Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9781 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

discern'ddiscerned

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

Puritas changed it: 277 times in 166 works
Consistency: 96.1% (277 of 288)
Reach if approved: ~303 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: discerned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 288 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (277 changes in 166 works, 96.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 277)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this Kingdome are known to have taken into their cognizance, or conſideration; but withall, diſcern'ddiscerned the cheerfull and hoſpitable reception of one meane Perſons advice, which pretended to have …
With rule
… this Kingdome are known to have taken into their cognizance, or conſideration; but withall, diſcern'ddiscerned the cheerfull and hoſpitable reception of one meane Perſons advice, which pretended to have …
Henry Hammond · Letter to Lord Fairfax · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they are spiritually discern'ddiscerned, he hath none of that faculty by which they are discern'ddiscerned, there is a vast disproportion betwixt those things, and Natures highest Capacity, it cannot …
With rule
… they are spiritually discern'ddiscerned, he hath none of that faculty by which they are discern'ddiscerned, there is a vast disproportion betwixt those things, and Natures highest Capacity, it cannot …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… himſelfe in a glaſſe, to ſee how like a foole he ſtood; But he diſcern'ddiscerned more then ſo, that he ſtood, not like George on Horſebacke, though that is …
With rule
… himſelfe in a glaſſe, to ſee how like a foole he ſtood; But he diſcern'ddiscerned more then ſo, that he ſtood, not like George on Horſebacke, though that is …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor could perceive, b'ing ſp'rit'ally diſcern'ddiscerned.
With rule
Nor could perceive, b'ing ſp'rit'ally diſcern'ddiscerned.
John Bastwick · The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries · Open in the reader
Printed
Many useful Rules are laid down by Divines, whereby true Grace may be discern'ddiscerned from Counterfeit: but the plainest Trial and Level to the perception of the lowest …
With rule
Many useful Rules are laid down by Divines, whereby true Grace may be discern'ddiscerned from Counterfeit: but the plainest Trial and Level to the perception of the lowest …
William Bates · A Sure Trial of Uprightness · Open in the reader
Printed
4. Our Fathers diſcern'ddiscerned a prodigious neglect of the Functions of the Miniſtry joyn'd with that Covetouſneſs. For …
With rule
4. Our Fathers diſcern'ddiscerned a prodigious neglect of the Functions of the Miniſtry joyn'd with that Covetouſneſs. For …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… god, nor worſhip thine image. Certainly, without the practiſe, it is ſcarce to be diſcern'ddiscerned, what eaſe and what profit there is, in propoſing certain and good Examples to …
With rule
… god, nor worſhip thine image. Certainly, without the practiſe, it is ſcarce to be diſcern'ddiscerned, what eaſe and what profit there is, in propoſing certain and good Examples to …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 365 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould bear falſe Witneſs, if I did not confeſs, that your Decency which I diſcern'ddiscerned at that Holy Duty was very allowable in the Conſecrator and Receivers.
With rule
… ſhould bear falſe Witneſs, if I did not confeſs, that your Decency which I diſcern'ddiscerned at that Holy Duty was very allowable in the Conſecrator and Receivers.
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 210 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… that the Miſcheif which comes by it, it is not eaſily found out, and Diſcern'dDiscerned, that's a great Aggravation of any Miſcheif, becauſe prevents all Remedies which might be …
With rule
… that the Miſcheif which comes by it, it is not eaſily found out, and Diſcern'dDiscerned, that's a great Aggravation of any Miſcheif, becauſe prevents all Remedies which might be …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 75 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… this Opportunity, not in the Day-time, leaſt his Deed of Darkneſs ſhould be Diſcern'dDiscerned and Deteſted; nor in the City, leaſt ſome good Citizens ſhould make a Reſcue …
With rule
… this Opportunity, not in the Day-time, leaſt his Deed of Darkneſs ſhould be Diſcern'dDiscerned and Deteſted; nor in the City, leaſt ſome good Citizens ſhould make a Reſcue …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 361 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
(Diſcern'dDiscerned but here & there) have nought effected,
With rule
(Diſcern'dDiscerned but here & there) have nought effected,
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 115 · Open in the reader