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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10501 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thou'ltthou

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

Puritas changed it
91 times in 54 works
Consistency
78.4% (91 of 116)
Reach if approved
~125 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
119 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 54 works, 78.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … over one of thy two livings then? Thou art able to do that; if thou'ltthou not ſet upon the meanes, thy condemnation is equall. Thus I have confirmed this …
    With rule
    … over one of thy two livings then? Thou art able to do that; if thou'ltthou not ſet upon the meanes, thy condemnation is equall. Thus I have confirmed this …

    William Fenner · Willful Impenitency · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Make him thy joy, and thou'ltthou ſee cauſe to ſing,
    With rule
    Make him thy joy, and thou'ltthou ſee cauſe to ſing,

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 204 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    There indeclinable the Horn thou'ltthou find;
    With rule
    There indeclinable the Horn thou'ltthou find;

    John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Both which, with equal Estimate thou'ltthou find,
    With rule
    Both which, with equal Estimate thou'ltthou find,

    Robert Wild · Exclamation Against Popery · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Where thou'ltthou refine the choiceſt Wine
    With rule
    Where thou'ltthou refine the choiceſt Wine

    Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    I know in next year's Almanack thou'ltthou write,
    With rule
    I know in next year's Almanack thou'ltthou write,

    Robert Wild · Dr Wilds Humble Thanks · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Well, ſayes Albino, ſince thou'ltthou not dcſiſt,
    With rule
    Well, ſayes Albino, ſince thou'ltthou not dcſiſt,

    Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Break all my bones; from day to night thou'ltthou make an end of me.
    With rule
    Break all my bones; from day to night thou'ltthou make an end of me.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Epigrams A08687

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou promise much, nought giue, but All delay,
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou promise much, nought giue, but All delay,

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou say I am, how's that? my Selfe
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou say I am, how's that? my Selfe

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

Poetical Fragments A26987

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou anſwer all the ſpite of tongues;
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou anſwer all the ſpite of tongues;

    Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou come to Me? and hear what Mercy ſaith?
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou come to Me? and hear what Mercy ſaith?

    Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 118 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

  • Printed
    " Thou'ltThou find thy dim, dark Eye ſhall open'd be.
    With rule
    " Thou'ltThou find thy dim, dark Eye ſhall open'd be.

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou hang thy ſelf; next in Hell-torments fry.
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou hang thy ſelf; next in Hell-torments fry.

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou find Affection has advis'd thee right;
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou find Affection has advis'd thee right;

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 221 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell A48398

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou ſeek me, when and where thou'ltthou not me find,
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou ſeek me, when and where thou'ltthou not me find,

    Edward Bagshaw · The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell · p. 100 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem A52813

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou find more Ionas's to drown or burn:
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou find more Ionas's to drown or burn:

    Christopher Ness · A Key to Open the Mystery and Iniquity of a Poem · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou iniure Vertue, and deceiue thy friends.
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou iniure Vertue, and deceiue thy friends.

    George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

  • Printed
    Thou'ltThou lightneſs find
    With rule
    Thou'ltThou lightneſs find

    Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 1 · Open in the reader