Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9998 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

play'dplayed

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

Puritas changed it: 204 times in 155 works
Consistency: 97.1% (204 of 210)
Reach if approved: ~221 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: played
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 210 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (204 changes in 155 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 204)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that I have been at; but fooliſh Soul that I am, I have but play'dplayed with the breaſts inſtead of ſucking, and with the bucket inſtead of drawing; and …
With rule
… that I have been at; but fooliſh Soul that I am, I have but play'dplayed with the breaſts inſtead of ſucking, and with the bucket inſtead of drawing; and …
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 345 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Try no more: Especially if thou have made any foul Defection from Christ, and play'dplayed the backslider; See then that thou renew the Search again.
With rule
… Try no more: Especially if thou have made any foul Defection from Christ, and play'dplayed the backslider; See then that thou renew the Search again.
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 432 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou hast against him often play'dplayed the Traitor.
With rule
Thou hast against him often play'dplayed the Traitor.
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Coate-armour of thoſe who ſerve them. Thus doth God here. Job having play'dplayed the man (as we ſay) or rather the Saint in that former combate, he …
With rule
… the Coate-armour of thoſe who ſerve them. Thus doth God here. Job having play'dplayed the man (as we ſay) or rather the Saint in that former combate, he …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Woman within them that was feeble and glowing, into a fine-ſpun thread, they play'dplayed the Men only, when they had done, in pelting on't with the diſtaff. I …
With rule
… Woman within them that was feeble and glowing, into a fine-ſpun thread, they play'dplayed the Men only, when they had done, in pelting on't with the diſtaff. I …
Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… beare it that he had ſaid their Prophets were fooliſh, followed their own ſpirits, play'dplayed the Foxes, were liars, ſeducers, daubed with untempered morter, that they and their Propheſies …
With rule
… beare it that he had ſaid their Prophets were fooliſh, followed their own ſpirits, play'dplayed the Foxes, were liars, ſeducers, daubed with untempered morter, that they and their Propheſies …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Law of God, Faith of Chriſt, &c. foraſmuch as all ſuch things were play'dplayed before the peoples faces daily in the Ceremonies, &c. Tyndall of the Ceremonies of …
With rule
… the Law of God, Faith of Chriſt, &c. foraſmuch as all ſuch things were play'dplayed before the peoples faces daily in the Ceremonies, &c. Tyndall of the Ceremonies of …
John Humfrey · A Reply to the Defense of Dr Stillingfleet · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
Upon his shield that cruell Herd-groom play'dplayed,
With rule
Upon his shield that cruell Herd-groom play'dplayed,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 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.

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented A15642

Printed
Play'dPlayed on the siluer waues? There where I first
With rule
Play'dPlayed on the siluer waues? There where I first
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Play'dPlayed on the ſiluer-waues? There where I firſt
With rule
Play'dPlayed on the ſiluer-waues? There where I firſt
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader