Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9879 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

imagin'dimagined

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

Puritas changed it: 365 times in 182 works
Consistency: 99.1% (365 of 368)
Reach if approved: ~387 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: imagined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 368 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (365 changes in 182 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 365)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And some others, who haue auoided both the Temporall kingdome imagin'dimagined by the Apostles, presently after the Ascention, And the Emperiall kingdome of the Iewes …
With rule
And some others, who haue auoided both the Temporall kingdome imagin'dimagined by the Apostles, presently after the Ascention, And the Emperiall kingdome of the Iewes …
John Donne · Three Sermons Upon Special Occasions · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… letter of it self, so the Sacraments are dead signs; for can it be imagin'dimagined in reason, that the soul which must live for ever, can be feasted, fed …
With rule
… letter of it self, so the Sacraments are dead signs; for can it be imagin'dimagined in reason, that the soul which must live for ever, can be feasted, fed …
Thomas Adams · The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… parts of the Jewiſh Law, and obſervance; and that ſuch a Reſpect cannot be imagin'dimagined to be grounded on an indifferency, that it was neither Good nor Evil; it …
With rule
… parts of the Jewiſh Law, and obſervance; and that ſuch a Reſpect cannot be imagin'dimagined to be grounded on an indifferency, that it was neither Good nor Evil; it …
Thomas Beverley · A Disquisition Upon our Saviors Sanction of Tithes · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their propoſition enter into their thoughts, and conceive the ſenſe which the others have imagin'dimagined to be poſſible, altho in effect it be not. They ſuſpend a while their …
With rule
… their propoſition enter into their thoughts, and conceive the ſenſe which the others have imagin'dimagined to be poſſible, altho in effect it be not. They ſuſpend a while their …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… suppressed and afflicted Religion, accustomed to the despite of death, and hungry of an imagin'dimagined Martyrdome; Or that the common Enemie …nd that doore worst locked against him in …
With rule
… suppressed and afflicted Religion, accustomed to the despite of death, and hungry of an imagin'dimagined Martyrdome; Or that the common Enemie …nd that doore worst locked against him in …
John Donne · Self-Homicide is Not So Naturally Sin that it may Never be Otherwise · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… attended with the greateſt Virulency, Rancour, Spight and Malice againſt both as can be imagin'dimagined. When a Man not only utterly renounceth the known Truth, but alſo doth hate …
With rule
… attended with the greateſt Virulency, Rancour, Spight and Malice againſt both as can be imagin'dimagined. When a Man not only utterly renounceth the known Truth, but alſo doth hate …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to duplicate page duplicate page be brought into the Church, or Chriſt's Kingdom; it is not to be imagin'dimagined, that it is Chriſt's Will and Appointment, that none but the Regenerate ſhould Come …
With rule
… to duplicate page duplicate page be brought into the Church, or Chriſt's Kingdom; it is not to be imagin'dimagined, that it is Chriſt's Will and Appointment, that none but the Regenerate ſhould Come …
John Humfrey · The Axe Laid to the Root of Separation · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sword of vengeance out of his hand that owes it, quit themselues on their (imagin'dimagined) enemies, with …loud and death. Let him that is stiled the Seruant of seruants …
With rule
… sword of vengeance out of his hand that owes it, quit themselues on their (imagin'dimagined) enemies, with …loud and death. Let him that is stiled the Seruant of seruants …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 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.