Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9922 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

constrain'dconstrained

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

Puritas changed it: 210 times in 137 works
Consistency: 97.6% (210 of 215)
Reach if approved: ~226 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: constrained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 215 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (210 changes in 137 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 210)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
To Chriſt, conſtrain'dconstrained her noble ſoul above
With rule
To Chriſt, conſtrain'dconstrained her noble ſoul above
John Collinges · Two Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
… which he principally loves, enough to recompence him for all that he has been constrain'dconstrained to part with in his pursuit after it: so the Religious Gentleman can freely …
With rule
… which he principally loves, enough to recompence him for all that he has been constrain'dconstrained to part with in his pursuit after it: so the Religious Gentleman can freely …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpecially ſhe cannot deviſe the ſame to her Husband, though ſhe were not thereto conſtrain'dconstrained by him, but would do it of her own accord freely and voluntarily, and …
With rule
… ſpecially ſhe cannot deviſe the ſame to her Husband, though ſhe were not thereto conſtrain'dconstrained by him, but would do it of her own accord freely and voluntarily, and …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… selves so far outgone by wise and designing men, as that we are sometimes constrain'dconstrained to confess and admire their great prudence and conduct (when they have effected their …
With rule
… selves so far outgone by wise and designing men, as that we are sometimes constrain'dconstrained to confess and admire their great prudence and conduct (when they have effected their …
John Howe · Gods Prescience of the Sins of Men Reconciled with the His Counsels · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us learn to imitate the Eagle, which ſeldome lighteth on the earth, but when conſtrain'dconstrained with hunger, ſhe ſtoopeth to her prey, and when ſhe hath fed, mounteth again …
With rule
… us learn to imitate the Eagle, which ſeldome lighteth on the earth, but when conſtrain'dconstrained with hunger, ſhe ſtoopeth to her prey, and when ſhe hath fed, mounteth again …
Christopher Love · The Christians Combat · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which with the griefe of soule may be constrain'dconstrained
With rule
Which with the griefe of soule may be constrain'dconstrained
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… eclips'd, and leave the World in Darkness. But I now perceive why I was constrain'dconstrained to give Light to him, that being a secret Spy of his Uncleanness, his …
With rule
… eclips'd, and leave the World in Darkness. But I now perceive why I was constrain'dconstrained to give Light to him, that being a secret Spy of his Uncleanness, his …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thoſe to blaſpheme that would not be conſtrain'dconstrained.
With rule
Thoſe to blaſpheme that would not be conſtrain'dconstrained.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 103 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 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.

The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies A66744

Printed
What Preſents, they have been Conſtrain'dConstrained to give,
With rule
What Preſents, they have been Conſtrain'dConstrained to give,
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 21 · Open in the reader