Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9783 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

displeas'ddispleased

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

Puritas changed it: 174 times in 115 works
Consistency: 97.2% (174 of 179)
Reach if approved: ~188 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: displeased
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 179 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (174 changes in 115 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 174)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… them to be a People given up to ruine without remedy; therefore he was displeas'ddispleased at God's reversing of the threatning and sparing of the City, lest the honour …
With rule
… them to be a People given up to ruine without remedy; therefore he was displeas'ddispleased at God's reversing of the threatning and sparing of the City, lest the honour …
Timothy Cruso · The Period of Human Life Determined by Divine Will · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… differ from us only in their apprehensions about little things. John's Disciples were hugely displeas'ddispleased because Christ's Disciples did not fast so often as they did, and quarrel'd with …
With rule
… differ from us only in their apprehensions about little things. John's Disciples were hugely displeas'ddispleased because Christ's Disciples did not fast so often as they did, and quarrel'd with …
Matthew Henry · Inquiry into the True Nature of Schism · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scandaliz'd, according to the general sense of the word in Scripture; only they are displeas'ddispleased, offended and angry, but without any just cause, and therefore not to be justified …
With rule
… Scandaliz'd, according to the general sense of the word in Scripture; only they are displeas'ddispleased, offended and angry, but without any just cause, and therefore not to be justified …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. XXXI · Open in the reader
Printed
… they be Sainted and un-Sainted toties quoties, as oft as they pleas'd or diſpleas'ddispleased the people; for ſo has been the manuer of men. Who cannot inſtance in …
With rule
… they be Sainted and un-Sainted toties quoties, as oft as they pleas'd or diſpleas'ddispleased the people; for ſo has been the manuer of men. Who cannot inſtance in …
Samuel Rolle · Loyalty and Peace · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That when we ſhall come into the other World, we may not be eternally diſpleas'ddispleased with our ſelves, and enrag'd at our own doings; but may carry with us …
With rule
… That when we ſhall come into the other World, we may not be eternally diſpleas'ddispleased with our ſelves, and enrag'd at our own doings; but may carry with us …
John Tillotson · Sermon on 27 February 1690 · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
Frown'd as displeas'ddispleased, with such a hainous deed,
With rule
Frown'd as displeas'ddispleased, with such a hainous deed,
George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader
Printed
… who have bin instrumental to their privacies, none of them all being to be displeas'ddispleased for fear of blabbing: and when 'tis remembred, what a sort of cattel they …
With rule
… who have bin instrumental to their privacies, none of them all being to be displeas'ddispleased for fear of blabbing: and when 'tis remembred, what a sort of cattel they …
Richard Allestree · The Ladys Calling · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
The King diſpleas'ddispleased at York, himſelf abſents,
With rule
The King diſpleas'ddispleased at York, himſelf abſents,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 198 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 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.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Displeas'dDispleased that I approach thee thus, and gaze
With rule
Displeas'dDispleased that I approach thee thus, and gaze
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Invitations to the Gospel Feast N01506

Printed
… I ſay, when they deal thus plainly with you, will you be Angry and Diſpleas'dDispleased with them? Will you Revile and Reproach them, for condemning your beloved ways of …
With rule
… I ſay, when they deal thus plainly with you, will you be Angry and Diſpleas'dDispleased with them? Will you Revile and Reproach them, for condemning your beloved ways of …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 85 · Open in the reader