Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9929 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

demolish'ddemolished

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

Puritas changed it: 67 times in 51 works
Consistency: 91.7% (67 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: demolished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (67 changes in 51 works, 91.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 67)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… be sollicitous for Titles to set forth Hìc jacet; if being streight to be demolish'ddemolished in Person, he should seek out Surveyors to build Castles and Barnes; if being …
With rule
… be sollicitous for Titles to set forth Hìc jacet; if being streight to be demolish'ddemolished in Person, he should seek out Surveyors to build Castles and Barnes; if being …
William Strode · Sermon 28 April 1644 · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and other places that had been abuſed, to remain; but ſet upon them, and demoliſh'ddemolished them. And if we come in to the times of the New Testament, we …
With rule
… and other places that had been abuſed, to remain; but ſet upon them, and demoliſh'ddemolished them. And if we come in to the times of the New Testament, we …
Joseph Wilson · Abolishing of Things Abused to Superstition and Idolatry · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tranſlated by …, &c. So that the Fabreck ſtands yet uprig…, never like to be demoliſh'ddemolished by Mr. Danvers, …hat ever great Exploits he hath done heretofore in the days …
With rule
… tranſlated by …, &c. So that the Fabreck ſtands yet uprig…, never like to be demoliſh'ddemolished by Mr. Danvers, …hat ever great Exploits he hath done heretofore in the days …
Henry Danvers · Rejoinder to Mr Wills on Infant Baptism · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other to deliver his people from Babel, and to repair a broken Nation and demolish'ddemolished Temple. And for this vvork God bids them seek David their King.
With rule
… other to deliver his people from Babel, and to repair a broken Nation and demolish'ddemolished Temple. And for this vvork God bids them seek David their King.
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or stands: This Article, say they, in the Parish where we live is quite demolish'ddemolished by the Doctrine of Iustification by Works; we are bound therefore to provide for …
With rule
… or stands: This Article, say they, in the Parish where we live is quite demolish'ddemolished by the Doctrine of Iustification by Works; we are bound therefore to provide for …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… look for, but that our Walls should be totally defac'd, and our Dwellings finally demolish'ddemolished? For (as Solomon says of those that are often reproved) they who being often …
With rule
… look for, but that our Walls should be totally defac'd, and our Dwellings finally demolish'ddemolished? For (as Solomon says of those that are often reproved) they who being often …
Timothy Cruso · The Mighty Wonders of a Merciful Providence · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all are to be burnt together; which done, the walls thereof are to be demoliſh'ddemolished, the ſtones thereof pull'd down, turn'd to rubbiſh, and then to be converted to …
With rule
… all are to be burnt together; which done, the walls thereof are to be demoliſh'ddemolished, the ſtones thereof pull'd down, turn'd to rubbiſh, and then to be converted to …
John Godolphin · View of the Admiral Jurisdiction · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mark 1. He demoliſh'ddemolished all the High Places from the North to the South Coaſt of the Countrey …
With rule
Mark 1. He demoliſh'ddemolished all the High Places from the North to the South Coaſt of the Countrey …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 619 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

Printed
… him Governour over all Judea, who Repaired the Walls of Jeruſalem that Pompey had Demoliſh'dDemolished, ſetting his Eldeſt Son Phaſelus over Jeruſalem, and Herod his Younger Son over Galilee …
With rule
… him Governour over all Judea, who Repaired the Walls of Jeruſalem that Pompey had Demoliſh'dDemolished, ſetting his Eldeſt Son Phaſelus over Jeruſalem, and Herod his Younger Son over Galilee …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 750 · Open in the reader

A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages A58159

Printed
… ſhore, where the Town Joppe did ſtand formerly, which at this time was ſo Demoliſh'dDemolished, that there was not one Houſe to be found, where the Pilgrims at their …
With rule
… ſhore, where the Town Joppe did ſtand formerly, which at this time was ſo Demoliſh'dDemolished, that there was not one Houſe to be found, where the Pilgrims at their …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 266 · Open in the reader