Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9970 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

impair'dimpaired

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

Puritas changed it: 65 times in 56 works
Consistency: 97.0% (65 of 67)
Reach if approved: ~70 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: impaired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 67 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (65 changes in 56 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 65)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as sad Experience proves, yet no Accident from without, no Distemper from within had impair'dimpaired his Vigour, and made him actually subject to Death without Sin. Whilst innocent he …
With rule
… as sad Experience proves, yet no Accident from without, no Distemper from within had impair'dimpaired his Vigour, and made him actually subject to Death without Sin. Whilst innocent he …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some are angry with Sin, (when it has impair'dimpaired their Credit in the World, and made a breach upon their Peace within) but …
With rule
Some are angry with Sin, (when it has impair'dimpaired their Credit in the World, and made a breach upon their Peace within) but …
Francis Fuller · A Treatise of Faith and Repentance · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when he conſidered how the Truth of God was now in danger to be impair'dimpaired on the one ſide, and when he conſidered how the people of God were …
With rule
… when he conſidered how the Truth of God was now in danger to be impair'dimpaired on the one ſide, and when he conſidered how the people of God were …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apostate, … there his Race ended; the Church that before by insensible degrees welk't and impair'dimpaired, now with large steps went downe hill decaying; at this time Antichrist began first …
With rule
… Apostate, … there his Race ended; the Church that before by insensible degrees welk't and impair'dimpaired, now with large steps went downe hill decaying; at this time Antichrist began first …
John Milton · Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… humane Nature was reduced, how its Strength was broken, and its Health and Vigor impair'dimpaired and decayed; how its Reason was clouded, and all its Faculties depraved; how apt …
With rule
… humane Nature was reduced, how its Strength was broken, and its Health and Vigor impair'dimpaired and decayed; how its Reason was clouded, and all its Faculties depraved; how apt …
John Scott · Practical Discourses Volume 2 · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
Shall be impair'dimpaired, but injoy'd for ever.
With rule
Shall be impair'dimpaired, but injoy'd for ever.
George Wither · A Triple Paradox · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
Were all to ruffl'd, and ſomtimes impair'dimpaired.
With rule
Were all to ruffl'd, and ſomtimes impair'dimpaired.
John Milton · Poems 2 · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Skill of the Creator. And even ſince the Fall has mar'd God's Workmanſhip, impair'dimpaired the Strength, and defac'd the Beauty of it; ſtill there's reaſon to ſing the …
With rule
… and Skill of the Creator. And even ſince the Fall has mar'd God's Workmanſhip, impair'dimpaired the Strength, and defac'd the Beauty of it; ſtill there's reaſon to ſing the …
Joseph Sewall · All Flesh is as Grace but the Word of the Lord Endureth Forever · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

The Grove of Beatitudes A89495

Printed
(Impair'dImpaired) to ſpread a larger arm?
With rule
(Impair'dImpaired) to ſpread a larger arm?
Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · p. 88 · Open in the reader