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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10076 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saulessaul's

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

Puritas changed it
151 times in 104 works
Consistency
75.5% (151 of 200)
Reach if approved
~210 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: sauls
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (151 changes in 104 works, 75.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 151)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to withſtand the open tranſgreſsion of Gods Lawes and mans. For in that caſe SaulesSaul's ſeruauntes would not obeye him, commandinge them to murther Ahimelech and the reſt of …
    With rule
    … to withſtand the open tranſgreſsion of Gods Lawes and mans. For in that caſe SaulesSaul's ſeruauntes would not obeye him, commandinge them to murther Ahimelech and the reſt of …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 140 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … is neither Pharaohs greatnesse, nor Nebuchadnezzars imperiousnesse, nor Iehues furiousnes, nor Herods craftinesse, nor SaulesSaul's goodlines, nor Rehoboams lustinesse, nor any thing else that can exempt them from the …
    With rule
    … is neither Pharaohs greatnesse, nor Nebuchadnezzars imperiousnesse, nor Iehues furiousnes, nor Herods craftinesse, nor SaulesSaul's goodlines, nor Rehoboams lustinesse, nor any thing else that can exempt them from the …

    William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … court. But this is rare, and commonly the ſway goeth another way. Who were SaulesSaul's courtiers but Doeg and ſuch backbiters? Such then, as are the ſuperiors, vſually, ſuch …
    With rule
    … court. But this is rare, and commonly the ſway goeth another way. Who were SaulesSaul's courtiers but Doeg and ſuch backbiters? Such then, as are the ſuperiors, vſually, ſuch …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 265 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Gath and Aſkalō were of the chiefe cities of the vncircumciſed. Dauid wiſheth, that SaulesSaul's death might be concealed from them: that it might not be told to the …
    With rule
    … Gath and Aſkalō were of the chiefe cities of the vncircumciſed. Dauid wiſheth, that SaulesSaul's death might be concealed from them: that it might not be told to the …

    John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … captiuitie vnder king Aſſuerus, that they denied to fulfill the kings decrees. So did SaulesSaul's Courtiers ſlaunder Dauid, as if hee ment to take away his kingdome. So did …
    With rule
    … captiuitie vnder king Aſſuerus, that they denied to fulfill the kings decrees. So did SaulesSaul's Courtiers ſlaunder Dauid, as if hee ment to take away his kingdome. So did …

    Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 263 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … be called unto. So David was taken from the flocke and brought up in SaulesSaul's court to learne the discipline of the Kingdome. Though it pleased God to use …
    With rule
    … be called unto. So David was taken from the flocke and brought up in SaulesSaul's court to learne the discipline of the Kingdome. Though it pleased God to use …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … And howe questionable a narration is that in it, that Samuel should tell of SaulesSaul's death after his owne burial, which as diverse learned men thinke, is a report …
    With rule
    … And howe questionable a narration is that in it, that Samuel should tell of SaulesSaul's death after his owne burial, which as diverse learned men thinke, is a report …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Exod, 21, 34, Exodus, 22, 24, 25, 26. Dauids hart ſmit him when hee had cut off the lappet of SaulesSaul's garment, though himſelfe was neuer the better for it. Thus did Abſolon wrong Ioab …
    With rule
    … Exod, 21, 34, Exodus, 22, 24, 25, 26. Dauids hart ſmit him when hee had cut off the lappet of SaulesSaul's garment, though himſelfe was neuer the better for it. Thus did Abſolon wrong Ioab …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (49)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 48 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Governance of Virtue A06832

  • Printed
    Let them that be trooubled according to he wil of god, commit their saulessaul's to him with wel doyng, as vnto a faithfull creatour.
    With rule
    Let them that be trooubled according to he wil of god, commit their saulessaul's to him with wel doyng, as vnto a faithfull creatour.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader