Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9792 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

expell'dexpel'd

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

Puritas changed it: 134 times in 92 works
Consistency: 97.8% (134 of 137)
Reach if approved: ~144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: expelled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 137 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (134 changes in 92 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… very probable that the Ringleader in the first Rebellion (for which they were immiedately expell'dexpel'd out of Heaven) is still the President of that infernal Society; he that gave …
With rule
… very probable that the Ringleader in the first Rebellion (for which they were immiedately expell'dexpel'd out of Heaven) is still the President of that infernal Society; he that gave …
Timothy Cruso · The Necessity and Advantage of an Early Victory Over Satan · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his preſumption therein. Next day the Visitor proceeds to cenſure. First Abbot Iago was expell'dexpel'd his Covent, and condemned to perpetuall impriſonment: it is thought it had coſt him …
With rule
… his preſumption therein. Next day the Visitor proceeds to cenſure. First Abbot Iago was expell'dexpel'd his Covent, and condemned to perpetuall impriſonment: it is thought it had coſt him …
Thomas Fuller · A Threefold Romance · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Peoples Prayers, but turn away disorderly from the Eucharist, shall be Excommunicated and expell'dexpel'd the Church, and not received again, till they confess their Fault, and shew Repentance …
With rule
… the Peoples Prayers, but turn away disorderly from the Eucharist, shall be Excommunicated and expell'dexpel'd the Church, and not received again, till they confess their Fault, and shew Repentance …
John Kettlewell · Worthy Communicating · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the dissolvers of Episcopacie. We see the same necessity in state affaires Brutns that expell'dexpel'd the Kings out of Rome, was for the time forc't to be as it …
With rule
… the dissolvers of Episcopacie. We see the same necessity in state affaires Brutns that expell'dexpel'd the Kings out of Rome, was for the time forc't to be as it …
John Milton · Of Prelatical Episcopacy · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
New Rome expell'dexpel'd her King, proud she the proud:
With rule
New Rome expell'dexpel'd her King, proud she the proud:
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when-ever we bid them, but they will scarce go so: they must be expell'dexpel'd by force and by slow degrees; we must fight for every inch of ground …
With rule
… when-ever we bid them, but they will scarce go so: they must be expell'dexpel'd by force and by slow degrees; we must fight for every inch of ground …
Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to it. Besides, a meer servile Fear is repugnant to Nature, and will be expell'dexpel'd if possible. Therefore, that we may be in the Fear of the Lord all …
With rule
… to it. Besides, a meer servile Fear is repugnant to Nature, and will be expell'dexpel'd if possible. Therefore, that we may be in the Fear of the Lord all …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
They'l be expell'dexpel'd, and banished without.
With rule
They'l be expell'dexpel'd, and banished without.
John Bond · Englands Rejoicing for the Parliaments Return · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Letters of State A50909

Printed
… where-ever the Confines of Portugal extend themſelves, you will Command 'em to be Expell'dExpel'd as well by Land as by Sea. Or if you are unwilling to proceed …
With rule
… where-ever the Confines of Portugal extend themſelves, you will Command 'em to be Expell'dExpel'd as well by Land as by Sea. Or if you are unwilling to proceed …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 26 · Open in the reader