Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9913 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cal'dcalled

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

Puritas changed it: 521 times in 189 works
Consistency: 98.6% (521 of 528)
Reach if approved: ~555 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: called
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 528 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (521 changes in 189 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 521)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not be found above one in …ix of that way) yet of that Army, cal'dcalled by the sectaries, Independent, and of that part of it which truly is so …
With rule
… not be found above one in …ix of that way) yet of that Army, cal'dcalled by the sectaries, Independent, and of that part of it which truly is so …
Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 1 and 2 · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… indeed offered and held foorth unto all that are in the Church, and all cal'dcalled upon to come unto Christ, that they may have life in him, and whoever …
With rule
… indeed offered and held foorth unto all that are in the Church, and all cal'dcalled upon to come unto Christ, that they may have life in him, and whoever …
George Gillespie · Treatise of Miscellaneous Questions · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their baptiſm, and by the infant baptized at their Confirmation: which Principles are therefore cal'dcalled the Doctrine of Baptiſme and Impoſition of hands. Some reckon ſix, as they lie …
With rule
… their baptiſm, and by the infant baptized at their Confirmation: which Principles are therefore cal'dcalled the Doctrine of Baptiſme and Impoſition of hands. Some reckon ſix, as they lie …
Jonathan Hanmer · The Ancient Way of Completing Church Members · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore we have taken ſuch a courſe with them, as, you know, 1. We have cal'dcalled upon them by a generall diſcourſe, as faithfull friends, to reclaime them from this …
With rule
… therefore we have taken ſuch a courſe with them, as, you know, 1. We have cal'dcalled upon them by a generall diſcourſe, as faithfull friends, to reclaime them from this …
John Stoughton · Eleven Choice Sermons · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
On whom the Bitch cal'dcalled Enuy, hap't to light:
With rule
On whom the Bitch cal'dcalled Enuy, hap't to light:
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
… David and in the Town of Bethlehem that he shold go into Egypt, & be cal'dcalled forth from thence by God, that his chief residence should be in Galilee the …
With rule
… David and in the Town of Bethlehem that he shold go into Egypt, & be cal'dcalled forth from thence by God, that his chief residence should be in Galilee the …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 486 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called from ſpiritual Egypt, (for mans natural eſtate, is a ſpiritual Egypt) to be cal'dcalled from Antichriſtian Egypt is a great fruit of Love; and as 'tis a fruit …
With rule
… called from ſpiritual Egypt, (for mans natural eſtate, is a ſpiritual Egypt) to be cal'dcalled from Antichriſtian Egypt is a great fruit of Love; and as 'tis a fruit …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 11-13 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did before; no ſooner were their backs turned, but he laughed at them, and cal'dcalled them fools, that they ſhould believe any more, or truſt him for his tears …
With rule
… did before; no ſooner were their backs turned, but he laughed at them, and cal'dcalled them fools, that they ſhould believe any more, or truſt him for his tears …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 174 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 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.

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Cal'dCalled Hate, Reuenge, and greedy Auarice,
With rule
Cal'dCalled Hate, Reuenge, and greedy Auarice,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
Cal'dCalled Auarice, a humor vile and base,
With rule
Cal'dCalled Auarice, a humor vile and base,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Cal'dCalled Angels, Jeſus Chriſt, the Virgin Mary
With rule
Cal'dCalled Angels, Jeſus Chriſt, the Virgin Mary
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 88 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Cal'dCalled Philadelphus, next ſat on the throne,
With rule
Cal'dCalled Philadelphus, next ſat on the throne,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 172 · Open in the reader