Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10392 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pow'rpower

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

Puritas changed it: 749 times in 88 works
Consistency: 99.8% (749 of 750)
Reach if approved: ~788 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: power
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 750 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (749 changes in 88 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 749)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thus Truth and pow'rpower Divine muſt needs endure,
With rule
Thus Truth and pow'rpower Divine muſt needs endure,
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
No ſoule, no heav'n, nor pow'rpower that doth tranſcend.
With rule
No ſoule, no heav'n, nor pow'rpower that doth tranſcend.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or was't to prove how far thy pow'rpower would do,
With rule
Or was't to prove how far thy pow'rpower would do,
Thomas Gilbert · Englands Passing-Bell · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
For all things by thy Pow'rPower were made,
With rule
For all things by thy Pow'rPower were made,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
Adam thy father had a pow'rpower to stand,
With rule
Adam thy father had a pow'rpower to stand,
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
No pow'rpower was in the World
With rule
No pow'rpower was in the World
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which thou infusest to him. The Glories which he seeth and feels, do over pow'rpower him; he cannot sustain them. Reserve them, Lord! till he shall be out of …
With rule
… which thou infusest to him. The Glories which he seeth and feels, do over pow'rpower him; he cannot sustain them. Reserve them, Lord! till he shall be out of …
John Quick · The Triumph of Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
Like Natures pow'rpower, in winter time, as dead?
With rule
Like Natures pow'rpower, in winter time, as dead?
Edward Calver · The Four Ages of Man · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
That, for the POW'RPOWER of GOD, they him miſtook;
With rule
That, for the POW'RPOWER of GOD, they him miſtook;
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 169 · Open in the reader