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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9958 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grac'dgraced

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

Puritas changed it
72 times in 54 works
Consistency
84.7% (72 of 85)
Reach if approved
~89 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: graced
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
85 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 54 works, 84.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    With voice, style, piety, faith, candor grac'dgraced,
    With rule
    With voice, style, piety, faith, candor grac'dgraced,

    Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 298 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Thirdly, No Ordinance in all the New-Teſtament was ever ſo grac'dgraced, nor honoured with ſuch a Preſence as this was at the Baptiſm of Chriſt …
    With rule
    Thirdly, No Ordinance in all the New-Teſtament was ever ſo grac'dgraced, nor honoured with ſuch a Preſence as this was at the Baptiſm of Chriſt …

    Benjamin Keach · Gold Refined · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … note of him that ſhall dwell in Gods holy hill. That we may be grac'dgraced with Chriſts Ecce, as was Nathaniel, Ioh. 1.47. Behold a true Iſraelite in whom there …
    With rule
    … note of him that ſhall dwell in Gods holy hill. That we may be grac'dgraced with Chriſts Ecce, as was Nathaniel, Ioh. 1.47. Behold a true Iſraelite in whom there …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The firſt the Chair, & this the Pulpit grac'dgraced.
    With rule
    The firſt the Chair, & this the Pulpit grac'dgraced.

    Simeon Ashe · Living Loves Betwixt Christ and Dying Christians · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    In Clifts or Caves of Rockes, and there them grac'dgraced
    With rule
    In Clifts or Caves of Rockes, and there them grac'dgraced

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Where with that Juncture shall be grac'dgraced.
    With rule
    Where with that Juncture shall be grac'dgraced.

    Nathaniel Collins · On the Death of Mr Noadiah Russel · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Those ornaments of Vertue that so grac'dgraced him,
    With rule
    Those ornaments of Vertue that so grac'dgraced him,

    George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Or by his favours any way had grac'dgraced
    With rule
    Or by his favours any way had grac'dgraced

    Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 168 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

9 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 Shepherds Hunting A15656

  • Printed
    (Grac'dGraced by the farrest euer Mortall sawe;)
    With rule
    (Grac'dGraced by the farrest euer Mortall sawe;)

    George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Grac'dGraced with as rare and sweet conceits as theirs:
    With rule
    Grac'dGraced with as rare and sweet conceits as theirs:

    George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

  • Printed
    The Jews Converſion thus diſtinctly plac'd, the Song Returns to the One Spouſe thus Grac'dGraced, who now Speaks.
    With rule
    The Jews Converſion thus diſtinctly plac'd, the Song Returns to the One Spouſe thus Grac'dGraced, who now Speaks.

    Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

  • Printed
    Grac'dGraced by the greateſt witneſſing the ſame.
    With rule
    Grac'dGraced by the greateſt witneſſing the ſame.

    Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Grac'dGraced with a help too meet for his eſtate:
    With rule
    Grac'dGraced with a help too meet for his eſtate:

    Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 103 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

  • Printed
    Grac'dGraced with the ſaving name of Jeſuites,
    With rule
    Grac'dGraced with the ſaving name of Jeſuites,

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

  • Printed
    (Grac'dGraced by the faireſt euer Mortall ſaw;)
    With rule
    (Grac'dGraced by the faireſt euer Mortall ſaw;)

    George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Grac'dGraced with as rare and ſweet conceits as theirs:
    With rule
    Grac'dGraced with as rare and ſweet conceits as theirs:

    George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

  • Printed
    Grac'dGraced a poore stabl…, not a princely chamber.
    With rule
    Grac'dGraced a poore stabl…, not a princely chamber.

    Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 88 · Open in the reader