Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9797 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

feign'dfeigned

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

Puritas changed it: 79 times in 46 works
Consistency: 100% (79 of 79)
Reach if approved: ~83 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: feigned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 79 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 46 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… have written ſome Papers Intituled A Plea for the Nonconformiſts, not Inſtigated by the feign'dfeigned formalitys in the Indictment; but it was at the Loud Chalenge of Dr. Calamy …
With rule
… have written ſome Papers Intituled A Plea for the Nonconformiſts, not Inſtigated by the feign'dfeigned formalitys in the Indictment; but it was at the Loud Chalenge of Dr. Calamy …
Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… title of Ignatius, by which he was condemn'd by Trajane, and ſo, though he feign'dfeigned a perſon, yet did it decently, and ſo teſtifies his opinion that this was …
With rule
… title of Ignatius, by which he was condemn'd by Trajane, and ſo, though he feign'dfeigned a perſon, yet did it decently, and ſo teſtifies his opinion that this was …
Henry Hammond · Answer to the Animadversions on the Dissertations · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
And at that inſtant when he feign'dfeigned a ſpell,
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And at that inſtant when he feign'dfeigned a ſpell,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
From thy own Lips I'de hear't; No feign'dfeigned Eſcroul
With rule
From thy own Lips I'de hear't; No feign'dfeigned Eſcroul
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
By ſuch conceits, which, though his fancy feign'dfeigned,
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By ſuch conceits, which, though his fancy feign'dfeigned,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Temptations; the Paſſions are not yet ready to catch fire at every ſpark; the feign'dfeigned, but falſe Beauty of Vice is not alluring; the Virgin Purity of the mind …
With rule
… Temptations; the Paſſions are not yet ready to catch fire at every ſpark; the feign'dfeigned, but falſe Beauty of Vice is not alluring; the Virgin Purity of the mind …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
In Battels feign'dfeigned; the better fortitude
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In Battels feign'dfeigned; the better fortitude
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Injuſtice in commanding what man cannot do. Or thus, as Critobulus (by which feign'dfeigned name, Jerom repreſents Pelagius, as by Atticus himſelf) formes the Argument; Either God hath …
With rule
… of Injuſtice in commanding what man cannot do. Or thus, as Critobulus (by which feign'dfeigned name, Jerom repreſents Pelagius, as by Atticus himſelf) formes the Argument; Either God hath …
Joseph Truman · Natural and Moral Impotency · p. 51 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.