Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39485 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mid'stmidst

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

Puritas changed it: 173 times in 107 works
Consistency: 100% (173 of 173)
Reach if approved: ~182 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: midst
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (173 changes in 107 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… will behave my self Wisely in a perfect Way, I will walk in the mid'stmidst of my House with a perfect Heart. Read that whole Psalm, and it will …
With rule
… will behave my self Wisely in a perfect Way, I will walk in the mid'stmidst of my House with a perfect Heart. Read that whole Psalm, and it will …
Vincent Alsop · Sermon Preached to the Societies for Reformation of Manners · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… white therein for by their continual gliding away, they carry that filth into the mid'stmidst of the Sea.
With rule
… white therein for by their continual gliding away, they carry that filth into the mid'stmidst of the Sea.
John Bunyan · The Water of Life · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Iron round, about twenty inches in the Diameter, a little hollowed in the mid'stmidst, with three feet like a Pot, above six inches high, that they may keep …
With rule
… of Iron round, about twenty inches in the Diameter, a little hollowed in the mid'stmidst, with three feet like a Pot, above six inches high, that they may keep …
Samuel Clarke · A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
And so in the mid'stmidst of fervent prayers, and assured hope of eternall life, he resigned up his spirit …
With rule
And so in the mid'stmidst of fervent prayers, and assured hope of eternall life, he resigned up his spirit …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when he … in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran; when he dwelt in the mid'stmidst of Idolaters, and never had the least thought or apprehension of the Covenant of …
With rule
… when he … in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran; when he dwelt in the mid'stmidst of Idolaters, and never had the least thought or apprehension of the Covenant of …
Thomas Hooker · The Application of Redemption · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ith' mid'ſtmidst of all mine enemies that mark.
With rule
Ith' mid'ſtmidst of all mine enemies that mark.
John Milton · Poems · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and breadth, must have some Steps for ascent on the West part, about the mid'stmidst thereof, and as many for descent to the Altar or Table, which is to …
With rule
… and breadth, must have some Steps for ascent on the West part, about the mid'stmidst thereof, and as many for descent to the Altar or Table, which is to …
William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 · p. 303 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mid'stmidst of a calme: even so many mens soules doe gently perish in the mid'stmidst of their owne securities and presumptions. As the fish Polypus changeth himselfe into the …
With rule
… mid'stmidst of a calme: even so many mens soules doe gently perish in the mid'stmidst of their owne securities and presumptions. As the fish Polypus changeth himselfe into the …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 132 · 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.