Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39759 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

say'stsayest

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

Puritas changed it: 100 times in 60 works
Consistency: 98.0% (100 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~107 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sayest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 102 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (100 changes in 60 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 100)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in this matter, O God, Thou hast deceived me; Thy Word is plain, Thou ſay'stsayest, Thou ſhalt take no Uſury; and he that taketh Increaſe, ſhall not live. And …
With rule
… in this matter, O God, Thou hast deceived me; Thy Word is plain, Thou ſay'stsayest, Thou ſhalt take no Uſury; and he that taketh Increaſe, ſhall not live. And …
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 333 · Open in the reader
Printed
Why then Plain Iack.— Come, stand close.— Fifteen Years old am I say'stsayest thou?
With rule
Why then Plain Iack.— Come, stand close.— Fifteen Years old am I say'stsayest thou?
Robert Wild · The Benefice · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day of his power, are a willing people; voluntiers in his ſervice, Pſal. 110.3. What ſay'ſtsayest thou, art thou drag'd to duty, as a Bull to a ſtake, as a …
With rule
… day of his power, are a willing people; voluntiers in his ſervice, Pſal. 110.3. What ſay'ſtsayest thou, art thou drag'd to duty, as a Bull to a ſtake, as a …
Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the race from earth to heaven on his death-bed. O ſinner, thou that ſay'ſtsayest the race is eaſie, art a ſtranger to the Chriſtian race. Thou art dead …
With rule
… the race from earth to heaven on his death-bed. O ſinner, thou that ſay'ſtsayest the race is eaſie, art a ſtranger to the Chriſtian race. Thou art dead …
Thomas Watson · The Beatitudes · p. 569 · Open in the reader
Printed
As thou ſay'ſtsayest, So it is
With rule
As thou ſay'ſtsayest, So it is
Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · Open in the reader
Printed
… delivers and ſhakes off the fetters; as we ſhall ſee further; therefore thou that ſay'ſtsayest thou hopeſt in Gods mercy that he will pardon thee; let me ask, What …
With rule
… delivers and ſhakes off the fetters; as we ſhall ſee further; therefore thou that ſay'ſtsayest thou hopeſt in Gods mercy that he will pardon thee; let me ask, What …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Remission · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
And what thou say'stsayest of the different case of the regenerate, is impertinent; for as to this matter …
With rule
And what thou say'stsayest of the different case of the regenerate, is impertinent; for as to this matter …
John Howe · The Blessedness of the Righteous · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
By this appears: I gave, thou say'stsayest, th' example,
With rule
By this appears: I gave, thou say'stsayest, th' example,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 52 · 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.