Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9852 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stor'dstored

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

Puritas changed it: 136 times in 94 works
Consistency: 95.1% (136 of 143)
Reach if approved: ~150 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stored
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 143 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (136 changes in 94 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 136)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… able to part with much. But 'tis not ſo with Chriſt; this Freedom is ſtor'dstored up in him, he hath Treaſures of it: 'tis much that Chriſt can do …
With rule
… able to part with much. But 'tis not ſo with Chriſt; this Freedom is ſtor'dstored up in him, he hath Treaſures of it: 'tis much that Chriſt can do …
Nathanael Ball · Spiritual Bondage and Freedom · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very uſeful for mans food, and with theſe the Land could not be ſuddainly ſtor'dstored again. Therefore they muſt take heed that in their rage they did not ſo …
With rule
… very uſeful for mans food, and with theſe the Land could not be ſuddainly ſtor'dstored again. Therefore they muſt take heed that in their rage they did not ſo …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
With French activity You stor'dstored Your Mind,
With rule
With French activity You stor'dstored Your Mind,
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
Apollyon well ſtor'dstored with crafty wit
With rule
Apollyon well ſtor'dstored with crafty wit
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
With Honey stor'dstored: the rest are numberless,
With rule
With Honey stor'dstored: the rest are numberless,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader
Printed
… the dew of Heaven, and the fatness of the Earth, may you be richly stor'dstored with grace, and come behind in no gift, thoroughly furnished for every good work …
With rule
… the dew of Heaven, and the fatness of the Earth, may you be richly stor'dstored with grace, and come behind in no gift, thoroughly furnished for every good work …
Samuel Slater · An Earnest Call to Family Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
Our Farmes are stor'dstored with usefull implements
With rule
Our Farmes are stor'dstored with usefull implements
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
England is stor'dstored with Bridges, Hils, and Wooll;
With rule
England is stor'dstored with Bridges, Hils, and Wooll;
Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 190 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Stor'dStored in each Orb perhaps with some that live.
With rule
Stor'dStored in each Orb perhaps with some that live.
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Stor'dStored with all good fruits, herbes, rootes? and yet wee
With rule
Stor'dStored with all good fruits, herbes, rootes? and yet wee
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 146 · Open in the reader