Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9886 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reply'dreplied

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

Puritas changed it: 226 times in 126 works
Consistency: 94.1% (226 of 240)
Reach if approved: ~252 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: replied
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 240 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (226 changes in 126 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 226)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… at the Univerſity) and weeping bitterly, and reciting the cauſe of his grief, he reply'dreplied, Who gave you that Friend? Which ſaying did greatly comfort him, and was a …
With rule
… at the Univerſity) and weeping bitterly, and reciting the cauſe of his grief, he reply'dreplied, Who gave you that Friend? Which ſaying did greatly comfort him, and was a …
Samuel Lee · The Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praise · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
When Iacob would surmise, All these things are against me, it might have been reply'dreplied upon him, No, you are greatly deceived, you and yours must have perished, if …
With rule
When Iacob would surmise, All these things are against me, it might have been reply'dreplied upon him, No, you are greatly deceived, you and yours must have perished, if …
Cotton Mather · Right Thoughts in Sad Hours · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… side accus'd his evil Goverment, judging that on their behalf anough also hath been reply'dreplied, the heat of this controversie was in likelyhood drawing to an end; and the …
With rule
… side accus'd his evil Goverment, judging that on their behalf anough also hath been reply'dreplied, the heat of this controversie was in likelyhood drawing to an end; and the …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · Open in the reader
Printed
Wilt thou (reply'dreplied the Boy too much delighted)
With rule
Wilt thou (reply'dreplied the Boy too much delighted)
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
… injur'd Person cryed out, I appeal. The King with Indignation ask'd, To whom? He reply'dreplied, From your self sleeping to your self waking; and had the Judgment revers'd that …
With rule
… injur'd Person cryed out, I appeal. The King with Indignation ask'd, To whom? He reply'dreplied, From your self sleeping to your self waking; and had the Judgment revers'd that …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Philiſtines obſerving this, askt in ſome paſſion what thoſe Hebrews did among them? Achiſh reply'dreplied the chief commander of them was David a ſervant of Saul's, a man of …
With rule
… Philiſtines obſerving this, askt in ſome paſſion what thoſe Hebrews did among them? Achiſh reply'dreplied the chief commander of them was David a ſervant of Saul's, a man of …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
… School, asked what Art they profeſs'd? They told him the Art of Memory; He reply'dreplied, that the Art of Memory was but an unprofitable Art, and that he had …
With rule
… School, asked what Art they profeſs'd? They told him the Art of Memory; He reply'dreplied, that the Art of Memory was but an unprofitable Art, and that he had …
Richard Gilpin · An Assize Sermon · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if theſe others ſhould not be thought to be demonſtrative. I have thus briefly reply'dreplied to theſe other exceptions of Mr. Goodwin as far as concernes that Place in …
With rule
… if theſe others ſhould not be thought to be demonſtrative. I have thus briefly reply'dreplied to theſe other exceptions of Mr. Goodwin as far as concernes that Place in …
Henry Hammond · Vindication of Address · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Reply'dReplied; My Lord, a Chriſtian man I am
With rule
Reply'dReplied; My Lord, a Chriſtian man I am
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 176 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Reply'dReplied enough, ſith only hope he kept.
With rule
Reply'dReplied enough, ſith only hope he kept.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon A43688

Printed
… near as thick as the wreſt of his Arm; to whom, Campion ſaid, he Reply'dReplied, You may miſs your blow, and if I cloſe with you, I may prove …
With rule
… near as thick as the wreſt of his Arm; to whom, Campion ſaid, he Reply'dReplied, You may miſs your blow, and if I cloſe with you, I may prove …
John Hickes · Sufferings and Oppressions of Many Christians in Devon · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
Bravely reſolv'd! At laſt they all Reply'dReplied,
With rule
Bravely reſolv'd! At laſt they all Reply'dReplied,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 114 · Open in the reader

The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America A50170

Printed
… a Feavour and Ague, a Viſi…ant asked him, How he did? and he Reply'dReplied Very well, but anon I expect a paroxyſm. Sa…d the Viſi…ant, Sir …
With rule
… a Feavour and Ague, a Viſi…ant asked him, How he did? and he Reply'dReplied Very well, but anon I expect a paroxyſm. Sa…d the Viſi…ant, Sir …
Cotton Mather · The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Winter Meditations A50175

Printed
… of it, I never had ſuch a Deliverance in my Life; but one well Reply'dReplied, Yea, Sir, you have, as often as you Rode without Falling at all. This …
With rule
… of it, I never had ſuch a Deliverance in my Life; but one well Reply'dReplied, Yea, Sir, you have, as often as you Rode without Falling at all. This …
Cotton Mather · Winter Meditations · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

Printed
… SEVEN of them all but what Loves Mr. Wilson; that Gracious Man presently & pleasantly Reply'dReplied, Sir, I'll tell you as good a thing as that; here is a mighty …
With rule
… SEVEN of them all but what Loves Mr. Wilson; that Gracious Man presently & pleasantly Reply'dReplied, Sir, I'll tell you as good a thing as that; here is a mighty …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
… the Grant was to pass, whether in his Lordships, or Mr. Pitts? The Chancellor Reply'dReplied, That the King had Granted him the Ground for Ninety Nine Years, at a …
With rule
… the Grant was to pass, whether in his Lordships, or Mr. Pitts? The Chancellor Reply'dReplied, That the King had Granted him the Ground for Ninety Nine Years, at a …
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 20 · Open in the reader