Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10086 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

absolonsabsalom's

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 86 works
Consistency: 100% (139 of 139)
Reach if approved: ~146 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 139 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 86 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of David's numbering the People (seventy thousand mens Lives) with the quelling his Son AbsolonsAbsalom's Rebellion, and matter of Uriah, &c. sore Grievances?
With rule
… of David's numbering the People (seventy thousand mens Lives) with the quelling his Son AbsolonsAbsalom's Rebellion, and matter of Uriah, &c. sore Grievances?
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord had appointed to defeate the good counſell of Achitophel, that he might turne AbſolonsAbsalom's fooliſh ſtrength againſt himſelfe. If Rehoboam had followed the ſage counſell of the Ancients …
With rule
… Lord had appointed to defeate the good counſell of Achitophel, that he might turne AbſolonsAbsalom's fooliſh ſtrength againſt himſelfe. If Rehoboam had followed the ſage counſell of the Ancients …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a taste of and earnestly long after. The things they hope for are not AbsolonsAbsalom's pillar, set vp in the kings dale, nor the flower of the poppie, the …
With rule
… a taste of and earnestly long after. The things they hope for are not AbsolonsAbsalom's pillar, set vp in the kings dale, nor the flower of the poppie, the …
William Loe · Come and See the Bliss of Brightest Beauty · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… those that are more secret, God by punishments hath now publikely proclaymed, As in AbsolonsAbsalom's open Incest, Dauids secret Adulterie was punished. Wherefore, if wee had not shame to …
With rule
… those that are more secret, God by punishments hath now publikely proclaymed, As in AbsolonsAbsalom's open Incest, Dauids secret Adulterie was punished. Wherefore, if wee had not shame to …
Francis Rous · Oil of Scorpions · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Concubines, then Davids defil…ng of Bethsheba. For both the counsell of Achitophel, and AbsolonsAbsalom's corruption in yeelding thereto, and the p…nishing hand of God herein, were found …
With rule
… Concubines, then Davids defil…ng of Bethsheba. For both the counsell of Achitophel, and AbsolonsAbsalom's corruption in yeelding thereto, and the p…nishing hand of God herein, were found …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is expressed, for that the spirite of God did enforce hym. Who turned away AbsolonsAbsalom's mynde from embracinge the counsell of Achitophel, whiche was wont to be holden as …
With rule
… is expressed, for that the spirite of God did enforce hym. Who turned away AbsolonsAbsalom's mynde from embracinge the counsell of Achitophel, whiche was wont to be holden as …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hence Amnon defileth Famar, ſhe was AbſolonsAbsalom's ſiſter, and that draweth Abſolon to revenge; AbſolonsAbsalom's beauty draweth on the King to pardon him; Bathſhebas father being Eliam (2 Sam. 11.3.) and …
With rule
… Hence Amnon defileth Famar, ſhe was AbſolonsAbsalom's ſiſter, and that draweth Abſolon to revenge; AbſolonsAbsalom's beauty draweth on the King to pardon him; Bathſhebas father being Eliam (2 Sam. 11.3.) and …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his lust, here is a hellish brood, a monstrous birth: So it was with AbsolonsAbsalom's fair language, &c. To this place appertain al those rebellious oppositions which make head …
With rule
… his lust, here is a hellish brood, a monstrous birth: So it was with AbsolonsAbsalom's fair language, &c. To this place appertain al those rebellious oppositions which make head …
Thomas Hooker · The Application of Redemption · p. 251 · 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.