Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9988 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mourn'dmourned

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

Puritas changed it: 99 times in 83 works
Consistency: 91.6% (99 of 108)
Reach if approved: ~113 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mourned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 108 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (99 changes in 83 works, 91.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 99)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
verse 14 But as …or me, when sick were they, in sackeloth sad I mourn'dmourned:
With rule
verse 14 But as …or me, when sick were they, in sackeloth sad I mourn'dmourned:
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… principall Philosoper to Xamolxis an Idol; and they upon whom the lot fell not, mourn'dmourned for that. And with most earnestnesse that Martyrdome is in our owne power: which …
With rule
… principall Philosoper to Xamolxis an Idol; and they upon whom the lot fell not, mourn'dmourned for that. And with most earnestnesse that Martyrdome is in our owne power: which …
John Donne · Self-Homicide is Not So Naturally Sin that it may Never be Otherwise · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… recover'd, and got up again: He was ſenſible of his defect, and repented, and mourn'dmourned for it; he went out, and wept bitterly; as the Scripture ſays of him …
With rule
… recover'd, and got up again: He was ſenſible of his defect, and repented, and mourn'dmourned for it; he went out, and wept bitterly; as the Scripture ſays of him …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no Cent. did the Lord want witneſſes to his Truth, beſides many others that mourn'dmourned in ſecret places of the wilderneſs, which are not found upon Record.
With rule
… no Cent. did the Lord want witneſſes to his Truth, beſides many others that mourn'dmourned in ſecret places of the wilderneſs, which are not found upon Record.
Christopher Ness · The Person and Period of the Antichrist · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Private, pray'd together, wept together, and ſang the Praiſes of God together, and mourn'dmourned together under Difficulties and Tryals, and help'd to bear one another's Burthens, &c. God …
With rule
… and Private, pray'd together, wept together, and ſang the Praiſes of God together, and mourn'dmourned together under Difficulties and Tryals, and help'd to bear one another's Burthens, &c. God …
John Shower · Funeral Sermon of Jane Papillon · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
We should have mourn'dmourned, we should have turn'd
With rule
We should have mourn'dmourned, we should have turn'd
Michael Wigglesworth · The Day of Doom · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thoſe for whoſe Griefs I truly mourn'dmourned,
With rule
Thoſe for whoſe Griefs I truly mourn'dmourned,
Daniel Burgess · The Most Difficult Duty Made Easy · Open in the reader
Printed
Her absent Lord long mourn'dmourned in sad aray,
With rule
Her absent Lord long mourn'dmourned in sad aray,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 176 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

2 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.

Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment A01341

Printed
Mourn'dMourned for their sins, that mourn'dmourned not for their own:
With rule
Mourn'dMourned for their sins, that mourn'dmourned not for their own:
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Mourn'dMourned by ſo few? (few for ſo great a croſſe.)
With rule
Mourn'dMourned by ſo few? (few for ſo great a croſſe.)
John Donne · Poems · p. 383 · Open in the reader