Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9846 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

robb'drobbed

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

Puritas changed it: 183 times in 132 works
Consistency: 90.1% (183 of 203)
Reach if approved: ~213 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: robbed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 203 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (183 changes in 132 works, 90.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 183)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… being Charitable, that to my apprehenſion, they were little better then the Thieves that robb'drobbed him. This I mentioned on purpoſe to let you ſee that Religion does not …
With rule
… being Charitable, that to my apprehenſion, they were little better then the Thieves that robb'drobbed him. This I mentioned on purpoſe to let you ſee that Religion does not …
Thomas Gregory · Charity and Integrity of Life · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expresly use it, Act. xix. 37. where foreign Church-robbers are rendred by this word foreign that robb'drobbed or spoil'd the Temple, and Col. ii. 8. nequis foreign Let no man despoil you, (In …
With rule
… expresly use it, Act. xix. 37. where foreign Church-robbers are rendred by this word foreign that robb'drobbed or spoil'd the Temple, and Col. ii. 8. nequis foreign Let no man despoil you, (In …
Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eliſha, doth likewiſe vindicate this diſhonour caſt upon him, ordering two She Bears (poſſibly robb'drobbed of their Whelps) to worry forty and two of thoſe Ill-natur'd Children: As …
With rule
… Eliſha, doth likewiſe vindicate this diſhonour caſt upon him, ordering two She Bears (poſſibly robb'drobbed of their Whelps) to worry forty and two of thoſe Ill-natur'd Children: As …
Christopher Ness · A Divine Legacy Bequeathed Unto All Mankind · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
Hath robb'drobbed thy poeme of its long-liv'd glorie.
With rule
Hath robb'drobbed thy poeme of its long-liv'd glorie.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader
Printed
… against theft prov'd ineffectual, at last they fixt the penalty on them that were robb'drobbed, and by that did the business: and in the present case, if 'twere made …
With rule
… against theft prov'd ineffectual, at last they fixt the penalty on them that were robb'drobbed, and by that did the business: and in the present case, if 'twere made …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Tongue · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet is as woful and pernicious as the sensual Wisdom; for God is injuriously robb'drobbed of his Right, our highest Esteem and Affections; and Men deceiv'd with the poor …
With rule
… yet is as woful and pernicious as the sensual Wisdom; for God is injuriously robb'drobbed of his Right, our highest Esteem and Affections; and Men deceiv'd with the poor …
William Bates · A Sure Trial of Uprightness · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who vengeance claims for his robb'drobbed honours ſake;
With rule
Who vengeance claims for his robb'drobbed honours ſake;
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… How then windes it that such a number of her Majestie. Subjects be spoiled, robb'drobbed, beaten, wounded, themselves taken, used with such extream torture, rack'd, carried away, imprisoned, ransomed …
With rule
… How then windes it that such a number of her Majestie. Subjects be spoiled, robb'drobbed, beaten, wounded, themselves taken, used with such extream torture, rack'd, carried away, imprisoned, ransomed …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 665 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… the Law againſt Man-ſtealing, Deut. 24.7. nor how heavily Jacob took it to be Robb'dRobbed of his Daughter Dinah, Gen. 34. Children are a chief part of their Parents Goods …
With rule
… the Law againſt Man-ſtealing, Deut. 24.7. nor how heavily Jacob took it to be Robb'dRobbed of his Daughter Dinah, Gen. 34. Children are a chief part of their Parents Goods …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
N. B. Firſt, By Saul himſelf, offering to him Michal, though he had Robb'dRobbed him of Marab, ſaying, [One of the twain thou ſhalt have,] v. 21. Here's a …
With rule
N. B. Firſt, By Saul himſelf, offering to him Michal, though he had Robb'dRobbed him of Marab, ſaying, [One of the twain thou ſhalt have,] v. 21. Here's a …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that both Robs God of his Honour, and Man of God's Favour, yea it Robb'dRobbed the Angels that Fell as well as Adam, and ſtill Robs us of our …
With rule
… that both Robs God of his Honour, and Man of God's Favour, yea it Robb'dRobbed the Angels that Fell as well as Adam, and ſtill Robs us of our …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 113 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
Robb'dRobbed ſhall thy Groves be of their pleaſant ſhadows,
With rule
Robb'dRobbed ſhall thy Groves be of their pleaſant ſhadows,
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 9 · Open in the reader