Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39825 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

majestie'smajesty'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 32 works
Consistency: 87.5% (98 of 112)
Reach if approved: ~118 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: majesty's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: majesty (9)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 32 works, 87.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… great affliction to me, that I ſhould by them be thought unworthy of his Majeſtie'sMajesty's grace, which extends to all that are not notorious Delinquents, when as ſo many …
With rule
… great affliction to me, that I ſhould by them be thought unworthy of his Majeſtie'sMajesty's grace, which extends to all that are not notorious Delinquents, when as ſo many …
Oliver St John · Concerning His Actions During the Late Troubles · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Canterbury, Preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolns-Inn, and one of His Majeſtie'sMajesty's Chaplains in Ordinary.
With rule
… of Canterbury, Preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolns-Inn, and one of His Majeſtie'sMajesty's Chaplains in Ordinary.
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sunday Nov. 17. 1667. BY RICHARD ALLESTREE, D. D. Chaplain then in Attendance. Published by His Majestie'sMajesty's Command.
With rule
… Sunday Nov. 17. 1667. BY RICHARD ALLESTREE, D. D. Chaplain then in Attendance. Published by His Majestie'sMajesty's Command.
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667 · Open in the reader
Printed
When is your Majeſtie'sMajesty's inauguration,
With rule
When is your Majeſtie'sMajesty's inauguration,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Advertisements of the year 1562. and 1565. the constant practice of the Chappels in his Majestie'sMajesty's Houses, most of the Cathedrall, and some of the Parochiall Churches; and finally, a …
With rule
… and Advertisements of the year 1562. and 1565. the constant practice of the Chappels in his Majestie'sMajesty's Houses, most of the Cathedrall, and some of the Parochiall Churches; and finally, a …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Excellent Work. I am sure the passage he cites could never obtain his Majestie'sMajesty's Approbation. And Mr. Baxter, who cannot be supposed to have any design to advance …
With rule
… that Excellent Work. I am sure the passage he cites could never obtain his Majestie'sMajesty's Approbation. And Mr. Baxter, who cannot be supposed to have any design to advance …
William Hopkins · Animadversions on Johnsons Answer to Jovian · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… England, very Generouſly joined with Mr. Mather, in ſome of thoſe Addreſſes: Whereto, his Majeſtie'sMajesty's Anſwers were always very expreſſive of his Gracious Inclinations. Mr. Mather, herein aſſiſted alſo …
With rule
… England, very Generouſly joined with Mr. Mather, in ſome of thoſe Addreſſes: Whereto, his Majeſtie'sMajesty's Anſwers were always very expreſſive of his Gracious Inclinations. Mr. Mather, herein aſſiſted alſo …
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord Archbiſhop of CANTERBURY, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan; and one of His Majeſtie'sMajesty's moſt Honourable Privy Council, &c.
With rule
… Lord Archbiſhop of CANTERBURY, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan; and one of His Majeſtie'sMajesty's moſt Honourable Privy Council, &c.
Simon Patrick · Jesus and the Resurrection Justified by Witnesses in Heaven and Earth · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Speech and Plea to the Parliament of Scotland A25792

Printed
… too much evil befal those who do the best they can to corrupt his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S good nature, and to extinguish his Clemency; For his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S self Declared his natural …
With rule
… too much evil befal those who do the best they can to corrupt his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S good nature, and to extinguish his Clemency; For his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S self Declared his natural …
Archibald Argyll · Speech and Plea to the Parliament of Scotland · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can to corrupt his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S good nature, and to extinguish his Clemency; For his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S self Declared his natural inclination to Clemency in his Speech to both Houses of …
With rule
… can to corrupt his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S good nature, and to extinguish his Clemency; For his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S self Declared his natural inclination to Clemency in his Speech to both Houses of …
Archibald Argyll · Speech and Plea to the Parliament of Scotland · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of past provocations, and to return to a perfect Unitie amongst themselves under his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S protection, which he hopes all your Lordships will concurre in, having so worthy a …
With rule
… of past provocations, and to return to a perfect Unitie amongst themselves under his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S protection, which he hopes all your Lordships will concurre in, having so worthy a …
Archibald Argyll · Speech and Plea to the Parliament of Scotland · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… concurre in, having so worthy a Pattern to follow: And as there is his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S inclinations exprest, so 'tis most suitable to the Arms he bears as KING of …
With rule
… concurre in, having so worthy a Pattern to follow: And as there is his MAJESTIE'SMAJESTY'S inclinations exprest, so 'tis most suitable to the Arms he bears as KING of …
Archibald Argyll · Speech and Plea to the Parliament of Scotland · p. 6 · Open in the reader