Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9842 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

refin'drefined

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

Puritas changed it: 193 times in 132 works
Consistency: 92.3% (193 of 209)
Reach if approved: ~220 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: refined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 209 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (193 changes in 132 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 193)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… As by ſleep A Believers Body is refreſht, ſo by Death his Body is refin'drefined. 1 Cor. 15.42, 43. It is ſown in corruption, It is raiſed in incorruption. It is ſown …
With rule
… As by ſleep A Believers Body is refreſht, ſo by Death his Body is refin'drefined. 1 Cor. 15.42, 43. It is ſown in corruption, It is raiſed in incorruption. It is ſown …
Thomas Lye · Death the Sweetest Sleep · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
Should be refin'drefined, renew'd and re-created,
With rule
Should be refin'drefined, renew'd and re-created,
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
Really Sir, though we pretend not to any refin'drefined Intellectuals, nor presume to Philosophise upon the Mysteries of Government, neither to pry into …
With rule
Really Sir, though we pretend not to any refin'drefined Intellectuals, nor presume to Philosophise upon the Mysteries of Government, neither to pry into …
Vincent Alsop · Speech to King James II · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
The prudent soul refin'drefined from earth, doth ever
With rule
The prudent soul refin'drefined from earth, doth ever
Richard Baxter · The Life of Margaret Wife of Richard Baxter · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whole, great and ſmall: as the fire leaves no droſs or impurity in ſilver refin'drefined. So then, whereas the ſea of glaſs is ſaid to be mingled with fire …
With rule
… whole, great and ſmall: as the fire leaves no droſs or impurity in ſilver refin'drefined. So then, whereas the ſea of glaſs is ſaid to be mingled with fire …
John Canne · Truth with Time · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
(Which was before all drosse) was refin'drefined:
With rule
(Which was before all drosse) was refin'drefined:
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inclinations. The minds of the regenerate are made spiritual, and now with them the refin'drefined, rectify'd, spiritual mind, is inthroned; lift up into its proper authority, over all sensual …
With rule
… inclinations. The minds of the regenerate are made spiritual, and now with them the refin'drefined, rectify'd, spiritual mind, is inthroned; lift up into its proper authority, over all sensual …
John Howe · Self Dedication Discoursed · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
When you refin'drefined by tryals are,
With rule
When you refin'drefined by tryals are,
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 134 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… a Care of them, and good will to them; As himſelf ſpeaks, I have Refin'dRefined thee but not with Silver; Or as ſome read it, not for Silver. As …
With rule
… a Care of them, and good will to them; As himſelf ſpeaks, I have Refin'dRefined thee but not with Silver; Or as ſome read it, not for Silver. As …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 657 · Open in the reader

A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects A32724

Printed
(2.) She has often been Refin'dRefined by the moſt violent perſecutions of her Enemies.
With rule
(2.) She has often been Refin'dRefined by the moſt violent perſecutions of her Enemies.
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Refin'dRefined thee'into a bliſ-full paradiſe.
With rule
Refin'dRefined thee'into a bliſ-full paradiſe.
John Donne · Poems · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 A77357

Printed
… and another thing to have a more ſorrow, griefe, and Repentance that is well Refin'dRefined. As now, ſuppoſe a man take a hand full of gold in the Ore …
With rule
… and another thing to have a more ſorrow, griefe, and Repentance that is well Refin'dRefined. As now, ſuppoſe a man take a hand full of gold in the Ore …
William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 · p. 249 · Open in the reader