Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10301 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

irelandsireland's

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

Puritas changed it: 101 times in 73 works
Consistency: 99.0% (101 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~107 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ireland's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 102 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (101 changes in 73 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… THE Arch-Bishop of Canterbury's LETTER TO THE KING, AND All the Bishops of IrelandsIreland's Protestation to the Parliament to the same Purpose. With an Answer to the Roman …
With rule
… THE Arch-Bishop of Canterbury's LETTER TO THE KING, AND All the Bishops of IrelandsIreland's Protestation to the Parliament to the same Purpose. With an Answer to the Roman …
Richard Baxter · Fair-Warning · Open in the reader
Printed
… the day before I loſt my frame of grace exceedingly, by my unſenſibleneſs of IrelandsIreland's miſery, and being merry when I ſhould have ſorrowed, and on the Lords day …
With rule
… the day before I loſt my frame of grace exceedingly, by my unſenſibleneſs of IrelandsIreland's miſery, and being merry when I ſhould have ſorrowed, and on the Lords day …
Thomas Case · The Excellent Woman · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vengeance hath not been taken upon our misdoings, as well as upon Germanies and IrelandsIreland's and even upon some parts of our Kingdom and Nation? and if we sadly …
With rule
… vengeance hath not been taken upon our misdoings, as well as upon Germanies and IrelandsIreland's and even upon some parts of our Kingdom and Nation? and if we sadly …
John Maudit · A Warning Piece to Afflicted England · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Subiects in some copies; and gives them Authority to persecute his Protestant Subiects in IrelandsIreland's, with license to send such Agents to his Majesty from time to time as …
With rule
… Subiects in some copies; and gives them Authority to persecute his Protestant Subiects in IrelandsIreland's, with license to send such Agents to his Majesty from time to time as …
William Prynne · Romes Masterpiece · Open in the reader
Printed
… barbarous cruelties at more length, let him peruſe a book written on purpoſe, called IrelandsIreland's tears, and M. Clerks Martyrology, from pag. 347. to pag. 369. which books never Papiſt could …
With rule
… barbarous cruelties at more length, let him peruſe a book written on purpoſe, called IrelandsIreland's tears, and M. Clerks Martyrology, from pag. 347. to pag. 369. which books never Papiſt could …
John Welch · Popery Anatomized · p. 504 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dangerous, deſtructive (& I dare ſay Ieſuiticall) councells, to the Parliaments diſſipation, the Kingdomes prejudice, IrelandsIreland's loſſe; moſt good mens and miniſters greif, your beſt freinds aſtoniſhment, your Enemies and …
With rule
… dangerous, deſtructive (& I dare ſay Ieſuiticall) councells, to the Parliaments diſſipation, the Kingdomes prejudice, IrelandsIreland's loſſe; moſt good mens and miniſters greif, your beſt freinds aſtoniſhment, your Enemies and …
William Prynne · Letter to the General · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath done them by men too, in this Deep of Englands, and Scotlands, and IrelandsIreland's troubles and …fflictions.
With rule
… hath done them by men too, in this Deep of Englands, and Scotlands, and IrelandsIreland's troubles and …fflictions.
Thomas Case · A Model of True Spiritual Thankfulness · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hammond for that purpoſe ſome moneths before) to accompliſh his deſigns the better; obſtructed IrelandsIreland's relief bo…h with men and money almoſt a year together, and intercepting all …
With rule
… Hammond for that purpoſe ſome moneths before) to accompliſh his deſigns the better; obſtructed IrelandsIreland's relief bo…h with men and money almoſt a year together, and intercepting all …
William Prynne · The Machiavellian Cromwellist · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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