Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10332 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mak'stmakest

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

Puritas changed it: 89 times in 52 works
Consistency: 94.6% (89 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: makest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (89 changes in 52 works, 94.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 89)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not yonder Champion looke, as if hee were a fit match for thee? what mak'ſtmakest thou of thy ſelfe? or what doſt thou think of vs? ywis it were …
With rule
… not yonder Champion looke, as if hee were a fit match for thee? what mak'ſtmakest thou of thy ſelfe? or what doſt thou think of vs? ywis it were …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1082 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou in thy favour mak'ſtmakest it ſoft,
With rule
Thou in thy favour mak'ſtmakest it ſoft,
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
And impudently wicked: thou mak'stmakest light
With rule
And impudently wicked: thou mak'stmakest light
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
So while thou mak'stmakest her soules by progresse knowne
With rule
So while thou mak'stmakest her soules by progresse knowne
John Donne · The First Anniversary · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou simple Bird what mak'stmakest thou here to play?
With rule
Thou simple Bird what mak'stmakest thou here to play?
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
BUt why so soon? Why mak'stmakest such haste away?
With rule
BUt why so soon? Why mak'stmakest such haste away?
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou mak'stmakest the Earth produce.
With rule
Thou mak'stmakest the Earth produce.
Matthew Henry · Family-Hymns out of Davids Psalms · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
Learn'd Thomas, thou me Thomist mak'stmakest to be;
With rule
Learn'd Thomas, thou me Thomist mak'stmakest to be;
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 144 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

The First Anniversary A20620

Printed
Mak'stMakest a new progresse, while thou wandrest here;
With rule
Mak'stMakest a new progresse, while thou wandrest here;
John Donne · The First Anniversary · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Mak'ſtMakest the unlearned, yea the dumb to ſpeake,
With rule
Mak'ſtMakest the unlearned, yea the dumb to ſpeake,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Husbandry Spiritualized A39665

Printed
Mak'stMakest things that are inanimate, confute
With rule
Mak'stMakest things that are inanimate, confute
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Mak'ſtMakest a new progreſſe, while thou wandreſt here;
With rule
Mak'ſtMakest a new progreſſe, while thou wandreſt here;
John Donne · Poems · p. 258 · Open in the reader