Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10390 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pompeyspompey's

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

Puritas changed it: 132 times in 39 works
Consistency: 100% (132 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pompey's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (132 changes in 39 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 132)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… seditious. It is said of … … the siege of Byrrachium, that he so long resisted PompeysPompey's …, that he had 220. darts sticking in his shield, and lost one of his eyes …
With rule
… seditious. It is said of … … the siege of Byrrachium, that he so long resisted PompeysPompey's …, that he had 220. darts sticking in his shield, and lost one of his eyes …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Caeſars valour withall in the laſt battell that ever he fought; which was with PompeysPompey's ſonnes in Spaine, when his ſouldiers began to ſhrinke encouraged them to a new …
With rule
… Caeſars valour withall in the laſt battell that ever he fought; which was with PompeysPompey's ſonnes in Spaine, when his ſouldiers began to ſhrinke encouraged them to a new …
Richard Bernard · The Bible Battles · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Caeſar, was the cauſe of the Civil Wars which hapned between himſelf and PompeysPompey's; for by the extraordinary bribes he gave to ſome of them, they bought the …
With rule
… of Caeſar, was the cauſe of the Civil Wars which hapned between himſelf and PompeysPompey's; for by the extraordinary bribes he gave to ſome of them, they bought the …
David Papillon · The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men · p. 364 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not helpe him out with this lurch. This, amongſt the reſt, made way for PompeysPompey's overthrow: for he conſulted with a woeman of Theſſaly, who brought him a ſouldier …
With rule
… not helpe him out with this lurch. This, amongſt the reſt, made way for PompeysPompey's overthrow: for he conſulted with a woeman of Theſſaly, who brought him a ſouldier …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvas kilde by Scipio. Ariſtobulus the father fauoured by Iulius Caeſar, vvas poyſoned by PompeysPompey's ſide. Antigōus requeſted of Iulius Caeſar the kingdome of Iudah; in vvhich Pompey ſetled …
With rule
… vvas kilde by Scipio. Ariſtobulus the father fauoured by Iulius Caeſar, vvas poyſoned by PompeysPompey's ſide. Antigōus requeſted of Iulius Caeſar the kingdome of Iudah; in vvhich Pompey ſetled …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoon recovered their ſtrength, and opened the gates of the City, by which means PompeysPompey's Army entred and ſubdued the Citizens. So little ſins yielded to, ſoon gather ſtrength …
With rule
… ſoon recovered their ſtrength, and opened the gates of the City, by which means PompeysPompey's Army entred and ſubdued the Citizens. So little ſins yielded to, ſoon gather ſtrength …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your turn comes to conflict with this King of terrours, under whose hand the PompeysPompey's, Caesars, and Alexanders of the world, who have been the terrours of Nations, have …
With rule
… your turn comes to conflict with this King of terrours, under whose hand the PompeysPompey's, Caesars, and Alexanders of the world, who have been the terrours of Nations, have …
John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would bring whomsoever they were desired to call for. Thus did a Wizard by PompeysPompey's command, call a dead Souldier, of whom he enquired of the event of the …
With rule
… would bring whomsoever they were desired to call for. Thus did a Wizard by PompeysPompey's command, call a dead Souldier, of whom he enquired of the event of the …
Increase Mather · The Illustrious Providences in New England · p. 209 · 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.