Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9808 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inform'dinformed

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

Puritas changed it: 420 times in 237 works
Consistency: 96.5% (420 of 435)
Reach if approved: ~457 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: informed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 435 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (420 changes in 237 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 420)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… my knowledge in my firſt Parents: does it not now concern me to get inform'dinformed, what the Terms of that Covenant were? For Covenants bind mutually; and if I …
With rule
… my knowledge in my firſt Parents: does it not now concern me to get inform'dinformed, what the Terms of that Covenant were? For Covenants bind mutually; and if I …
Daniel Burgess · Three Questions Resolved Briefly and Plainly · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… savingly wrought upon) to cast his Lot in a place, where, (as he himself inform'dinformed me) the Fear of God was not, where serious Godliness was vilifi'd and laugh'd …
With rule
… savingly wrought upon) to cast his Lot in a place, where, (as he himself inform'dinformed me) the Fear of God was not, where serious Godliness was vilifi'd and laugh'd …
Timothy Cruso · The Period of Human Life Determined by Divine Will · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our Humiliation. So David enquired about the three years Famine, and the Lord inform'dinformed him for whose sake and for what sin it was, 2 Sam. 21.1. And thus Iob …
With rule
… of our Humiliation. So David enquired about the three years Famine, and the Lord inform'dinformed him for whose sake and for what sin it was, 2 Sam. 21.1. And thus Iob …
John Flavel · The Balm of the Covenant · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them before me. Now as I think, who am very willing to be better inform'dinformed, our bleſſed Lord Jeſus aſſerts only his Right as Univerſal Monarch of the World …
With rule
… them before me. Now as I think, who am very willing to be better inform'dinformed, our bleſſed Lord Jeſus aſſerts only his Right as Univerſal Monarch of the World …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we are; who having a ſtock of prayers going for us, and being accordingly inform'dinformed of it, may from hence be more comforted in our ſelves. And thus did …
With rule
… we are; who having a ſtock of prayers going for us, and being accordingly inform'dinformed of it, may from hence be more comforted in our ſelves. And thus did …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were either forreiners, or members of our Church: The forreiners were ſome of them inform'dinformed of our Churches eſtate, by ſuch as were not partiall in the relation thereof …
With rule
… were either forreiners, or members of our Church: The forreiners were ſome of them inform'dinformed of our Churches eſtate, by ſuch as were not partiall in the relation thereof …
John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… over things indifferent; and then the Apostles must needs be to blame, who never inform'dinformed him of that Power over the Church, wherewith Christ had e…rusted him; And …
With rule
… over things indifferent; and then the Apostles must needs be to blame, who never inform'dinformed him of that Power over the Church, wherewith Christ had e…rusted him; And …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Idolatrous Spirit, a Spirit contrary to the Kingdom of God, and of Jeſus Christ inform'dinformed, and intelligenc'd the whole from Head to Foot.
With rule
… Idolatrous Spirit, a Spirit contrary to the Kingdom of God, and of Jeſus Christ inform'dinformed, and intelligenc'd the whole from Head to Foot.
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
Inform'dInformed wee are, that, to maintaine our ſpeed,
With rule
Inform'dInformed wee are, that, to maintaine our ſpeed,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 72 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Inform'dInformed their Province Deira was; ſaid he,
With rule
Inform'dInformed their Province Deira was; ſaid he,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
Inform'dInformed of uſeleſs truths, by way of Jeer;
With rule
Inform'dInformed of uſeleſs truths, by way of Jeer;
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 52 · Open in the reader

The Dark Lantern A96745

Printed
Inform'dInformed aright, what perills we are in.
With rule
Inform'dInformed aright, what perills we are in.
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Lovewell Lamented N02274

Printed
Eleazar Davis came in at Berwick, & reports, (as I'm Inform'dInformed) that He & the other Three left with him, when they'd waited some Days for …
With rule
Eleazar Davis came in at Berwick, & reports, (as I'm Inform'dInformed) that He & the other Three left with him, when they'd waited some Days for …
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. ix · Open in the reader