Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39786 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scotlandsscotland's

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 58 works
Consistency: 95.1% (97 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~107 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scotland's
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 (97 changes in 58 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for these old publick Resolutions, which was a signall step of the Church of ScotlandsScotland's declining, and who were active persecuters of their dissenting Brethren at the time of …
With rule
… for these old publick Resolutions, which was a signall step of the Church of ScotlandsScotland's declining, and who were active persecuters of their dissenting Brethren at the time of …
Robert McWard · The Banders Disbanded · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be busie with Christ, for this whorish-Kirk: I fear Christ cast water upon ScotlandsScotland's coal; nay I know Christ & his wife will be heard, he will plead for …
With rule
… be busie with Christ, for this whorish-Kirk: I fear Christ cast water upon ScotlandsScotland's coal; nay I know Christ & his wife will be heard, he will plead for …
Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
All ScotlandsScotland's Royal patrimony can.
With rule
All ScotlandsScotland's Royal patrimony can.
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… confeſſion of faith, ſorme of Church-government, directory for worſhip, and Chattechiſing, but if ScotlandsScotland's government and diſcipline muſt not be altered, the caſe is cleare, that we have …
With rule
… confeſſion of faith, ſorme of Church-government, directory for worſhip, and Chattechiſing, but if ScotlandsScotland's government and diſcipline muſt not be altered, the caſe is cleare, that we have …
Thomas Bakewell · Confutation of the Anabaptists and Defense of Civil Government · Open in the reader
Printed
… this reply) did ſpeake not onely of our learning, but of the Church of ScotlandsScotland's receiving: And which is more, there is an actuall experiment of it, the laſt …
With rule
… this reply) did ſpeake not onely of our learning, but of the Church of ScotlandsScotland's receiving: And which is more, there is an actuall experiment of it, the laſt …
John Ley · The New Query and Determination Upon It · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… humble and unwearied zeale, it ſhall ſhortly be ſaid of this Parliament, Theſe were ScotlandsScotland's Vmpire, Irelands guard and revenge, Englands preſervation, The Churches ſafety, and religions glory:
With rule
… humble and unwearied zeale, it ſhall ſhortly be ſaid of this Parliament, Theſe were ScotlandsScotland's Vmpire, Irelands guard and revenge, Englands preſervation, The Churches ſafety, and religions glory:
Obadiah Sedgwick · Englands Preservation · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
ScotlandsScotland's happinesse. 106.
With rule
ScotlandsScotland's happinesse. 106.
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · Open in the reader
Printed
Two inſtances are brought by the Warner to prove the Church of ScotlandsScotland's ſtopping of appeals from the generall Aſſembly to the King, the caſes of Montgomery …
With rule
Two inſtances are brought by the Warner to prove the Church of ScotlandsScotland's ſtopping of appeals from the generall Aſſembly to the King, the caſes of Montgomery …
Robert Baillie · Review of Brambles Warning Against the Scots Discipline · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 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.

Scotlands Warning A13082

Printed
SCOTLANDSSCOTLAND'S WARNING, Or a Treatise of Fasting, Containing a Declaration of the causes of the …
With rule
SCOTLANDSSCOTLAND'S WARNING, Or a Treatise of Fasting, Containing a Declaration of the causes of the …
William Struther · Scotlands Warning · Open in the reader
Printed
SCOTLANDSSCOTLAND'S WARNING: Or a Treatise of Fasting, Containing a Declaration of the causes of the …
With rule
SCOTLANDSSCOTLAND'S WARNING: Or a Treatise of Fasting, Containing a Declaration of the causes of the …
William Struther · Scotlands Warning · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Scotlands Ancient Obligation to England A91258

Printed
SCOTLANDSSCOTLAND'S Ancient Obligation to ENGLAND and publike Acknowledgment thereof, For their Brotherly Aſsiſtance to, and …
With rule
SCOTLANDSSCOTLAND'S Ancient Obligation to ENGLAND and publike Acknowledgment thereof, For their Brotherly Aſsiſtance to, and …
William Prynne · Scotlands Ancient Obligation to England · Open in the reader