Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39917 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cranmerscranmer's

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

Puritas changed it: 76 times in 37 works
Consistency: 97.4% (76 of 78)
Reach if approved: ~82 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: cranmre's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 78 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (76 changes in 37 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 76)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… subtile sophister doth not see, I weene a difference betweene it & is in M. CranmersCranmer's assertiō, & is and shalbe in his balde obiection. Faith teacheth, that shalbe, which our …
With rule
… subtile sophister doth not see, I weene a difference betweene it & is in M. CranmersCranmer's assertiō, & is and shalbe in his balde obiection. Faith teacheth, that shalbe, which our …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called foreign, The Sun of the Earth. Tremellius, who for a time ſojourned in Biſhop CranmersCranmer's Family, telleth us, that it was Schola vel Palaeſtra Pietatis & Literarum; The School or …
With rule
… called foreign, The Sun of the Earth. Tremellius, who for a time ſojourned in Biſhop CranmersCranmer's Family, telleth us, that it was Schola vel Palaeſtra Pietatis & Literarum; The School or …
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 518 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Protestancie, as were learned Ridley, godly Latimer, zealous Hooper, constant Ferrar; all Protestant Bishops. CranmersCranmer's godly life and Episcopall vertues, his sobernesse, gentlenesse, charitie, humilitie, soundnesse of doctrine, diligence …
With rule
… Protestancie, as were learned Ridley, godly Latimer, zealous Hooper, constant Ferrar; all Protestant Bishops. CranmersCranmer's godly life and Episcopall vertues, his sobernesse, gentlenesse, charitie, humilitie, soundnesse of doctrine, diligence …
Andrew Willet · An Antilogy · p. 251 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and proportionably advanc'd in their superstructures, will either re-introduce that Abomination, or condemn CranmersCranmer's separation. In the grand Debate, p 92, 93. The Reverend and Learned Divines lay down these …
With rule
… and proportionably advanc'd in their superstructures, will either re-introduce that Abomination, or condemn CranmersCranmer's separation. In the grand Debate, p 92, 93. The Reverend and Learned Divines lay down these …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
Dr. CranmersCranmer's gentlenesse in pardoning wrongs was so great, that it grew into a Proverb, Do …
With rule
Dr. CranmersCranmer's gentlenesse in pardoning wrongs was so great, that it grew into a Proverb, Do …
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… parts of his Juriſdiction, pendente viſitatione metropoliticâ, but the Dean of the Arches, Archbiſhop CranmersCranmer's, and the King's chief Commiſſioner for that Service, did freely and voluntarily of himſelf …
With rule
… parts of his Juriſdiction, pendente viſitatione metropoliticâ, but the Dean of the Arches, Archbiſhop CranmersCranmer's, and the King's chief Commiſſioner for that Service, did freely and voluntarily of himſelf …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Apoſtles, in your Sackcloth, in your blood. And thou, O England, with thy CranmersCranmer's, Ridlies, Bradfords, Cry on, and give the Lord no reſt, O ye his Saints …
With rule
… and Apoſtles, in your Sackcloth, in your blood. And thou, O England, with thy CranmersCranmer's, Ridlies, Bradfords, Cry on, and give the Lord no reſt, O ye his Saints …
Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the judgement of most Divines of the Church of England since the Reformation. Archbishop CranmersCranmer's judgment, with others of the Reformatiion in Edward the Sixth's, time, now first published …
With rule
… the judgement of most Divines of the Church of England since the Reformation. Archbishop CranmersCranmer's judgment, with others of the Reformatiion in Edward the Sixth's, time, now first published …
Edward Stillingfleet · A Weapon-Salve for the Churchs Wounds · p. 383 · 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.

Works of Hooker A44334

Printed
GEORGE CRANMERSCRANMER'S LETTER UNTO Mr. RICHARD HOOKER. February 1598.
With rule
GEORGE CRANMERSCRANMER'S LETTER UNTO Mr. RICHARD HOOKER. February 1598.
Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 31 · Open in the reader