Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10334 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

manoahsmanoah's

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

Puritas changed it: 77 times in 55 works
Consistency: 100% (77 of 77)
Reach if approved: ~81 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: manoah's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 77 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 55 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his countenance was like the countenance of an Angel of God, very terrible, ſaid ManoahsManoah's wife to him, Judg. 13.6. it was ſo terrible that it would have killed her …
With rule
… his countenance was like the countenance of an Angel of God, very terrible, ſaid ManoahsManoah's wife to him, Judg. 13.6. it was ſo terrible that it would have killed her …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Angels, & to otherſome by viſions. Abraham ſaw three Angels, Lot ſaw but two, ManoahsManoah's wife ſaw but one, and yet one was enough. It is ſaide that Abraham …
With rule
… by Angels, & to otherſome by viſions. Abraham ſaw three Angels, Lot ſaw but two, ManoahsManoah's wife ſaw but one, and yet one was enough. It is ſaide that Abraham …
Henry Smith · Two Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… a hopefull ſign that we have ſome intereſt in him. We may ſay, as ManoahsManoah's wife ſaid to him, Judg. 13.23. If the Lord had meant to deſtroy us, he …
With rule
… a hopefull ſign that we have ſome intereſt in him. We may ſay, as ManoahsManoah's wife ſaid to him, Judg. 13.23. If the Lord had meant to deſtroy us, he …
Richard Baxter · The Right Method for a Settled Peace of Conscience · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. In comforting one another under inward terrours; So ManoahsManoah's Wife comforted him, Jud. 13.22, 23.
With rule
2. In comforting one another under inward terrours; So ManoahsManoah's Wife comforted him, Jud. 13.22, 23.
Thomas Doolittle · Inquiry for a Suitable Return for Continued Life In and After Time of Plague · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… precious life, to deliver you from that death which is eternall; or thus, as ManoahsManoah's wife ſaid once to her husband, when he was afraid that they ſhould ſhould …
With rule
… precious life, to deliver you from that death which is eternall; or thus, as ManoahsManoah's wife ſaid once to her husband, when he was afraid that they ſhould ſhould …
Christopher Jelinger · The Excellency of Christ · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
An Angell unto ManoahsManoah's Wife, alſo
With rule
An Angell unto ManoahsManoah's Wife, alſo
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me, unleſs his heart aſcend up withal in thoſe pillars of ſweet ſmoke, as ManoahsManoah's Angel did in the ſmoke of the ſacrifice.
With rule
… me, unleſs his heart aſcend up withal in thoſe pillars of ſweet ſmoke, as ManoahsManoah's Angel did in the ſmoke of the ſacrifice.
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iſaac, in whoſe ſeede all the nations of the world are bleſſed. He made ManoahsManoah's wife both a mother, and a ioyfull mother, in that ſhee bare Samſon the …
With rule
… Iſaac, in whoſe ſeede all the nations of the world are bleſſed. He made ManoahsManoah's wife both a mother, and a ioyfull mother, in that ſhee bare Samſon the …
John Boys · Exposition of the Proper Psalms · p. 135 · 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.