Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9936 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dismay'ddismayed

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

Puritas changed it: 69 times in 54 works
Consistency: 98.5% (69 of 70)
Reach if approved: ~74 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dismayed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 70 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (69 changes in 54 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 69)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… read what he ſays to you, "Fear not I am with thee, be not diſmay'ddismayed I am thy God. "As I live ſaith the Lord God, I have no …
With rule
… read what he ſays to you, "Fear not I am with thee, be not diſmay'ddismayed I am thy God. "As I live ſaith the Lord God, I have no …
Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me. Venture not on any thing in your own ſtrength, fear not nor be diſmay'ddismayed at any thing whilſt you have the Lord Jeſus to be your ſtrength. Chriſtians …
With rule
… me. Venture not on any thing in your own ſtrength, fear not nor be diſmay'ddismayed at any thing whilſt you have the Lord Jeſus to be your ſtrength. Chriſtians …
Richard Alleine · Instructions About Heart-Work · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to whom 'tis therefore all Terror before, becauſe all Darkneſs behind; who are therefore diſmay'ddismayed at his Approach, becauſe they know not the Conſequences of this King of Terrors …
With rule
… to whom 'tis therefore all Terror before, becauſe all Darkneſs behind; who are therefore diſmay'ddismayed at his Approach, becauſe they know not the Conſequences of this King of Terrors …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the cauſe of all this, fled into Callia. But Suetonius at theſe tideings not diſmay'ddismayed, through the midſt of his Enemies Countrie marches to London (though not term'd a …
With rule
… the cauſe of all this, fled into Callia. But Suetonius at theſe tideings not diſmay'ddismayed, through the midſt of his Enemies Countrie marches to London (though not term'd a …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have Moſes their Guide to go before them in twelve ways, which muſt have diſmay'ddismayed thoſe that had him not, for the Lord led them by the right Hand …
With rule
… have Moſes their Guide to go before them in twelve ways, which muſt have diſmay'ddismayed thoſe that had him not, for the Lord led them by the right Hand …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore, O ye Righteous, and be glad all ye of upright heart. Be not dismay'ddismayed at mens rebukes, these Reproaches do but adde to your Crown: And God permits …
With rule
… therefore, O ye Righteous, and be glad all ye of upright heart. Be not dismay'ddismayed at mens rebukes, these Reproaches do but adde to your Crown: And God permits …
Richard Steele · Upon Uprightness · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… down, affrighted, in conſternation, Jer. L. 2. Iſa. 8.9. and Jer. 1.17. we render it be not diſmay'ddismayed, ſo Eccl. 12.5. we reade fears in the way; And ſo the LXXII. here reteining …
With rule
… down, affrighted, in conſternation, Jer. L. 2. Iſa. 8.9. and Jer. 1.17. we render it be not diſmay'ddismayed, ſo Eccl. 12.5. we reade fears in the way; And ſo the LXXII. here reteining …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 461 · Open in the reader
Printed
… support unto hee, Isa. 41. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; Be not dismay'ddismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee …
With rule
… support unto hee, Isa. 41. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; Be not dismay'ddismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee …
Cotton Mather · Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion · p. 120 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.