Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39659 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

edwardesedward's

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

Puritas changed it: 117 times in 37 works
Consistency: 100% (117 of 117)
Reach if approved: ~123 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: edward's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 117 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (117 changes in 37 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 117)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſo euer nede he had. It is ſaynt Edmondes patrimony. Saynt Albons patrimonye, Saynt EdwardesEdward's patrymonye the goodes of holy churche. It may nat be mynyſſhed nor occupyed vpon …
With rule
… ſo euer nede he had. It is ſaynt Edmondes patrimony. Saynt Albons patrimonye, Saynt EdwardesEdward's patrymonye the goodes of holy churche. It may nat be mynyſſhed nor occupyed vpon …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. cii · Open in the reader
Printed
… was refourmed according to the rule and appointment of the holy scriptures. After King EdwardesEdward's decease, Quéene Marie repealing the same reformation, abrogated it for a time. And Queene …
With rule
… was refourmed according to the rule and appointment of the holy scriptures. After King EdwardesEdward's decease, Quéene Marie repealing the same reformation, abrogated it for a time. And Queene …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rest were discharged, and specially seing he last of all other subscribed to king EdwardesEdward's request, & that against his owne will, released to him his action of treason, and …
With rule
… rest were discharged, and specially seing he last of all other subscribed to king EdwardesEdward's request, & that against his owne will, released to him his action of treason, and …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · Open in the reader
Printed
London Printed for George EdwardesEdward's, and are ſold in the Old Baily, in Greene Arbor, at the Angell. 1630.
With rule
London Printed for George EdwardesEdward's, and are ſold in the Old Baily, in Greene Arbor, at the Angell. 1630.
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Right Way to Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… our auncestours of the ſame profeſſion of the Gospell, in king Henrie and king EdwardesEdward's time: are, for the fruites that ſuch a liberalitie asketh at our handes, a …
With rule
… our auncestours of the ſame profeſſion of the Gospell, in king Henrie and king EdwardesEdward's time: are, for the fruites that ſuch a liberalitie asketh at our handes, a …
Thomas Cartwright · The Holy Exercise of a True Fast · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Alwynus the byshop of Wynchestre, had any dyspensacion, whan he laye wyth Emma S. EdwardesEdward's mother, bycause she ded penaunce. Lete these examples suffyse tyll more come. And as …
With rule
… Alwynus the byshop of Wynchestre, had any dyspensacion, whan he laye wyth Emma S. EdwardesEdward's mother, bycause she ded penaunce. Lete these examples suffyse tyll more come. And as …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… to any conuenient ſenſe, they denie none, ſauing onely this which before in K. EdwardesEdward's tyme was expreſlie commanded, and is here with vs ſpecially put out. By putting …
With rule
… to any conuenient ſenſe, they denie none, ſauing onely this which before in K. EdwardesEdward's tyme was expreſlie commanded, and is here with vs ſpecially put out. By putting …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ezekias; the Roman vnder Nero, Constantine, Boniface; the English in King Henries raigne, King EdwardesEdward's, Queene Maries: or how soeuer els the difference of times be noted. Now, the …
With rule
… Ezekias; the Roman vnder Nero, Constantine, Boniface; the English in King Henries raigne, King EdwardesEdward's, Queene Maries: or how soeuer els the difference of times be noted. Now, the …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 687 · 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.