Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39634 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

s'ss

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

Puritas changed it: 139 times in 19 works
Consistency: 88.5% (139 of 157)
Reach if approved: ~165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 157 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (139 changes in 19 works, 88.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 139)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… For notwithſtanding the Rude & Unchriſtian Treatment I have met with from ſome A. R. S'sS, I can freely over-look it, and ſay in the Apoſtles ſenſe, Ye have …
With rule
… For notwithſtanding the Rude & Unchriſtian Treatment I have met with from ſome A. R. S'sS, I can freely over-look it, and ſay in the Apoſtles ſenſe, Ye have …
Thomas Symmes · Dialogue Concerning Regular Singing · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… makes the gnashing of their Teeth, and their Desires are their Vultures. Thus Tantal…s'ss riotous hunger that does gnaw his bowels, is his Worm that never dies; and …
With rule
… makes the gnashing of their Teeth, and their Desires are their Vultures. Thus Tantal…s'ss riotous hunger that does gnaw his bowels, is his Worm that never dies; and …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereas (ſaith he) the Chriſtians had no ſuch Churches an hundred years after Dionyſi…s'ss time. This Author therefore will never bear ſo great a weight▪ as to prove …
With rule
… whereas (ſaith he) the Chriſtians had no ſuch Churches an hundred years after Dionyſi…s'ss time. This Author therefore will never bear ſo great a weight▪ as to prove …
Thomas Grantham · Hear the Church · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
To Compleat the Myſtery, They are upon Dr. S'sS Terms, heartily of the Communion of the Church of England, but Independently upon any …
With rule
To Compleat the Myſtery, They are upon Dr. S'sS Terms, heartily of the Communion of the Church of England, but Independently upon any …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Iohn Tillotson, D. D. to which is adjoyned, a Reply to Mr. I. S'sS third Appendix, &c. by Edward Stillingfleet D. D.
With rule
… by Iohn Tillotson, D. D. to which is adjoyned, a Reply to Mr. I. S'sS third Appendix, &c. by Edward Stillingfleet D. D.
Edward Stillingfleet · Answer to Lockes Second Letter · Open in the reader
Printed
… authentick records; and that without one age conspiring to deceive another. But notwithstanding Mr. S'sS. confidence, I cannot think it possible for Mr. S. to believe that we should …
With rule
… authentick records; and that without one age conspiring to deceive another. But notwithstanding Mr. S'sS. confidence, I cannot think it possible for Mr. S. to believe that we should …
Edward Stillingfleet · Reply to Third Appendix · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall onely▪ leave with the Reader a few obſervations concerning this Book of Mr. S'sS and his Doctrine of Infallibility.
With rule
… ſhall onely▪ leave with the Reader a few obſervations concerning this Book of Mr. S'sS and his Doctrine of Infallibility.
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
The change of the Sabbath for Mr S'sS conviction.
With rule
The change of the Sabbath for Mr S'sS conviction.
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning Certainty of Faith A61545

Printed
Dr. Stillingfleet's ANSWER TO J. S'sS Catholick Letters.
With rule
Dr. Stillingfleet's ANSWER TO J. S'sS Catholick Letters.
Edward Stillingfleet · Concerning Certainty of Faith · Open in the reader

Reply to Third Appendix A61594

Printed
… faith is, hath been so amply …iscoursed already by you, and that in …r. S'sS. clearing method, that nothing … left for me to do, but to touch at …hat …
With rule
… faith is, hath been so amply …iscoursed already by you, and that in …r. S'sS. clearing method, that nothing … left for me to do, but to touch at …hat …
Edward Stillingfleet · Reply to Third Appendix · p. 108 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A62581

Printed
… of Fact. And this seems to me to be the great unhappiness of Mr. S'sS Demonstrations, that they proceed upon conrtadictory Principles; so that in order to the demonstrating …
With rule
… of Fact. And this seems to me to be the great unhappiness of Mr. S'sS Demonstrations, that they proceed upon conrtadictory Principles; so that in order to the demonstrating …
John Tillotson · The Rule of Faith · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Justin Martyr's time was the perswasion of all Orthodox Christians, that is (in Mr. S'sS Dialect) of all the holders to Tradition. For if notwithstanding the perswasion of that …
With rule
… Justin Martyr's time was the perswasion of all Orthodox Christians, that is (in Mr. S'sS Dialect) of all the holders to Tradition. For if notwithstanding the perswasion of that …
John Tillotson · The Rule of Faith · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the name of the Roman Church. There is yet one piece of Mr. S'sS. sagacity to be taken notice of as to this particular, which is, that I …
With rule
… by the name of the Roman Church. There is yet one piece of Mr. S'sS. sagacity to be taken notice of as to this particular, which is, that I …
John Tillotson · The Rule of Faith · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Sermons and Discourses Volume 1 A62626

Printed
… charges them withall, I do not know (nor have the leaſt reaſon upon Mr. S'sS word to believe) any ſuch thing is maintained by them.
With rule
… charges them withall, I do not know (nor have the leaſt reaſon upon Mr. S'sS word to believe) any ſuch thing is maintained by them.
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… true, it is impoſſible to be falſe. And yet the principal deſign of Mr. S'sS Book is to prove this, which I believe no man in the world was …
With rule
… true, it is impoſſible to be falſe. And yet the principal deſign of Mr. S'sS Book is to prove this, which I believe no man in the world was …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his clear ſtyle and way of reaſoning, I ſhall for his ſatisfaction tranſcribe Mr. S'sS whole Argument from the nature of the Praedicate. His words are theſe. Our Argument …
With rule
… his clear ſtyle and way of reaſoning, I ſhall for his ſatisfaction tranſcribe Mr. S'sS whole Argument from the nature of the Praedicate. His words are theſe. Our Argument …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 1 · Open in the reader

Dialogue Concerning Regular Singing N02093

Printed
… Hand, Are they not, with good Reaſon, diſpleaſed and offended with you A.R.S'sS? Which ſome of you, and ſome (that find their account in it, I preſume …
With rule
… Hand, Are they not, with good Reaſon, diſpleaſed and offended with you A.R.S'sS? Which ſome of you, and ſome (that find their account in it, I preſume …
Thomas Symmes · Dialogue Concerning Regular Singing · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Why look'ee, N. as to the Good Fathers of ſome of you A. R. S'sS, I can't ſay, but that they were unacquainted with this Excellent way of Singing …
With rule
… Why look'ee, N. as to the Good Fathers of ſome of you A. R. S'sS, I can't ſay, but that they were unacquainted with this Excellent way of Singing …
Thomas Symmes · Dialogue Concerning Regular Singing · p. 38 · Open in the reader