Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39766 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brittainesbritain's

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

Puritas changed it: 98 times in 49 works
Consistency: 98.0% (98 of 100)
Reach if approved: ~105 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: britons
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 100 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 49 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for one. Such as have received ordination from the Bishops of the Scots or BrittainesBritain's, who in the matter of Easter and Tonsure are not united unto the Catholicke …
With rule
… for one. Such as have received ordination from the Bishops of the Scots or BrittainesBritain's, who in the matter of Easter and Tonsure are not united unto the Catholicke …
James Ussher · The Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE CONCLVSION OF THE King of Great BrittainesBritain's Preface, containing an exhortation to all Christian Kings and Princes.
With rule
THE CONCLVSION OF THE King of Great BrittainesBritain's Preface, containing an exhortation to all Christian Kings and Princes.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Accomplishment of the Prophecies · p. 462 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he saw the City wholly given to idolatry. Whence it will follow, that the BrittainesBritain's, form-fellowes with the Grecians, were wholly given to Idolatry: which is as much …
With rule
… he saw the City wholly given to idolatry. Whence it will follow, that the BrittainesBritain's, form-fellowes with the Grecians, were wholly given to Idolatry: which is as much …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… infinitely admired them, for the debonnaireneſſe of their natures, preferring the wits of the BrittainesBritain's, before the ſtudy of the Gaules. And they are called Angli quaſi Angeli, ſaid …
With rule
… infinitely admired them, for the debonnaireneſſe of their natures, preferring the wits of the BrittainesBritain's, before the ſtudy of the Gaules. And they are called Angli quaſi Angeli, ſaid …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 521 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to make ſhips of that kind, which in former yeares the uſe of the BrittainesBritain's had taught him: firſt they made the keyle and pinns of light matter, the …
With rule
… to make ſhips of that kind, which in former yeares the uſe of the BrittainesBritain's had taught him: firſt they made the keyle and pinns of light matter, the …
Petrus Ramus · Logic in Two Books · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the men of Meſech to ſpring, and ſo by a derivative line, the BrittainesBritain's may ſeeme to ſpring from thence or to have affinity to the men of …
With rule
… and the men of Meſech to ſpring, and ſo by a derivative line, the BrittainesBritain's may ſeeme to ſpring from thence or to have affinity to the men of …
Edward Marbury · The Voice of the Turtle · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Rome: now she neither feares her Bulls, nor desires her Bulwarkes. The destitute BrittainesBritain's thus mourned to their conquering Romanes. Aetio ter Consul… gemitus Britannorum. Repell…nt nos …
With rule
… to Rome: now she neither feares her Bulls, nor desires her Bulwarkes. The destitute BrittainesBritain's thus mourned to their conquering Romanes. Aetio ter Consul… gemitus Britannorum. Repell…nt nos …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
❧ Great BrittainesBritain's Reſurrection.
With rule
❧ Great BrittainesBritain's Reſurrection.
William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Great Britains Resurrection A03778

Printed
GREAT BRITTAINESBRITAIN'S RESVRrection: Or the Parliaments paſſing Bell.
With rule
GREAT BRITTAINESBRITAIN'S RESVRrection: Or the Parliaments paſſing Bell.
William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader