Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10576 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

might'stmightest

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

Puritas changed it: 181 times in 119 works
Consistency: 96.7% (181 of 187)
Reach if approved: ~196 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mightest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 187 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (181 changes in 119 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 181)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Name, by pardoning a penitent, confessing sinner, when out of his owne mouth thou might'stmightest condemne him, then by extending the same pardon, to a sinner, that wanted an …
With rule
… Name, by pardoning a penitent, confessing sinner, when out of his owne mouth thou might'stmightest condemne him, then by extending the same pardon, to a sinner, that wanted an …
Simon Ford · The Practical Use of Infant Baptism Part 2 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… become of thee, when thy place on earth should know thee no more. Thou might'stmightest know thou wast at my mercy, thy breath in my hand, and that I …
With rule
… become of thee, when thy place on earth should know thee no more. Thou might'stmightest know thou wast at my mercy, thy breath in my hand, and that I …
John Howe · The Blessedness of the Righteous · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have in them an heavenly, ſpiritual and everlaſting excellency: How grievouſly and how juſtly might'ſtmightest thou plague us with the deſires of our own hearts, and puniſh us by …
With rule
… have in them an heavenly, ſpiritual and everlaſting excellency: How grievouſly and how juſtly might'ſtmightest thou plague us with the deſires of our own hearts, and puniſh us by …
John Meriton · Forms of Prayer for Every Day in the Week · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy manners, might'stmightest expell the dreadfull storme
With rule
Thy manners, might'stmightest expell the dreadfull storme
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a thouſand times more worth than ſtrong parts, and abilities, in which thou might'ſtmightest have been farre more eminent, than thou now art, or than others are.
With rule
… is a thouſand times more worth than ſtrong parts, and abilities, in which thou might'ſtmightest have been farre more eminent, than thou now art, or than others are.
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for defining Riches beyond thy Sphere; earnestly wishing thy self an Indian, that thou might'stmightest lead the remnant of thy Life among the choicest Treasures; and converse with the …
With rule
… for defining Riches beyond thy Sphere; earnestly wishing thy self an Indian, that thou might'stmightest lead the remnant of thy Life among the choicest Treasures; and converse with the …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… why wast thou condemned seeing nothing could be proved against thee? C. That thou might'stmightest know, that it was not for my faults but for thine that I suffered.
With rule
… why wast thou condemned seeing nothing could be proved against thee? C. That thou might'stmightest know, that it was not for my faults but for thine that I suffered.
Lewis Bayly · The Practice of Piety · p. 456 · Open in the reader
Printed
Well might'stmightest thou be with such an ulcer calm
With rule
Well might'stmightest thou be with such an ulcer calm
Samuel Clarke · A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines · p. 186 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

One Thing is Needful A30168

Printed
Might'stMightest be released, and made heir of bliss.
With rule
Might'stMightest be released, and made heir of bliss.
John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Might'stMightest thou expel this monster from his Throne
With rule
Might'stMightest thou expel this monster from his Throne
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Might'ſtMightest have read more then all thy books bewray;
With rule
Might'ſtMightest have read more then all thy books bewray;
John Donne · Poems · p. 126 · Open in the reader