Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9911 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

burn'dburned

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

Puritas changed it: 211 times in 114 works
Consistency: 95.9% (211 of 220)
Reach if approved: ~231 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: burned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 220 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (211 changes in 114 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 211)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this day: having notice given over-night that the next day he should be burn'dburned, he said, I am ready, God grant me strength, and a joyfull resurrection; and …
With rule
… this day: having notice given over-night that the next day he should be burn'dburned, he said, I am ready, God grant me strength, and a joyfull resurrection; and …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
When that brave Iſles, Metropolis was burn'dburned
With rule
When that brave Iſles, Metropolis was burn'dburned
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when they gave themſelves to ſenſuality. Or Sodom of fire from Heaven when they burn'dburned in their luſts. So ſhall it be when the ſon of man comes. Luk. 17.30.
With rule
… when they gave themſelves to ſenſuality. Or Sodom of fire from Heaven when they burn'dburned in their luſts. So ſhall it be when the ſon of man comes. Luk. 17.30.
Matthew Mead · The Good of Early Obedience · p. 455 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Chamber, he had need to beſtir himſelf, or he will be rob'd and burn'dburned. Young man, thou carrieſt Gunpowder about thy very Nature: O had thou not need …
With rule
… his Chamber, he had need to beſtir himſelf, or he will be rob'd and burn'dburned. Young man, thou carrieſt Gunpowder about thy very Nature: O had thou not need …
Samuel Pomfret · A Directory for Youth · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
as if halfe burn'dburned:
With rule
as if halfe burn'dburned:
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
… following awful one of the Vials; a Mountain, in ſome Regards, like that which burn'dburned with Fire, and was not to be touch'd; nor of that glorious Mountain of …
With rule
… following awful one of the Vials; a Mountain, in ſome Regards, like that which burn'dburned with Fire, and was not to be touch'd; nor of that glorious Mountain of …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be ſpread with clean linnen, bread in whole loaves pure well baked and not burn'dburned, is to be ſet thereupon; then Grate muſt be ſaid, and …a bleſſing conſerred …
With rule
… be ſpread with clean linnen, bread in whole loaves pure well baked and not burn'dburned, is to be ſet thereupon; then Grate muſt be ſaid, and …a bleſſing conſerred …
Johann II Buxtorf · The Jewish Synagogue · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Pope, that could they have been catch't, they were sure to have been burn'dburned or strangled for it. But what allurement is there to dispose the Monarchs of …
With rule
… the Pope, that could they have been catch't, they were sure to have been burn'dburned or strangled for it. But what allurement is there to dispose the Monarchs of …
John Corbet · A Discourse of the Religion of England · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 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
Burn'dBurned the accuſers, ſet th'accuſed free.
With rule
Burn'dBurned the accuſers, ſet th'accuſed free.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
Burn'dBurned harmleſs Saints, fell with an heavy groan
With rule
Burn'dBurned harmleſs Saints, fell with an heavy groan
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 210 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Flame of Cain's Sacrifice rebounded upon himſelf, and ſtigmatiz'd him (as thoſe that are Burn'dBurned in the Hand for ſome Villany) not unlike to thoſe Flames of the Fiery …
With rule
… Flame of Cain's Sacrifice rebounded upon himſelf, and ſtigmatiz'd him (as thoſe that are Burn'dBurned in the Hand for ſome Villany) not unlike to thoſe Flames of the Fiery …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 83 · Open in the reader