Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9778 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

denounc'ddenounced

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

Puritas changed it: 92 times in 65 works
Consistency: 96.8% (92 of 95)
Reach if approved: ~100 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: denounced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 95 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (92 changes in 65 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 92)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… God's moſt holy and moſt excellent Law); as alſo in the threatnings which are denounc'ddenounced againſt it; and further in the dreadful Effects of it, both here and hereafter …
With rule
… God's moſt holy and moſt excellent Law); as alſo in the threatnings which are denounc'ddenounced againſt it; and further in the dreadful Effects of it, both here and hereafter …
Thomas Jacombe · Sermons Preached on Romans 8 · p. 541 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not his province: least a worse woe arrive him, for worse offending, then was denounc'ddenounced by our Saviour Matt. 23.23. against the Pharises: ye have forc'd the conscience, which was …
With rule
… not his province: least a worse woe arrive him, for worse offending, then was denounc'ddenounced by our Saviour Matt. 23.23. against the Pharises: ye have forc'd the conscience, which was …
John Milton · Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eliſha ſlay: That is, they ſhall periſh in another World; for the Prophet Eliſha denounc'ddenounced Eternal Judgments on thoſe who eſcap…d a Temporal Ruine, if they continued in …
With rule
… Eliſha ſlay: That is, they ſhall periſh in another World; for the Prophet Eliſha denounc'ddenounced Eternal Judgments on thoſe who eſcap…d a Temporal Ruine, if they continued in …
John Shower · Practical Reflections on the Late Earthquakes · p. xi · Open in the reader
Printed
… wa… marr'd; When the curse was denounce… against the serpent, and before it was denounc'ddenounced against the woman and the man, it was promised that the seed of the …
With rule
… wa… marr'd; When the curse was denounce… against the serpent, and before it was denounc'ddenounced against the woman and the man, it was promised that the seed of the …
Richard Eedes · Christ Exalted and Wisdom Justified · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Some ſuppoſe theſe laſt words, to refer to the 5. v. where a Curſe is denounc'ddenounced againſt thoſe that Truſt in Man; as if the Prophet had ſaid, Man is …
With rule
… Some ſuppoſe theſe laſt words, to refer to the 5. v. where a Curſe is denounc'ddenounced againſt thoſe that Truſt in Man; as if the Prophet had ſaid, Man is …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Dissuasive from Tavern Haunting and Excessive Drinking · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is an eternal Spirit. Noah was but an Inſtrument in His Hand. God early denounc'ddenounced dreadful Threatnings againſt the Iſraelites upon Condition of their Revolt and Apoſtacy, Lev 26.14. — 34. — If …
With rule
… is an eternal Spirit. Noah was but an Inſtrument in His Hand. God early denounc'ddenounced dreadful Threatnings againſt the Iſraelites upon Condition of their Revolt and Apoſtacy, Lev 26.14. — 34. — If …
Joseph Sewall · Repentance the Sure Way to Escape Destruction · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… together, and the onely true God having forsaken them: Now when the Prophet had denounc'ddenounced this state of Woe, which was to dwell with them so long as that …
With rule
… together, and the onely true God having forsaken them: Now when the Prophet had denounc'ddenounced this state of Woe, which was to dwell with them so long as that …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 29 May 1662 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I will give it him. What breaking words are here! Even a treble overturn denounc'ddenounced againſt the mighty. Thus ſaid the bleſſed Virgin while her ſoul was magnifying the …
With rule
… I will give it him. What breaking words are here! Even a treble overturn denounc'ddenounced againſt the mighty. Thus ſaid the bleſſed Virgin while her ſoul was magnifying the …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 681 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 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.