Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39671 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pavlspaul's

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 42 works
Consistency: 98.3% (116 of 118)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: paul's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 42 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
THE BRAZEN SERPENT: OR, the Copie of a SERMON Preached at PAVLSPAUL'S Croſſe, Decemb. 31. 1620.
With rule
THE BRAZEN SERPENT: OR, the Copie of a SERMON Preached at PAVLSPAUL'S Croſſe, Decemb. 31. 1620.
John Andrewes · The Brazen Serpent · Open in the reader
Printed
By IOHN DONNE, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Saint PAVLSPAUL'S, London.
With rule
By IOHN DONNE, Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Saint PAVLSPAUL'S, London.
John Donne · Sermon Upon Judges 5:20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ABOMINABLE ERRORS which he then ſtoutly maintained, BEARE AT THAT TIME A FAGGOT AT PAVLSPAUL'S CROSSE, Father Coverdale making then the Sermon there. Belike fearing now the like puniſhment …
With rule
… ABOMINABLE ERRORS which he then ſtoutly maintained, BEARE AT THAT TIME A FAGGOT AT PAVLSPAUL'S CROSSE, Father Coverdale making then the Sermon there. Belike fearing now the like puniſhment …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
St PAVLSPAUL'S encouragement. Watch ye, ſtand faſt, quit yourſelves like men, and be ſtrong. 1 Cor. 16. 13.
With rule
St PAVLSPAUL'S encouragement. Watch ye, ſtand faſt, quit yourſelves like men, and be ſtrong. 1 Cor. 16. 13.
Richard Bernard · The Bible Battles · Open in the reader
Printed
A Sermon Preached at PAVLSPAUL'S Crosse the fifth of August. 1624.
With rule
A Sermon Preached at PAVLSPAUL'S Crosse the fifth of August. 1624.
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · Open in the reader
Printed
THE VVHITE DEVILL OR THE HYPOCRITE VNCASED: In a Sermon preached at PAVLSPAUL'S Crosse, March the seuenth, 1612.
With rule
THE VVHITE DEVILL OR THE HYPOCRITE VNCASED: In a Sermon preached at PAVLSPAUL'S Crosse, March the seuenth, 1612.
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
SAINT PAVLSPAUL'S TRIƲMPHES, OR The SAINTS Coniunction with GOD, and ſupport in TROVBLES.
With rule
SAINT PAVLSPAUL'S TRIƲMPHES, OR The SAINTS Coniunction with GOD, and ſupport in TROVBLES.
John Randall · Saint Pauls Triumph · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHRIST IS BEST: OR, S. PAVLSPAUL'S STRAIT. A SERMON PREA| ched at the Funerall of M^r. Sherland, late Recorder of …
With rule
CHRIST IS BEST: OR, S. PAVLSPAUL'S STRAIT. A SERMON PREA| ched at the Funerall of M^r. Sherland, late Recorder of …
Richard Sibbes · The Saints Safety in Evil Times · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.