Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9795 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fac'dfaced

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

Puritas changed it: 178 times in 132 works
Consistency: 95.7% (178 of 186)
Reach if approved: ~195 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: faced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 186 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 132 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Muſt Hag-fac'dfaced Envy, and foul-tongu'd Detraction,
With rule
Muſt Hag-fac'dfaced Envy, and foul-tongu'd Detraction,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be out the way, for he is very ſhame-fac'dfaced
With rule
Be out the way, for he is very ſhame-fac'dfaced
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
Sure Sinne's the parent of this pale-fac'dfaced foe;
With rule
Sure Sinne's the parent of this pale-fac'dfaced foe;
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Of not receiving back into a Sufferance or Toleration the open, bare-fac'dfaced, avow'd Sins of Spiritual Sodom, and its Impurities, ſeeing the Providence of God hath …
With rule
2. Of not receiving back into a Sufferance or Toleration the open, bare-fac'dfaced, avow'd Sins of Spiritual Sodom, and its Impurities, ſeeing the Providence of God hath …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
With whom don't mirth prevail, ſmooth-fac'dfaced delight▪
With rule
With whom don't mirth prevail, ſmooth-fac'dfaced delight▪
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the alteration was made: Or elſe in good earneſt let him e'en appear bare-fac'dfaced, and blunder it out in plain Engliſh, That the Laws of God are ſubſervient …
With rule
… the alteration was made: Or elſe in good earneſt let him e'en appear bare-fac'dfaced, and blunder it out in plain Engliſh, That the Laws of God are ſubſervient …
Thomas De Laune · Compulsion of Conscience Condemned · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Commons, called The Vindication of the Royall Commission of King Iesus, wherein the brazen fac'dfaced Author blusheth not to brand all the Reformed Churches, and the whole Christian world …
With rule
… Commons, called The Vindication of the Royall Commission of King Iesus, wherein the brazen fac'dfaced Author blusheth not to brand all the Reformed Churches, and the whole Christian world …
Daniel Featley · The Dippers Dipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… had ſaid ſo, it is falſe, abſurd, a piece of Plagiariſm, which is bold-fac'dfaced, diſingenious, not fit for any man to have ſaid that has been Univerſity bread …
With rule
… had ſaid ſo, it is falſe, abſurd, a piece of Plagiariſm, which is bold-fac'dfaced, diſingenious, not fit for any man to have ſaid that has been Univerſity bread …
John Humfrey · Animadversions on the Books of Mr Williams · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 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.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Fac'dFaced out, with Fathers; pee…'d, and neatly dea…ned,
With rule
Fac'dFaced out, with Fathers; pee…'d, and neatly dea…ned,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 135 · Open in the reader

Compulsion of Conscience Condemned A37480

Printed
… got Footing, by degrees they lay a ſide their Vizards, and march on Brazen Fac'dFaced, (I mean bare-Fac'dFaced.)
With rule
… got Footing, by degrees they lay a ſide their Vizards, and march on Brazen Fac'dFaced, (I mean bare-Fac'dFaced.)
Thomas De Laune · Compulsion of Conscience Condemned · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they lay a ſide their Vizards, and march on Brazen Fac'dFaced, (I mean bare-Fac'dFaced.)
With rule
… they lay a ſide their Vizards, and march on Brazen Fac'dFaced, (I mean bare-Fac'dFaced.)
Thomas De Laune · Compulsion of Conscience Condemned · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
… Xaintonge, about two and thirty years old, high enough of Stature, black Hair, red Fac'dFaced, his Eyes ſunk into his Head, was depoſed by the Synod of Xaintonge with …
With rule
… Xaintonge, about two and thirty years old, high enough of Stature, black Hair, red Fac'dFaced, his Eyes ſunk into his Head, was depoſed by the Synod of Xaintonge with …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 71 · Open in the reader