Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10075 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sampson'ssamson

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

Puritas changed it: 108 times in 84 works
Consistency: 78.8% (108 of 137)
Reach if approved: ~144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 137 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: samson's (27), sampson (2)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (108 changes in 84 works, 78.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… were ſome peculiar Ability in him to reſiſt Temptations, and his purpoſe was like Sampſon'sSamson green withs: ſuch ſuppoſitions are hazardous and ſuſpicious, though uſeful, if managed with humility …
With rule
… were ſome peculiar Ability in him to reſiſt Temptations, and his purpoſe was like Sampſon'sSamson green withs: ſuch ſuppoſitions are hazardous and ſuſpicious, though uſeful, if managed with humility …
Alexander Carmichael · Believers Mortification of Sin · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Power to do some deeds is a sufficient Authority to do them. Thus Sampson'sSamson Power to pluck down the two Fundamental Pillars of Dagon's Temple, was authority enough …
With rule
… that Power to do some deeds is a sufficient Authority to do them. Thus Sampson'sSamson Power to pluck down the two Fundamental Pillars of Dagon's Temple, was authority enough …
Thomas Fuller · Mixed Contemplations in Better Times · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Oracles for wiſdom, are but very fools in compariſon of the infinitely wiſe God: Sampſon'sSamson ſtrength is but weakneſs, and nothing, in compariſon of his Omnipotency. What is worthy …
With rule
… Oracles for wiſdom, are but very fools in compariſon of the infinitely wiſe God: Sampſon'sSamson ſtrength is but weakneſs, and nothing, in compariſon of his Omnipotency. What is worthy …
George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sin. Satan is the more discouraged when we can deny our domineering lusts. As Sampson'sSamson strength lay in his locks, so doth the strength of sin in one lust …
With rule
… sin. Satan is the more discouraged when we can deny our domineering lusts. As Sampson'sSamson strength lay in his locks, so doth the strength of sin in one lust …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Death. He turns this venemous Viper, Death, into a soveraign Treacle. Death is as Sampson'sSamson roaring Lyon, slain by Christ our true Sampson; out of whose carkase he gives …
With rule
… Death. He turns this venemous Viper, Death, into a soveraign Treacle. Death is as Sampson'sSamson roaring Lyon, slain by Christ our true Sampson; out of whose carkase he gives …
Francis Roberts · The Christians Advantage · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on Chriſt, in Heart, Prayer and Meditation, which through amazing rich Mercy proved as Sampſon'sSamson Enhakkore—to him who taſting thereof, his Soul came again and he revived, Judg …
With rule
… on Chriſt, in Heart, Prayer and Meditation, which through amazing rich Mercy proved as Sampſon'sSamson Enhakkore—to him who taſting thereof, his Soul came again and he revived, Judg …
Thomas Jollie · The Surrey Demoniac · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Eſau's Heart deceive him? Of his Birth-right and the Bleſſing. Of what did Sampſon'sSamson Heart deceive him? Of his Locks and of his Life. Of what did that …
With rule
… Eſau's Heart deceive him? Of his Birth-right and the Bleſſing. Of what did Sampſon'sSamson Heart deceive him? Of his Locks and of his Life. Of what did that …
Richard Alleine · Godly Fear · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
What is become of Sampſon'sSamson Strength, and Saul's Beauty? Job and David will tell us of their decays in …
With rule
What is become of Sampſon'sSamson Strength, and Saul's Beauty? Job and David will tell us of their decays in …
James Burdwood · Helps for Faith and Patience in Times of Affliction · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.