Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39500 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

edomsedom's

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

Puritas changed it: 171 times in 84 works
Consistency: 97.7% (171 of 175)
Reach if approved: ~184 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 175 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (171 changes in 84 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 171)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thy ſinnes O EdomsEdom's daughter, hee will ſee,
With rule
Thy ſinnes O EdomsEdom's daughter, hee will ſee,
John Donne · Poems · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE KINGS SHOOE, or EdomsEdom's doome.
With rule
THE KINGS SHOOE, or EdomsEdom's doome.
William Loe · The Kings Shoe · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ammon, his fourth ſinne was this, he burnt the bones of the king of EdomsEdom's ſonne into lime; hee tooke the kings ſonne whom he had taken captive, and …
With rule
… Ammon, his fourth ſinne was this, he burnt the bones of the king of EdomsEdom's ſonne into lime; hee tooke the kings ſonne whom he had taken captive, and …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 320 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs in promising a setled and immoueable continuance of our outward prosperitie. This was EdomsEdom's deceit, to whom the Prophet thus speaketh, The pride of thine heart hath deceiued …
With rule
… vs in promising a setled and immoueable continuance of our outward prosperitie. This was EdomsEdom's deceit, to whom the Prophet thus speaketh, The pride of thine heart hath deceiued …
Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unkindneſſe offered to Fathers. As the Edomites unkindneſs to the Iſraelites, is unkindneſs to EdomsEdom's Brother Jacob, Obad. 10. 11, &c. So when Joaſh dealt ſo unworthily with Zecheriah, good Jehoiadahs …
With rule
… unkindneſſe offered to Fathers. As the Edomites unkindneſs to the Iſraelites, is unkindneſs to EdomsEdom's Brother Jacob, Obad. 10. 11, &c. So when Joaſh dealt ſo unworthily with Zecheriah, good Jehoiadahs …
Thomas Cobbet · The Honor Due from Children · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
Through EdomsEdom's fields his Ensigns spred
With rule
Through EdomsEdom's fields his Ensigns spred
Arthur Hildersham · The Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by-reason of the Kings apostasie. If you but read the Text, bearing that EdomsEdom's revolt was from under the hand of Judah, without any motive annexed; And then …
With rule
… by-reason of the Kings apostasie. If you but read the Text, bearing that EdomsEdom's revolt was from under the hand of Judah, without any motive annexed; And then …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
verse 4 Lord when thou went'st from Seir march out of EdomsEdom's field,
With rule
verse 4 Lord when thou went'st from Seir march out of EdomsEdom's field,
Samuel Slater · Scripture Songs · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… the Arke of his covenant was brought with joy into Davids citie from Obed-edomsedom's house, 1 Chron. 16. 23, &c. And it containeth a prophesie of Christs kingdome, and of the …
With rule
… the Arke of his covenant was brought with joy into Davids citie from Obed-edomsedom's house, 1 Chron. 16. 23, &c. And it containeth a prophesie of Christs kingdome, and of the …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 142 · Open in the reader