Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10255 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

giv'stgivest

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

Puritas changed it: 70 times in 37 works
Consistency: 100% (70 of 70)
Reach if approved: ~74 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: givest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 70 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (70 changes in 37 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 70)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thou giv'ſtgivest us leave to eat, and reſt;
With rule
Thou giv'ſtgivest us leave to eat, and reſt;
Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
giv'ſtgivest unto them their meat.
With rule
giv'ſtgivest unto them their meat.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou giv'stgivest with those thy Name that fear, an heritage to me.
With rule
Thou giv'stgivest with those thy Name that fear, an heritage to me.
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
Beyond our reatch, yet giv'ſtgivest us leave to ſeek;
With rule
Beyond our reatch, yet giv'ſtgivest us leave to ſeek;
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
That which thou giv'stgivest as thou seest best,
With rule
That which thou giv'stgivest as thou seest best,
Matthew Henry · Family-Hymns out of Davids Psalms · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou giv'ſtgivest them ſhades from heat of Sun;
With rule
Thou giv'ſtgivest them ſhades from heat of Sun;
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou giv'stgivest new Life to the Immortal Dead.
With rule
Thou giv'stgivest new Life to the Immortal Dead.
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou giv'ſtgivest into his hands: why, from the Throne
With rule
Thou giv'ſtgivest into his hands: why, from the Throne
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 103 · 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.