Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39725 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

samson'ssamson

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

Puritas changed it: 117 times in 21 works
Consistency: 89.3% (117 of 131)
Reach if approved: ~138 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 131 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 21 works, 89.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 117)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and water. This is the Honey-comb that came out of the Carkaſs of Samſon'sSamson Lion▪ this is it, even the price of our ſins, which is the bloud …
With rule
… and water. This is the Honey-comb that came out of the Carkaſs of Samſon'sSamson Lion▪ this is it, even the price of our ſins, which is the bloud …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 511 · Open in the reader
Printed
… troubles him. Manoa then departs to prosecute his endeavour with the Philistian Lords for Samson'sSamson redemption; who in the mean while is visited by other persons; and lastly by …
With rule
… troubles him. Manoa then departs to prosecute his endeavour with the Philistian Lords for Samson'sSamson redemption; who in the mean while is visited by other persons; and lastly by …
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… means of giving all again with usury, in a more excellent life and way. Samson'sSamson riddle was the type of this. Out of the eater came meat, and out …
With rule
… means of giving all again with usury, in a more excellent life and way. Samson'sSamson riddle was the type of this. Out of the eater came meat, and out …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 324 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe mens fate is like to be the ſame ſpiritually, which we read of Samſon'sSamson bodily ſtrength: he vowed the Vow of a Nazarite, and as long as he …
With rule
… theſe mens fate is like to be the ſame ſpiritually, which we read of Samſon'sSamson bodily ſtrength: he vowed the Vow of a Nazarite, and as long as he …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 634 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtill more glorious Victory that is to be obtained in all the Earth.—Thus Samſon'sSamson Riddle is moſt eminently fulfilled, Judges 14. 14. Out of the Eater came forth Meat, and …
With rule
… ſtill more glorious Victory that is to be obtained in all the Earth.—Thus Samſon'sSamson Riddle is moſt eminently fulfilled, Judges 14. 14. Out of the Eater came forth Meat, and …
Jonathan Edwards · Discourses on Various Important Subjects · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it gives in the New, to be its Senſe in the Old, than that Samſon'sSamson Riddle in the Expoſition, ſhould be his Senſe in the dark Cover of it …
With rule
… it gives in the New, to be its Senſe in the Old, than that Samſon'sSamson Riddle in the Expoſition, ſhould be his Senſe in the dark Cover of it …
Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at the ſame time both refreſh and inſtruct the mind. As we ſee at Samſon'sSamson Marriage-Feaſt, he propounded a Riddle to be unfolded, concerning the Generation of Bees …
With rule
… at the ſame time both refreſh and inſtruct the mind. As we ſee at Samſon'sSamson Marriage-Feaſt, he propounded a Riddle to be unfolded, concerning the Generation of Bees …
Simon Patrick · The Book of Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… devisers seem agreed in nothing more than in contriving mischief and ruine, and like Samson'sSamson Foxes, tho their faces look to contrary quarters of the World, yet they joyn …
With rule
… devisers seem agreed in nothing more than in contriving mischief and ruine, and like Samson'sSamson Foxes, tho their faces look to contrary quarters of the World, yet they joyn …
Clement Ellis · The Right Foundation of Quietness Obedience and Concord · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.