
With rule
… that when there was nothing lovely in you, when he saw you the most deform'ddeformed Creatures in the World. There was no Likeness between God and thee. Similis simile …
Stephen Charnock · Two Discourses · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… accounted such. In Gods eyes every wicked person is the same thing as a deform'ddeformed creature with his nakedness shamefully uncover'd and prostituted. This is clear out of those …
With rule
… accounted such. In Gods eyes every wicked person is the same thing as a deform'ddeformed creature with his nakedness shamefully uncover'd and prostituted. This is clear out of those …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
The birth of Nature was deform'ddeformed by ſin:
With rule
The birth of Nature was deform'ddeformed by ſin:
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 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.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Deform'dDeformed, distorted, blinde in shining light;
With rule
Deform'dDeformed, distorted, blinde in shining light;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Wried, Deform'dDeformed, and wrinkled as we see,
With rule
Wried, Deform'dDeformed, and wrinkled as we see,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader