Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9930 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

depos'ddeposed

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

Puritas changed it: 63 times in 42 works
Consistency: 92.6% (63 of 68)
Reach if approved: ~71 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deposed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 68 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (63 changes in 42 works, 92.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… day after.—One Circumstance there is, which makes this Evidence yet more conclusive. 'Twas depos'ddeposed in the Trial of Farewell, and several other places, that the Body stunk extreamly …
With rule
… day after.—One Circumstance there is, which makes this Evidence yet more conclusive. 'Twas depos'ddeposed in the Trial of Farewell, and several other places, that the Body stunk extreamly …
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſtand, as is evident in the caſe of Neſtorius, Dioſcorus, &c. who were depoſ'ddeposed by general Councils, and their Hereſies condemned; and the like may be ſaid of …
With rule
… to ſtand, as is evident in the caſe of Neſtorius, Dioſcorus, &c. who were depoſ'ddeposed by general Councils, and their Hereſies condemned; and the like may be ſaid of …
William Nicholson · An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Manner in which the KING has been put down. That he was not depos'ddeposed by the hand of his Adverſaries: not put down by a treaſonable Deprivation; nor …
With rule
… the Manner in which the KING has been put down. That he was not depos'ddeposed by the hand of his Adverſaries: not put down by a treaſonable Deprivation; nor …
Thomas Foxcroft · God the Judge Putting Down One and Setting Up Another · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will not have this man to rule over us. And when he is thus depos'ddeposed from his regal and directive power, we have reason to believe he will despise …
With rule
… will not have this man to rule over us. And when he is thus depos'ddeposed from his regal and directive power, we have reason to believe he will despise …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
Muſt Edward be depos'ddeposed? or is't the hour
With rule
Muſt Edward be depos'ddeposed? or is't the hour
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… agree well enough, too well, in State-buſineſs, in Courts, (how Kings ſhall be depos'ddeposed, and how maſſacred; how Kingdoms ſhall be deluded with Diſpenſations, and how invaded with …
With rule
… agree well enough, too well, in State-buſineſs, in Courts, (how Kings ſhall be depos'ddeposed, and how maſſacred; how Kingdoms ſhall be deluded with Diſpenſations, and how invaded with …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Slave to Tyrants than he. If his Doctrine hold, not we only that have depos'ddeposed our King, but the Proteſtants in general, who againſt the minds of their Princes …
With rule
… Slave to Tyrants than he. If his Doctrine hold, not we only that have depos'ddeposed our King, but the Proteſtants in general, who againſt the minds of their Princes …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is my Author) between Milegaſt King of the Vultzes and his Subjects, who had depos'ddeposed him, gave his Verdict for the Subjects, and for him whom they had choſen …
With rule
… is my Author) between Milegaſt King of the Vultzes and his Subjects, who had depos'ddeposed him, gave his Verdict for the Subjects, and for him whom they had choſen …
John Milton · The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 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.

The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants A50940

Printed
… and from thence ſhall prove, that turning to Tyranny they may be as lawfully Depos'dDeposed and Puniſh'd, as they were at firſt Elected: This I ſhall do by Authorities …
With rule
… and from thence ſhall prove, that turning to Tyranny they may be as lawfully Depos'dDeposed and Puniſh'd, as they were at firſt Elected: This I ſhall do by Authorities …
John Milton · The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… here ſince the Romans) and by the ſame Right, when they apprehended Cauſe, uſually Depos'dDeposed and put them to Death. This is the moſt fundamental and ancient Tenure that …
With rule
… here ſince the Romans) and by the ſame Right, when they apprehended Cauſe, uſually Depos'dDeposed and put them to Death. This is the moſt fundamental and ancient Tenure that …
John Milton · The Sovereign Right and Power of the People Over Tyrants · p. 16 · Open in the reader