Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39348 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

goliahsgoliath's

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

Puritas changed it: 259 times in 199 works
Consistency: 100% (259 of 259)
Reach if approved: ~272 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: goliath's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (259 changes in 199 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 259)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… none to that ſayd Dauid; No ſword to GoliahsGoliath's, no malice to an hypocrites; GoliahsGoliath's ſword lyes hidden vnder an Ephod, the malice of hypocriſie vnder pretence of Religion …
With rule
… none to that ſayd Dauid; No ſword to GoliahsGoliath's, no malice to an hypocrites; GoliahsGoliath's ſword lyes hidden vnder an Ephod, the malice of hypocriſie vnder pretence of Religion …
William Sclater · Three Sermons · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sence and strength against themselves; for no sword is so fit to take off GoliahsGoliath's head as his owne, and no weapons can be more keene aagainst these, as …
With rule
… sence and strength against themselves; for no sword is so fit to take off GoliahsGoliath's head as his owne, and no weapons can be more keene aagainst these, as …
Thomas Taylor · The Rule of the Law Under the Gospel · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God: and therefore to conuince their conscience by naturall reason, is to cut off GoliahsGoliath's head with his owne sword, saith Saint Hierome. When thou shalt goe to warre …
With rule
… God: and therefore to conuince their conscience by naturall reason, is to cut off GoliahsGoliath's head with his owne sword, saith Saint Hierome. When thou shalt goe to warre …
John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as aſſault or trouble vs: and thus doth euery Chriſtian, with Dauid cut off GoliahsGoliath's head with his own ſword; for death was the weapon which Sathan vſed to …
With rule
… as aſſault or trouble vs: and thus doth euery Chriſtian, with Dauid cut off GoliahsGoliath's head with his own ſword; for death was the weapon which Sathan vſed to …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 1 · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the head of Goliah in my hand: there was nothing to David like GoliahsGoliath's sword, even that sword that should have been sheathed in his bowels; for the …
With rule
… as the head of Goliah in my hand: there was nothing to David like GoliahsGoliath's sword, even that sword that should have been sheathed in his bowels; for the …
John Bunyan · Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · Open in the reader
Printed
… to vſe them, ſo as they abuſe them to their owne deſtruction: Achitophels wit, GoliahsGoliath's ſtrength, Herods eloquence, were the cauſe of their ouerthrow in this World: and though …
With rule
… to vſe them, ſo as they abuſe them to their owne deſtruction: Achitophels wit, GoliahsGoliath's ſtrength, Herods eloquence, were the cauſe of their ouerthrow in this World: and though …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it had beene much better for him, to have beene without them. Was not GoliahsGoliath's strength, 1 Sam. 17.9. Ahitophels wisdome, 2 Sam. 17.23. and Herods eloquence, Act. 12.23. so? and yet all excellent …
With rule
… it had beene much better for him, to have beene without them. Was not GoliahsGoliath's strength, 1 Sam. 17.9. Ahitophels wisdome, 2 Sam. 17.23. and Herods eloquence, Act. 12.23. so? and yet all excellent …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them on theselues; as Dauid serued the Philistims: Who cut off GoliahsGoliath's bead, with GoliahsGoliath's sword: as Benaiah (one of his Worthies) slew an Aegyptian, a man of great …
With rule
… them on theselues; as Dauid serued the Philistims: Who cut off GoliahsGoliath's bead, with GoliahsGoliath's sword: as Benaiah (one of his Worthies) slew an Aegyptian, a man of great …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 145 · 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.