Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39544 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bridegroomesbridegroom's

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

Puritas changed it: 150 times in 96 works
Consistency: 99.3% (150 of 151)
Reach if approved: ~159 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: bridegrooms
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 151 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (150 changes in 96 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 150)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… friend of the Bridegroome which ſtandeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly becauſe of the BridegroomesBridegroom's voice.
With rule
… friend of the Bridegroome which ſtandeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly becauſe of the BridegroomesBridegroom's voice.
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Canaan: as the lightsome Lamps to the wise Virgins, to bring thee into the BridegroomesBridegroom's chamber.
With rule
… Canaan: as the lightsome Lamps to the wise Virgins, to bring thee into the BridegroomesBridegroom's chamber.
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many times diſpenſe with vs, as being a time of ioy and of the BridegroomesBridegroom's preſence: and a great many for their ignorance were altogether vnfit for it, and …
With rule
… many times diſpenſe with vs, as being a time of ioy and of the BridegroomesBridegroom's preſence: and a great many for their ignorance were altogether vnfit for it, and …
Nicholas Bownd · The Holy Exercise of Fasting · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pompe and magnificence; as he was marching with all his train betwixt the two bridegroomesbridegroom's (his own son and his son in law) to see the sports and pastimes …
With rule
… pompe and magnificence; as he was marching with all his train betwixt the two bridegroomesbridegroom's (his own son and his son in law) to see the sports and pastimes …
Thomas Beard · The Theater of Gods Judgments · p. 402 · Open in the reader
Printed
… foure windes, a voyce upon Hieruſalem, and upon the Temple, a voyce upon the bridegroomesbridegroom's, and the brides, a voyce upon all the people. At which the Elders were …
With rule
… foure windes, a voyce upon Hieruſalem, and upon the Temple, a voyce upon the bridegroomesbridegroom's, and the brides, a voyce upon all the people. At which the Elders were …
John Gaule · The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled · p. 299 · Open in the reader
Printed
And he wil dwell with them] An alluſion unto the BridegroomesBridegroom's abode with the Bride after the Marriage-Feaſt. Now he fully comprehends the happineſſe …
With rule
And he wil dwell with them] An alluſion unto the BridegroomesBridegroom's abode with the Bride after the Marriage-Feaſt. Now he fully comprehends the happineſſe …
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 552 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and his heart was enlarged: His whole man was open to them (as a BridegroomesBridegroom's houſe is opened to the Bride) to entertaine them, to love them, to rejoyce …
With rule
… and his heart was enlarged: His whole man was open to them (as a BridegroomesBridegroom's houſe is opened to the Bride) to entertaine them, to love them, to rejoyce …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the fooliſh Virgins with lampes, but wanting oyle, ſhall be ſhut out of the BridegroomesBridegroom's chamber. No crying, or crauing, ſhall then preuaile, for ſuch, as haue liued impenitently …
With rule
… the fooliſh Virgins with lampes, but wanting oyle, ſhall be ſhut out of the BridegroomesBridegroom's chamber. No crying, or crauing, ſhall then preuaile, for ſuch, as haue liued impenitently …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 86 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.