Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9921 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

conferr'dconfer'd

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

Puritas changed it: 356 times in 197 works
Consistency: 97.0% (356 of 367)
Reach if approved: ~386 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: conferred
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 367 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (356 changes in 197 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 356)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Notice of that …r of those many Honours that God for our …ood has conferr'dconfer'd upon Christ. Shall he be cal…ed a King, a Priest, a Prophet, a …
With rule
… Notice of that …r of those many Honours that God for our …ood has conferr'dconfer'd upon Christ. Shall he be cal…ed a King, a Priest, a Prophet, a …
John Bunyan · The Advocateship of Jesus Christ · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to them; to eſteem them highly, becauſe of that Authority and Honour God hath conferr'dconfer'd on them, as his Deputies and Vicegerents, if not for their perſonal Worth, yet …
With rule
… to them; to eſteem them highly, becauſe of that Authority and Honour God hath conferr'dconfer'd on them, as his Deputies and Vicegerents, if not for their perſonal Worth, yet …
Jonathan Clapham · Obedience to Magistrates Recommended · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Church, and by the protection of the State, are recommended to us, and conferr'dconfer'd upon us in this His Rod. Nor is it onely a Rod of comfort …
With rule
… the Church, and by the protection of the State, are recommended to us, and conferr'dconfer'd upon us in this His Rod. Nor is it onely a Rod of comfort …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 455 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Protestants, that the Papists by the name of grace understand only gifts, that are conferr'dconfer'd upon those that are justified, to wit, habits, which they call infused, and excellent …
With rule
… Protestants, that the Papists by the name of grace understand only gifts, that are conferr'dconfer'd upon those that are justified, to wit, habits, which they call infused, and excellent …
John Foxe · Of Free Justification by Christ · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſold; they fall not within the walk of human Commerce, but ought to be conferr'dconfer'd gratis. And for Non-reſidence the Parſon ought by the very Letter of the …
With rule
… ſold; they fall not within the walk of human Commerce, but ought to be conferr'dconfer'd gratis. And for Non-reſidence the Parſon ought by the very Letter of the …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… priviledge of Faith to looke upon things to come, as if they were alreadie conferr'dconfer'd upon us. And the Apostle useth the like argument; Sinne shall not have dominion …
With rule
… priviledge of Faith to looke upon things to come, as if they were alreadie conferr'dconfer'd upon us. And the Apostle useth the like argument; Sinne shall not have dominion …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 449 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from what has been said, that as the Apostle in obeying his Heavenly Commission, conferr'dconfer'd not with Flesh and Blood. We must not in this matter of infinite importance …
With rule
… from what has been said, that as the Apostle in obeying his Heavenly Commission, conferr'dconfer'd not with Flesh and Blood. We must not in this matter of infinite importance …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 426 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. And that it ſpeaks of a Remiſſion reverſible, or which may be conferr'dconfer'd on thoſe that afterward periſh. And though I preſume not to determine which of …
With rule
2. And that it ſpeaks of a Remiſſion reverſible, or which may be conferr'dconfer'd on thoſe that afterward periſh. And though I preſume not to determine which of …
Richard Baxter · Universal Redemption of Mankind · p. 365 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… Knowledge, that hath no bottom. He Read the Beſt, he Heard the Beſt, he Conferr'dConfer'd with the Beſt, Excrib'd, committed to Memory; Diſputed, he had ſome Work continually upon …
With rule
… Knowledge, that hath no bottom. He Read the Beſt, he Heard the Beſt, he Conferr'dConfer'd with the Beſt, Excrib'd, committed to Memory; Diſputed, he had ſome Work continually upon …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Diſpatch of that Work, preſently the Lord Keeper went to His Majeſty, who Conferr'dConfer'd together ſecretly that none elſe heard, and after a quarter of an hour or …
With rule
… the Diſpatch of that Work, preſently the Lord Keeper went to His Majeſty, who Conferr'dConfer'd together ſecretly that none elſe heard, and after a quarter of an hour or …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Dr. Carlton, were preferr'd to St. Davids and Landaff. And Aſaph was now Conferr'dConfer'd upon Dr. Hanmer his Highneſs's Chaplain, that well deſerv'd it. A little before King …
With rule
… and Dr. Carlton, were preferr'd to St. Davids and Landaff. And Aſaph was now Conferr'dConfer'd upon Dr. Hanmer his Highneſs's Chaplain, that well deſerv'd it. A little before King …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 206 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
Conferr'dConfer'd upon her at an eaſy Rate.
With rule
Conferr'dConfer'd upon her at an eaſy Rate.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 7 · Open in the reader

A Triple Paradox A66791

Printed
Conferr'dConfer'd, in more than fifteen hundred years,
With rule
Conferr'dConfer'd, in more than fifteen hundred years,
George Wither · A Triple Paradox · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The Protector A96764

Printed
Conferr'dConfer'd, (and is confirm'd now by our State)
With rule
Conferr'dConfer'd, (and is confirm'd now by our State)
George Wither · The Protector · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Sudden Flash A96775

Printed
Conferr'dConfer'd upon the Reaſonable Creature:
With rule
Conferr'dConfer'd upon the Reaſonable Creature:
George Wither · A Sudden Flash · p. 37 · Open in the reader