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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10372 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ovidsovid's

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

Puritas changed it
72 times in 53 works
Consistency
100% (72 of 72)
Reach if approved
~76 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ovid's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
72 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 53 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … for their so celebrated Argo. Mr George Sandys Commentary upon the 13th Book of OvidsOvid's Metamorphosis.
    With rule
    … for their so celebrated Argo. Mr George Sandys Commentary upon the 13th Book of OvidsOvid's Metamorphosis.

    Edward Leigh · A Fit Conjucture of Religion and Learning · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … prevent a ſecond cuſtomary, future exaction and payment in like kind; purſuing the Poet OvidsOvid's old ſage Counſel, wherewith I ſhall conclude this point.
    With rule
    … prevent a ſecond cuſtomary, future exaction and payment in like kind; purſuing the Poet OvidsOvid's old ſage Counſel, wherewith I ſhall conclude this point.

    William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    55 A Grammaticall explanation of the 13th• book of OvidsOvid's Metamorphoſis, containing that Rhethoricall conteſt betwixt Ajax and Ʋlyſſes for Achilles Armour, exhibiting the …
    With rule
    55 A Grammaticall explanation of the 13th• book of OvidsOvid's Metamorphoſis, containing that Rhethoricall conteſt betwixt Ajax and Ʋlyſſes for Achilles Armour, exhibiting the …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    OvidsOvid's Feſtivals.
    With rule
    OvidsOvid's Feſtivals.

    Nathaniel Hardy · First Epistle of John Applied Part 1 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    2. If according to Iustins storie, or OvidsOvid's fiction, the members of a sonne were baked in a pie, in the likenesse …
    With rule
    2. If according to Iustins storie, or OvidsOvid's fiction, the members of a sonne were baked in a pie, in the likenesse …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and Augustus, and as ill in March, May, Ianuary, and February, and in all OvidsOvid's fastis.
    With rule
    … and Augustus, and as ill in March, May, Ianuary, and February, and in all OvidsOvid's fastis.

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    OvidsOvid's Metamorphoſis in Engliſh verſe, by George Sandy's, in Twelves.
    With rule
    OvidsOvid's Metamorphoſis in Engliſh verſe, by George Sandy's, in Twelves.

    Matthew Barker · Natural Theology · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … was pretended. And a Wit in such difficult toyes accommodated the numerall letters in OvidsOvid's verse to the yeare wherein the Prince suffered.
    With rule
    … was pretended. And a Wit in such difficult toyes accommodated the numerall letters in OvidsOvid's verse to the yeare wherein the Prince suffered.

    Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 45 · 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.