Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9915 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

censur'dcensured

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

Puritas changed it: 149 times in 106 works
Consistency: 92.5% (149 of 161)
Reach if approved: ~169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: censured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 161 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 106 works, 92.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… predictions of our triumphing enemies, who will now think they wisely discernd and justly censur'dcensured both us and all our actions as rash, rebellious, hypocritical and impious, not only …
With rule
… predictions of our triumphing enemies, who will now think they wisely discernd and justly censur'dcensured both us and all our actions as rash, rebellious, hypocritical and impious, not only …
John Milton · The Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poſſible Uſurers ſhould be ſo bitterly inveigh'd against by ſober Heathen Writers, ſo ſeverely cenſur'dcensured by the Civil and Canon Laws, ſo Uniformly condemn'd by Godly Fathers and Councils …
With rule
… poſſible Uſurers ſhould be ſo bitterly inveigh'd against by ſober Heathen Writers, ſo ſeverely cenſur'dcensured by the Civil and Canon Laws, ſo Uniformly condemn'd by Godly Fathers and Councils …
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cōmeth from the Lord: And yet many men cōplain that their cause is vniustly censur'dcensured & sentenc'd by the iudge. But God is iust, & shal not he, the Iudge of …
With rule
… cōmeth from the Lord: And yet many men cōplain that their cause is vniustly censur'dcensured & sentenc'd by the iudge. But God is iust, & shal not he, the Iudge of …
Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, and be accepted of him. 'Tis a small matter then how you are censur'dcensured in mans judgment.
With rule
… him, and be accepted of him. 'Tis a small matter then how you are censur'dcensured in mans judgment.
Thomas Adams · The Main Principles of the Christian Religion in 107 Articles · p. XI · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rome, and call'd by its Name as if of that Church, although thus gently cenſur'dcensured.
With rule
… Rome, and call'd by its Name as if of that Church, although thus gently cenſur'dcensured.
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… againſt Teſtard and Amyrault, as Corrupters of the Proteſtant Doctrine, and they were openly cenſur'dcensured. The Paſtors and Profeſſors of the Church of Geneva, the Profeſſors of Divinity in …
With rule
… againſt Teſtard and Amyrault, as Corrupters of the Proteſtant Doctrine, and they were openly cenſur'dcensured. The Paſtors and Profeſſors of the Church of Geneva, the Profeſſors of Divinity in …
Thomas Goodwin · The True Nature of the Gospel · Open in the reader
Printed
… was not allow'd in the practiſe of the Church, but was enquired of, and cenſur'dcensured in the Biſhops Viſitations, and that the words in the Book inferred no ſuch …
With rule
… was not allow'd in the practiſe of the Church, but was enquired of, and cenſur'dcensured in the Biſhops Viſitations, and that the words in the Book inferred no ſuch …
Henry Hickman · Castigations Given to John Durell · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might have done better, since otherwise they could only be pitied, not blam'd and censur'dcensured for what they did. I come now in the
With rule
… might have done better, since otherwise they could only be pitied, not blam'd and censur'dcensured for what they did. I come now in the
John Kettlewell · Five Discourses · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

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

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… pieces; but God had Mercy on them and called them. The Action may be Cenſur'dCensured, not the State, for we know not whom God may call. In Cenſuring Men …
With rule
… pieces; but God had Mercy on them and called them. The Action may be Cenſur'dCensured, not the State, for we know not whom God may call. In Cenſuring Men …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 325 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
… that Book was published in Print about the latter end of 1632. and the Author Censur'dCensured in Star-Chamber for some passages in it about the latter end of the …
With rule
… that Book was published in Print about the latter end of 1632. and the Author Censur'dCensured in Star-Chamber for some passages in it about the latter end of the …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… no reproofs, Pſal. 38.14. Not a word came from him, that he had been Proſecuted, Cenſur'dCensured, Impriſon'd, Sequeſtred, Riffled: but he ſtood like one in the ſame point, that had …
With rule
… no reproofs, Pſal. 38.14. Not a word came from him, that he had been Proſecuted, Cenſur'dCensured, Impriſon'd, Sequeſtred, Riffled: but he ſtood like one in the ſame point, that had …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 140 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
Of Delinquents, and Cenſur'dCensured Perſons, and what are theſe Offences which render them obnoxious unto Cenſures.
With rule
Of Delinquents, and Cenſur'dCensured Perſons, and what are theſe Offences which render them obnoxious unto Cenſures.
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 96 · Open in the reader