Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9825 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

parallel'dparalleled

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

Puritas changed it: 244 times in 192 works
Consistency: 97.6% (244 of 250)
Reach if approved: ~263 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: paralleled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 250 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (244 changes in 192 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 244)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… they had no blood in their bodies, ſo that this place may well be parallel'dparalleled with thoſe, Jer. 30.5, 6. We have heard a voice of trembling of fear—and all …
With rule
… they had no blood in their bodies, ſo that this place may well be parallel'dparalleled with thoſe, Jer. 30.5, 6. We have heard a voice of trembling of fear—and all …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon Isaiah · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he wrote at the Age of 15, which contain a Poetical Genius ſcarce to be parallel'dparalleled by any Engliſh Writer. Soon after he had taken his Maſter's Degree, he thought …
With rule
… he wrote at the Age of 15, which contain a Poetical Genius ſcarce to be parallel'dparalleled by any Engliſh Writer. Soon after he had taken his Maſter's Degree, he thought …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. viii · Open in the reader
Printed
… with such a Lurry of virulent reproaches as I think is not to be parallel'dparalleled in any leaves, but some others of the same hand; and in the close …
With rule
… with such a Lurry of virulent reproaches as I think is not to be parallel'dparalleled in any leaves, but some others of the same hand; and in the close …
John Owen · Truth and Innocence Vindicated · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the top of Worldly Glory: Solomon whose calm and flourishing State was scarce ever parallel'dparalleled, yet declares that all was Vanity: And the Roman Triumphs, wherein the World was …
With rule
… the top of Worldly Glory: Solomon whose calm and flourishing State was scarce ever parallel'dparalleled, yet declares that all was Vanity: And the Roman Triumphs, wherein the World was …
William Bates · The Way to the Highest Honor · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be underſtood ſo and ſo: the which applications in many particulars have no ways parallel'dparalleled. But there is no need of doing ſo: for when the three years and …
With rule
… be underſtood ſo and ſo: the which applications in many particulars have no ways parallel'dparalleled. But there is no need of doing ſo: for when the three years and …
John Canne · The Time of the End · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iesus was meeker then he. Compare Moses with men, and Moses will scarce be parallel'dparalleled; Compare him with him, who being so much more then man, as that he …
With rule
… Iesus was meeker then he. Compare Moses with men, and Moses will scarce be parallel'dparalleled; Compare him with him, who being so much more then man, as that he …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the grievous Desolation and Captivity of their Nation, since his Crucifixion (not to be parallel'dparalleled with former Presidents) and the Lord's not Answering their Prayers as he was wont …
With rule
… the grievous Desolation and Captivity of their Nation, since his Crucifixion (not to be parallel'dparalleled with former Presidents) and the Lord's not Answering their Prayers as he was wont …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or Cornarian diet, but the free manner of feeding among men, ſuch as wa parallel'dparalleled to the ſtanding on a floor, that might poſſibly fall, that is, being in …
With rule
… or Cornarian diet, but the free manner of feeding among men, ſuch as wa parallel'dparalleled to the ſtanding on a floor, that might poſſibly fall, that is, being in …
Henry Hammond · Of the Reasonableness of Christian Religion · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 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.

Epistle to the Three Nations of England Scotland and Ireland A66765

Printed
… EPISTLE to the three Nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland; whereby their Sins being Parallel'dParalleled with thoſe of Judah and Iſrael, they are forewarned, and exhorted to a timely …
With rule
… EPISTLE to the three Nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland; whereby their Sins being Parallel'dParalleled with thoſe of Judah and Iſrael, they are forewarned, and exhorted to a timely …
George Wither · Epistle to the Three Nations of England Scotland and Ireland · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
Parallel'dParalleled with Conſtantine. 482, 483
With rule
Parallel'dParalleled with Conſtantine. 482, 483
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

The Government of the Churches of Christ B23602

Printed
… a Church (that hath Power and Ability from Christ) proceed to Excommunicate, be but Parallel'dParalleled with the obligation of a particular Minister or Pastor, for the works of his …
With rule
… a Church (that hath Power and Ability from Christ) proceed to Excommunicate, be but Parallel'dParalleled with the obligation of a particular Minister or Pastor, for the works of his …
Thomas Goodwin · The Government of the Churches of Christ · p. 142 · Open in the reader