Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9907 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

blam'dblamed

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 108 works
Consistency: 97.2% (139 of 143)
Reach if approved: ~150 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: blamed
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 (139 changes in 108 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Truth, though it may be blam'dblamed, can never be sham'd.
With rule
Truth, though it may be blam'dblamed, can never be sham'd.
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſcandalous Sins; and a… for leſſer Faults, his Conſcience over look'd them, and never blam'dblamed him fo… them; and ſo truly is it with many moral Man; his Conſcience …
With rule
… ſcandalous Sins; and a… for leſſer Faults, his Conſcience over look'd them, and never blam'dblamed him fo… them; and ſo truly is it with many moral Man; his Conſcience …
Ezekiel Hopkins · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… advice for Conradus Vorſtius, in his Letter to Stephen De Ryeger, to whom (having blam'dblamed him for want of Courage to appear on behalf of the Remonſtrants Cauſe, which …
With rule
… advice for Conradus Vorſtius, in his Letter to Stephen De Ryeger, to whom (having blam'dblamed him for want of Courage to appear on behalf of the Remonſtrants Cauſe, which …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… novice and raw in grace, for reproving S. Peter at Antioch, worthy to be blam'dblamed if we beleeve the Epistle to the Galatians: perhaps from this hint the blasphemous …
With rule
… novice and raw in grace, for reproving S. Peter at Antioch, worthy to be blam'dblamed if we beleeve the Epistle to the Galatians: perhaps from this hint the blasphemous …
John Milton · Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the two firſt Letters of Mr. Bridge his name. And I have heard you blam'dblamed for charging him with thoſe things which he hath not own'd.
With rule
… the two firſt Letters of Mr. Bridge his name. And I have heard you blam'dblamed for charging him with thoſe things which he hath not own'd.
Simon Patrick · Friendly Debate with Non-Conformist Part 2 · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
And, though the Shepherd since that, hath bin blam'dblamed,
With rule
And, though the Shepherd since that, hath bin blam'dblamed,
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the ſecond Point of the Argument, that is, that our Lord not onely blam'dblamed nothing in this moſt Rigid Interpretation of the Phariſees upon the Law of Tithes …
With rule
… to the ſecond Point of the Argument, that is, that our Lord not onely blam'dblamed nothing in this moſt Rigid Interpretation of the Phariſees upon the Law of Tithes …
Thomas Beverley · A Disquisition Upon our Saviors Sanction of Tithes · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and turning, and the Bird by its flight, and neither of them could be blam'dblamed, if they were able, ſhould the one ſcratch out the Eyes of the Hounds …
With rule
… and turning, and the Bird by its flight, and neither of them could be blam'dblamed, if they were able, ſhould the one ſcratch out the Eyes of the Hounds …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 785 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… Symbolic Witness Churches, to which Christ professes yet so Great Love, and Esteem, are Blam'dBlamed; but neithe Few undefiled Names in Sardis, are Tax'd for the General Defilements of …
With rule
… Symbolic Witness Churches, to which Christ professes yet so Great Love, and Esteem, are Blam'dBlamed; but neithe Few undefiled Names in Sardis, are Tax'd for the General Defilements of …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Names in Sardis, are Tax'd for the General Defilements of Sardis; Nor is Philadelphia Blam'dBlamed for Them of the Synagogue; shewing that neither Sardis, nor They of the Synagogue …
With rule
… Names in Sardis, are Tax'd for the General Defilements of Sardis; Nor is Philadelphia Blam'dBlamed for Them of the Synagogue; shewing that neither Sardis, nor They of the Synagogue …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 77 · Open in the reader