Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39910 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

goddsgod's

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

Puritas changed it: 104 times in 27 works
Consistency: 71.7% (104 of 145)
Reach if approved: ~152 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: gods
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 145 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (104 changes in 27 works, 71.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 104)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of God deserueth death. And because the …iuile sword is in the hand of GoddsGod's magistrat who notwithstanding oft winkis at such crymes: We hauing place in the ministerie …
With rule
… of God deserueth death. And because the …iuile sword is in the hand of GoddsGod's magistrat who notwithstanding oft winkis at such crymes: We hauing place in the ministerie …
John Knox · The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance · Open in the reader
Printed
… after you promised to worke therin, to moue you to repentance, and to iustifie GoddsGod's iudgements, how greuously so euer he shall plage you hereafter. Wherefore I desire you …
With rule
… after you promised to worke therin, to moue you to repentance, and to iustifie GoddsGod's iudgements, how greuously so euer he shall plage you hereafter. Wherefore I desire you …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beleue and worship one God, according to that commaundement: Thou shalt haue none other GoddsGod's, &c. True it is in deede that Idolatry hath great successe: yet is it …
With rule
… beleue and worship one God, according to that commaundement: Thou shalt haue none other GoddsGod's, &c. True it is in deede that Idolatry hath great successe: yet is it …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the onely … and ſquare of our life in the world, is the rule of GoddsGod's will. There are two thinges, we haue to ſeeke, knowledge and action. Would thou …
With rule
… the onely … and ſquare of our life in the world, is the rule of GoddsGod's will. There are two thinges, we haue to ſeeke, knowledge and action. Would thou …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 314 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rocke for God: as the Iewes in Ieruſalemy in Abodazara, charge Heathen to make GoddsGod's of Rockes. So the Greek tranſlation deceiued the Greekes: and they hold all faithfull …
With rule
… Rocke for God: as the Iewes in Ieruſalemy in Abodazara, charge Heathen to make GoddsGod's of Rockes. So the Greek tranſlation deceiued the Greekes: and they hold all faithfull …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, whyle it is called. To daye but styll harden theyr hertes agaynste GoddsGod's trueth My trust is (as I sayd afore) that ye wyl hold your hand …
With rule
… of God, whyle it is called. To daye but styll harden theyr hertes agaynste GoddsGod's trueth My trust is (as I sayd afore) that ye wyl hold your hand …
John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… Communion —Doth not God ſtrictly forbid us to ſerve him as Idolaters do their GoddsGod's? The which conſidered, can Kneeling, wherewith Papiſts honour their Breaden God, be honourable to …
With rule
… Communion —Doth not God ſtrictly forbid us to ſerve him as Idolaters do their GoddsGod's? The which conſidered, can Kneeling, wherewith Papiſts honour their Breaden God, be honourable to …
Richard Baxter · Against Communicating with the Parish Assemblies · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and therefore the Heathens, who fanſied their Deities, Male and Female, and worſhipped many GoddsGod's, and many Goddeſſes, muſt be conceived to have worſhipped dead Men and Women. The …
With rule
… and therefore the Heathens, who fanſied their Deities, Male and Female, and worſhipped many GoddsGod's, and many Goddeſſes, muſt be conceived to have worſhipped dead Men and Women. The …
Thomas Hodges · Marriage with a Defense of the 32nd Article of the Church of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (41)

28 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 are listed here. 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Logic Newly Translated A05111

Printed
… fredom is the cauſe why thou art free. Cicero 3. booke of the Nature of goddsgod's, when he ſpeake the of Dionyſius the tyrāte: Now (ſayethe he) he chargethe that …
With rule
… fredom is the cauſe why thou art free. Cicero 3. booke of the Nature of goddsgod's, when he ſpeake the of Dionyſius the tyrāte: Now (ſayethe he) he chargethe that …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the which (after the faſhion of the Grecians) it was writen of good goddsgod's, ſaying he woulde vſe their goodnes. The goddsgod's are good, therfore their goodnes is …
With rule
… in the which (after the faſhion of the Grecians) it was writen of good goddsgod's, ſaying he woulde vſe their goodnes. The goddsgod's are good, therfore their goodnes is …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Grecians) it was writen of good goddsgod's, ſaying he woulde vſe their goodnes. The goddsgod's are good, therfore their goodnes is to be vſed. Here he diſputethe from the …
With rule
… Grecians) it was writen of good goddsgod's, ſaying he woulde vſe their goodnes. The goddsgod's are good, therfore their goodnes is to be vſed. Here he diſputethe from the …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and manie other ſuche tempeſtes, which (I being Conſul) did appeare, ſo that the goddsgod's with a lowde voyce ſeamed to ſynge thoſe thinges which be now preſent. And …
With rule
… and manie other ſuche tempeſtes, which (I being Conſul) did appeare, ſo that the goddsgod's with a lowde voyce ſeamed to ſynge thoſe thinges which be now preſent. And …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… warres, and the vtter ruine of the whole towne and impire: without the immortall goddsgod's by all meanes appeaſed had by their deuine power, chaunged almoſt the very fatall …
With rule
… warres, and the vtter ruine of the whole towne and impire: without the immortall goddsgod's by all meanes appeaſed had by their deuine power, chaunged almoſt the very fatall …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 65 · Open in the reader

The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A14354

Printed
… maried folke / masters / ād such lyke / to do thos duties which ar appointed in goddsgod's worde. In theise thinges to vse the vnbeleauers / or to minister vnto them / ys …
With rule
… maried folke / masters / ād such lyke / to do thos duties which ar appointed in goddsgod's worde. In theise thinges to vse the vnbeleauers / or to minister vnto them / ys …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader
Printed
… Whē they could not be so conuersaunt with the people of godd / and in goddsgod's house / Dauid is witnes: Who when he fledd from the face of Saul his …
With rule
… Whē they could not be so conuersaunt with the people of godd / and in goddsgod's house / Dauid is witnes: Who when he fledd from the face of Saul his …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader
Printed
… and therfore displease god / mutch moore these worshippinges which haue not their ordinaūce in goddsgod's worde ar done withe out faithe / and therfor do displease godd: for faithe hathe …
With rule
… and therfore displease god / mutch moore these worshippinges which haue not their ordinaūce in goddsgod's worde ar done withe out faithe / and therfor do displease godd: for faithe hathe …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it pleased their fantesie. But we muste not apoynte the manier and ordre of goddsgod's seruice after our mynde and iudgment / or as they cōmonlye saye / after the goode …
With rule
… it pleased their fantesie. But we muste not apoynte the manier and ordre of goddsgod's seruice after our mynde and iudgment / or as they cōmonlye saye / after the goode …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… example our men can not heare masse / because it is a thinge contrary to goddsgod's worde: But let these papists giue vnto vs the sacramentes / as Christe dyd institute …
With rule
… example our men can not heare masse / because it is a thinge contrary to goddsgod's worde: But let these papists giue vnto vs the sacramentes / as Christe dyd institute …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

Printed
Of Empire, and of goddsgod's, Rome is the place:
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Of Empire, and of goddsgod's, Rome is the place:
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 310 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… deputies and miniſters of God. …. Peter. 2. Rom. 13. But who will not thincke wel of goddsgod's, and them which are the deputies and miniſters of god, by whom God worketh …
With rule
… deputies and miniſters of God. …. Peter. 2. Rom. 13. But who will not thincke wel of goddsgod's, and them which are the deputies and miniſters of god, by whom God worketh …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 219 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
… authoritie negatiuely: vvhich is taken to be goode, vvhen ſoeuer proufe is taken off goddsgod's vvorde and is vſed not onely by vs, but alſo by many of the …
With rule
… authoritie negatiuely: vvhich is taken to be goode, vvhen ſoeuer proufe is taken off goddsgod's vvorde and is vſed not onely by vs, but alſo by many of the …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. L · Open in the reader
Printed
… that ſection / vnto the Papiſtes obiecting that they doo not call the images their goddsgod's / he anſwerethe: Neither did either the Ievves, or Gentils ſo in times paſte, and …
With rule
… that ſection / vnto the Papiſtes obiecting that they doo not call the images their goddsgod's / he anſwerethe: Neither did either the Ievves, or Gentils ſo in times paſte, and …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CLXXXVI · Open in the reader

Truth Held Forth and Maintained A50325

Printed
… were drawn into Idolatry to worſhip the gods of the Nation, which were no goddsgod's to ſave Iſrael from the juſt hand of God, through whoſe juſt Judgments they …
With rule
… were drawn into Idolatry to worſhip the gods of the Nation, which were no goddsgod's to ſave Iſrael from the juſt hand of God, through whoſe juſt Judgments they …
Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 136 · Open in the reader