Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9935 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

disdain'ddisdained

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

Puritas changed it: 73 times in 58 works
Consistency: 87.9% (73 of 83)
Reach if approved: ~87 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: disdained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 83 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 58 works, 87.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Poore Collin grieves that he was late diſdain'ddisdained, and Clores doth for Willies abſence pine,
With rule
Poore Collin grieves that he was late diſdain'ddisdained, and Clores doth for Willies abſence pine,
George Wither · An Excellent Sonnet · Open in the reader
Printed
But he diſdain'ddisdained to ſteal a victory:
With rule
But he diſdain'ddisdained to ſteal a victory:
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pliny did of thoſe Emperours who made great ſuit to be Conſuls, and then diſdain'ddisdained to diſcharge the Function. O inſcitia verae majeſtatis concupiſcere honorem quem dedigneris, dedignari quem …
With rule
… Pliny did of thoſe Emperours who made great ſuit to be Conſuls, and then diſdain'ddisdained to diſcharge the Function. O inſcitia verae majeſtatis concupiſcere honorem quem dedigneris, dedignari quem …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which belong'd not to him; yet he that diſdain'ddisdained to be his Brothers Keeper, diſdain'ddisdained not to be his Brothers Executioner, and the Wrath of Man, that never ſpeaks …
With rule
… which belong'd not to him; yet he that diſdain'ddisdained to be his Brothers Keeper, diſdain'ddisdained not to be his Brothers Executioner, and the Wrath of Man, that never ſpeaks …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
And for his Life to Supplicat diſdain'ddisdained,
With rule
And for his Life to Supplicat diſdain'ddisdained,
Alexander Shields · An Elegy Upon the Death of James Renwick 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… another. One might have expected that Abraham ſhould have reviled this poor Wretch, and diſdain'ddisdained to have ſpoken to him: But this is not the Temper of Heaven, nor …
With rule
… another. One might have expected that Abraham ſhould have reviled this poor Wretch, and diſdain'ddisdained to have ſpoken to him: But this is not the Temper of Heaven, nor …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 5 · p. 358 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rome from you… hearts when none bu… Rome muſt teach ye to pray? Abraham diſdain'ddisdained to take ſo much as a th…ed or a ſhoolatchet from the King …
With rule
… Rome from you… hearts when none bu… Rome muſt teach ye to pray? Abraham diſdain'ddisdained to take ſo much as a th…ed or a ſhoolatchet from the King …
John Milton · Apology Against a Pamphlet · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called) in all Ages ſince the Apoſtaſie, have (like ſome proud and daintie Servants) diſdain'ddisdained to ſerve a poore deſpiſed Chriſt, a Carpenter, one that came at laſt to …
With rule
… called) in all Ages ſince the Apoſtaſie, have (like ſome proud and daintie Servants) diſdain'ddisdained to ſerve a poore deſpiſed Chriſt, a Carpenter, one that came at laſt to …
Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 225 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

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

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Disdain'dDisdained, but meaner thoughts learnd in thir flight,
With rule
Disdain'dDisdained, but meaner thoughts learnd in thir flight,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… dead on the place, as he had done his Brother Abel: or, As he Diſdain'dDisdained to be his Brothers Keeper, but not to be his Executioner, Lives to beget …
With rule
… dead on the place, as he had done his Brother Abel: or, As he Diſdain'dDisdained to be his Brothers Keeper, but not to be his Executioner, Lives to beget …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Diſdain'dDisdained David, ſcarce notice of him took;
With rule
Diſdain'dDisdained David, ſcarce notice of him took;
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 158 · Open in the reader