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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9871 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

damn'ddamned

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

Puritas changed it
592 times in 305 works
Consistency
87.1% (592 of 679)
Reach if approved
~713 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: damned
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
679 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
damn (1)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (592 changes in 305 works, 87.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 592)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that he was damn'ddamned, wiſhed that a hundred of his people more were ſo damn'ddamned.
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    … that he was damn'ddamned, wiſhed that a hundred of his people more were ſo damn'ddamned.

    William Bagshawe · Living Water · p. 209 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Sighs from Hell, or the Groans of a damn'ddamned Soul.
    With rule
    Sighs from Hell, or the Groans of a damn'ddamned Soul.

    John Bunyan · The Advocateship of Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſtill they deſtroy themſelves. Every ſinner that periſhes, murders himſelf. And all that are damn'ddamned eternally, they all of them are Self murderers, this is a grievous thing, O …
    With rule
    … ſtill they deſtroy themſelves. Every ſinner that periſhes, murders himſelf. And all that are damn'ddamned eternally, they all of them are Self murderers, this is a grievous thing, O …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 512 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Of ſuch a damn'ddamned intent.)
    With rule
    Of ſuch a damn'ddamned intent.)

    John Wilson · A Song · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    The torments which the damn'ddamned sustain,
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    The torments which the damn'ddamned sustain,

    Robert Boyd · A Spiritual Hymn · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … reformation of his friends. Good God! when I reflect upon these pieties of the damn'ddamned together with the practices of those who have given their names in to Religion …
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    … reformation of his friends. Good God! when I reflect upon these pieties of the damn'ddamned together with the practices of those who have given their names in to Religion …

    Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 12 October 1662 · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … last day is irrevocable. And is it a slight matter to be saved or damn'ddamned for ever? Then the Children of this World are absolutely wiser than the Children …
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    … last day is irrevocable. And is it a slight matter to be saved or damn'ddamned for ever? Then the Children of this World are absolutely wiser than the Children …

    William Bates · The Speedy Coming of Christ to Judgment · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Law of Moſes, ye cannot be ſaved. The Churches were not all unchurcht and damn'ddamned that communicated with ſuch. Yea Peter was guilty of encouraging them in Schiſm, that …
    With rule
    … Law of Moſes, ye cannot be ſaved. The Churches were not all unchurcht and damn'ddamned that communicated with ſuch. Yea Peter was guilty of encouraging them in Schiſm, that …

    Richard Baxter · Schism Detected in Both Extremes · p. 49 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (86)

35 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 51 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Eighteen Sermons A23716

  • Printed
    … reformation of his Friends. Good God! when I reflect upon these pieties of the Damn'dDamned, together with the practises of those who have given their names in to Religion …
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    … reformation of his Friends. Good God! when I reflect upon these pieties of the Damn'dDamned, together with the practises of those who have given their names in to Religion …

    Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … when the French Histories say 'twas disputed long after in Paris whether he were Damn'dDamned or Sav'd, that the Church in her publique Offices should pray to go thither …
    With rule
    … when the French Histories say 'twas disputed long after in Paris whether he were Damn'dDamned or Sav'd, that the Church in her publique Offices should pray to go thither …

    Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A23717

  • Printed
    … reformation of his Friends. Good God! when I reflect upon these pieties of the Damn'dDamned, together with the practices of those who have given their names in to Religion …
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    … reformation of his Friends. Good God! when I reflect upon these pieties of the Damn'dDamned, together with the practices of those who have given their names in to Religion …

    Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … when the French Histories say 'twas disputed long after in Paris whether he were Damn'dDamned or Sav'd, that the Church in her publique Offices should pray to go thither …
    With rule
    … when the French Histories say 'twas disputed long after in Paris whether he were Damn'dDamned or Sav'd, that the Church in her publique Offices should pray to go thither …

    Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 132 · Open in the reader

A Call to Sinners A30270

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    … thou accepteſt Chriſt offered to Thee. No, nor ſhall the very Eternity of the Damn'dDamned be ſo bitter, as he Eternity of thy bleſſed Soul and Body be ſweet …
    With rule
    … thou accepteſt Chriſt offered to Thee. No, nor ſhall the very Eternity of the Damn'dDamned be ſo bitter, as he Eternity of thy bleſſed Soul and Body be ſweet …

    Daniel Burgess · A Call to Sinners · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I wou'd Try to be the Man: and if but one were to be Damn'dDamned, I wou'd Tremble and carefully endeavour to make ſure that I ſhould not be …
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    … I wou'd Try to be the Man: and if but one were to be Damn'dDamned, I wou'd Tremble and carefully endeavour to make ſure that I ſhould not be …

    Daniel Burgess · A Call to Sinners · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

  • Printed
    Damn'dDamned ſoule, I curſe, but cannot God accuſe,
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    Damn'dDamned ſoule, I curſe, but cannot God accuſe,

    Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

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    … he would not love himſelf. God hates no Creature, no not the Devils, and Damn'dDamned, as Creatures; he is not an Enemy to them, as they are the Works …
    With rule
    … he would not love himſelf. God hates no Creature, no not the Devils, and Damn'dDamned, as Creatures; he is not an Enemy to them, as they are the Works …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 584 · Open in the reader

The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death A36537

  • Printed
    … the Dead Bodies, Hell, which is the place deſigned for the Torment of the Damn'dDamned ſhall give up all the Souls that are tormented in its flames, and theſe …
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    … the Dead Bodies, Hell, which is the place deſigned for the Torment of the Damn'dDamned ſhall give up all the Souls that are tormented in its flames, and theſe …

    Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 493 · Open in the reader

Time and the End of Time A40356

  • Printed
    … and ſo continue to the very laſt, until they be all Hang'd, Dead, and Damn'dDamned. We may compare this mad deluded world, to a company of poor blind men …
    With rule
    … and ſo continue to the very laſt, until they be all Hang'd, Dead, and Damn'dDamned. We may compare this mad deluded world, to a company of poor blind men …

    John Fox · Time and the End of Time · p. 166 · Open in the reader

Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon A43688

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    … it being ſo Congruous to his Nature) his firſt Salution being: Where is that Damn'dDamned Rogue, (meaning the ſuppoſed Miniſter) others of them cried out, Ride for your Lives …
    With rule
    … it being ſo Congruous to his Nature) his firſt Salution being: Where is that Damn'dDamned Rogue, (meaning the ſuppoſed Miniſter) others of them cried out, Ride for your Lives …

    John Hickes · Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon · p. 6 · Open in the reader

A Trumpet Blown in Zion A47086

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    … upon me: He ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that …
    With rule
    … upon me: He ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that …

    Benjamin Keach · A Trumpet Blown in Zion · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that it was with …
    With rule
    … ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that it was with …

    Benjamin Keach · A Trumpet Blown in Zion · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Worthy Communicating A47298

  • Printed
    … all the Terrors and Disconsolation of Darkness, and the utmost malice of Devils and Damn'dDamned Spirits, and the highest Shame and Confusion of Face; all which they must undergo …
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    … all the Terrors and Disconsolation of Darkness, and the utmost malice of Devils and Damn'dDamned Spirits, and the highest Shame and Confusion of Face; all which they must undergo …

    John Kettlewell · Worthy Communicating · p. 211 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    He means not, I say, that he shall inevitably be Damn'dDamned for it. And this is plain, because for Christs sake, God has promised to …
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    He means not, I say, that he shall inevitably be Damn'dDamned for it. And this is plain, because for Christs sake, God has promised to …

    John Kettlewell · Worthy Communicating · p. 214 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

  • Printed
    A Damn'dDamned intreague for my destruction,
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    A Damn'dDamned intreague for my destruction,

    Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 141 · Open in the reader

A Golden Mine Opened A47542

  • Printed
    … upon me: He ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that …
    With rule
    … upon me: He ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that …

    Benjamin Keach · A Golden Mine Opened · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that it was with …
    With rule
    … ſaid to Mr. Plant, ſmiting on his Breaſt, Sir, I am Damn'dDamned, I am Damn'dDamned; it is ſo moſt certainly: My day is over; O that it was with …

    Benjamin Keach · A Golden Mine Opened · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence A50491

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    … backs now? Are you afraid to Dye, and yet are not afraid to be Damn'dDamned? What will you laugh at Hell, and now quake at Death, and flie from …
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    … backs now? Are you afraid to Dye, and yet are not afraid to be Damn'dDamned? What will you laugh at Hell, and now quake at Death, and flie from …

    Matthew Mead · Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 30 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem A52813

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    Who saved us from that Damn'dDamned Popish Plot,
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    Who saved us from that Damn'dDamned Popish Plot,

    Christopher Ness · A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    More like he is a Foe or a Damn'dDamned Fiend:
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    More like he is a Foe or a Damn'dDamned Fiend:

    Christopher Ness · A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

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    Damn'dDamned tortur'd Soules out of hell fire, whence ye
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    Damn'dDamned tortur'd Soules out of hell fire, whence ye

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Damn'dDamned Soules from hell, Few then ſhall damned be.
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    Damn'dDamned Soules from hell, Few then ſhall damned be.

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Letter to Robert Burscough A61665

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    … Gal. 5.6. Philem. ver. 5. Yet we muſt, by the Rules of your Charity, be all Damn'dDamned, if we dare to diſſent from you, in any of your outward Acts and …
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    … Gal. 5.6. Philem. ver. 5. Yet we muſt, by the Rules of your Charity, be all Damn'dDamned, if we dare to diſſent from you, in any of your outward Acts and …

    Samuel Stodden · Letter to Robert Burscough · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Poems on Several Occasions A63969

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    Damn'dDamned be your Plays, and all Stage-Fops that write!
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    Damn'dDamned be your Plays, and all Stage-Fops that write!

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 9 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

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    … what Seas of Vengeance, what Rivers of Brimstone, are pour'd out there upon the Damn'dDamned! Bellarmi…e is of Opinion, That one Glimpse of Hell-fire were enough to …
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    … what Seas of Vengeance, what Rivers of Brimstone, are pour'd out there upon the Damn'dDamned! Bellarmi…e is of Opinion, That one Glimpse of Hell-fire were enough to …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 88 · Open in the reader

Exclamation Against Popery A67654

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    Go, Teach thy Doctrine to the Damn'dDamned in Hell!
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    Go, Teach thy Doctrine to the Damn'dDamned in Hell!

    Robert Wild · Exclamation Against Popery · Open in the reader

The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 A77357

  • Printed
    … in Conſcience: and another thing to be humbled for ſin committed. Thoſe that are Damn'dDamned in Hell, and lie there deſpairing, muſt needs be troubled in Conſcience; how could …
    With rule
    … in Conſcience: and another thing to be humbled for ſin committed. Thoſe that are Damn'dDamned in Hell, and lie there deſpairing, muſt needs be troubled in Conſcience; how could …

    William Bridge · The Works of William Bridge Volume 2 · p. 248 · Open in the reader

The Christians Guide to Devotion A93395

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    … brings us thither, whether a great Sin or many ſmall ones? we are ſtill Damn'dDamned ne'rtheleſs. The Egyptians that were oftentimes troubled with Frogs and Flies, would not be …
    With rule
    … brings us thither, whether a great Sin or many ſmall ones? we are ſtill Damn'dDamned ne'rtheleſs. The Egyptians that were oftentimes troubled with Frogs and Flies, would not be …

    Samuel Smith · The Christians Guide to Devotion · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Floating Island A94057

  • Printed
    Damn'dDamned Trechery!
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    Damn'dDamned Trechery!

    William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader

A Call to Delaying Sinners B02739

  • Printed
    … go thus to yo… Grave? Are you resolv'd indeed to d… and to be Damn'dDamned too? To see old people to be careless of God, and careless of the …
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    … go thus to yo… Grave? Are you resolv'd indeed to d… and to be Damn'dDamned too? To see old people to be careless of God, and careless of the …

    Thomas Doolittle · A Call to Delaying Sinners · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … one but one only Soul, lose that, and thou losest all; if that be Damn'dDamned all is Damn'dDamned. Methinks, the thoughts of this should move thee to remember thy …
    With rule
    … one but one only Soul, lose that, and thou losest all; if that be Damn'dDamned all is Damn'dDamned. Methinks, the thoughts of this should move thee to remember thy …

    Thomas Doolittle · A Call to Delaying Sinners · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … only Soul, lose that, and thou losest all; if that be Damn'dDamned all is Damn'dDamned. Methinks, the thoughts of this should move thee to remember thy Darling, to remember …
    With rule
    … only Soul, lose that, and thou losest all; if that be Damn'dDamned all is Damn'dDamned. Methinks, the thoughts of this should move thee to remember thy Darling, to remember …

    Thomas Doolittle · A Call to Delaying Sinners · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Methinks, I hear poor Damn'dDamned wretches …at have sat under the Gospel, accusing themselves after this manner; It was …
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    Methinks, I hear poor Damn'dDamned wretches …at have sat under the Gospel, accusing themselves after this manner; It was …

    Thomas Doolittle · A Call to Delaying Sinners · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Two Discourses B20167

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    … Saints, and the Sentence of their Blessedness, shall be finished before that of the Damn'dDamned, Mat. 25.35, 44. That the whole scene of his Love, and the wonders of the work …
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    … Saints, and the Sentence of their Blessedness, shall be finished before that of the Damn'dDamned, Mat. 25.35, 44. That the whole scene of his Love, and the wonders of the work …

    Stephen Charnock · Two Discourses · p. 37 · Open in the reader