Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10445 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sodomssodom's

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

Puritas changed it: 286 times in 179 works
Consistency: 99.3% (286 of 288)
Reach if approved: ~303 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sodom's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 288 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (286 changes in 179 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 286)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but he found lytle fayth. He came also when Let preached, when he destroyed SodomsSodom's Gomora, but he found no fayth. And to be short he shal come at …
With rule
… but he found lytle fayth. He came also when Let preached, when he destroyed SodomsSodom's Gomora, but he found no fayth. And to be short he shal come at …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sodom, because God continued hearing, and neuer left, vntill hee brought the conditions of SodomsSodom's deliuerance to bee so easie, that for tenne righteous all Sodom might haue beene …
With rule
… Sodom, because God continued hearing, and neuer left, vntill hee brought the conditions of SodomsSodom's deliuerance to bee so easie, that for tenne righteous all Sodom might haue beene …
Francis Rous · The Only Remedy · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And as when those other Cities followed SodomsSodom's lust, they were all consumed with SodomsSodom's fire, Iud. 7.
With rule
… And as when those other Cities followed SodomsSodom's lust, they were all consumed with SodomsSodom's fire, Iud. 7.
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… industry, which is perhaps the better tenure. They cannot it may be arrive to SodomsSodom's fulness of bread: yet if they have not her abundance of Idleness, Ez. 16. 49. they …
With rule
… industry, which is perhaps the better tenure. They cannot it may be arrive to SodomsSodom's fulness of bread: yet if they have not her abundance of Idleness, Ez. 16. 49. they …
Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVho warr'd with SodomsSodom's and Gomorrahs King,
With rule
VVho warr'd with SodomsSodom's and Gomorrahs King,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Joſephus in his 1. Book, 10. Chapter, as I remember ſaith, That at the time before SodomsSodom's deſtruction, the Aſſyrians were Lords of All Aſia, ſo that the Aſſyrian was a …
With rule
… Joſephus in his 1. Book, 10. Chapter, as I remember ſaith, That at the time before SodomsSodom's deſtruction, the Aſſyrians were Lords of All Aſia, ſo that the Aſſyrian was a …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they were Companions in ſin, ſo are they Companions in torments. The commonneſs of SodomsSodom's ſin made the louder cry, and haſtened the ſeverer Judgment: Not one Inhabitant eſcaped …
With rule
… they were Companions in ſin, ſo are they Companions in torments. The commonneſs of SodomsSodom's ſin made the louder cry, and haſtened the ſeverer Judgment: Not one Inhabitant eſcaped …
Stephen Charnock · A Supplement to the Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… attended with heavier wrath, for this the comparison of Capernaum… sin and judgement, with SodomsSodom's sin and judgment, maketh evident.
With rule
… attended with heavier wrath, for this the comparison of Capernaum… sin and judgement, with SodomsSodom's sin and judgment, maketh evident.
David Dickson · A Brief Exposition of Matthew · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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 Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Whom SODOMSSODOM'S cry brought from the Heavens hie;
With rule
Whom SODOMSSODOM'S cry brought from the Heavens hie;
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 27 · Open in the reader