Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39918 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mannisman'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 13 works
Consistency: 97.4% (76 of 78)
Reach if approved: ~82 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
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 13 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 76)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… no lesse than deuyls / whō Christ calleth fowles of the ayre / Peter ā Iohā mannisman's aduersaryes / & saynt Paule the gouerners of the es… darkenesses in spyrytuall wyckednesse.
With rule
… no lesse than deuyls / whō Christ calleth fowles of the ayre / Peter ā Iohā mannisman's aduersaryes / & saynt Paule the gouerners of the es… darkenesses in spyrytuall wyckednesse.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the one from the other. But maye saye. Thu and I are both one mannisman's children. Saye wele by me / and I shall do as moche forthe. By this …
With rule
… the one from the other. But maye saye. Thu and I are both one mannisman's children. Saye wele by me / and I shall do as moche forthe. By this …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ar necessar now, for mannisman's sustenance
With rule
Ar necessar now, for mannisman's sustenance
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
Et appiam mannisman's terit.
With rule
Et appiam mannisman's terit.
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… course of nature: so be thei no miracles) And some thingis made also by mannisman's hande. As one …ace beholden in dyue…se glasses: and in euery pese of …
With rule
… course of nature: so be thei no miracles) And some thingis made also by mannisman's hande. As one …ace beholden in dyue…se glasses: and in euery pese of …
William Tyndale · The Supper of the Lord · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wil drinke with them of the ſame cupp. &c. ſhuld a man thinke thys mannisman's praier is hard of god.
With rule
… wil drinke with them of the ſame cupp. &c. ſhuld a man thinke thys mannisman's praier is hard of god.
John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… The same Westō ꝓponed to an other womā of his parrish / which was a mannisman's wife / y^t her husbande beinge a slepe / she might lawfully occupie with him / by …
With rule
… The same Westō ꝓponed to an other womā of his parrish / which was a mannisman's wife / y^t her husbande beinge a slepe / she might lawfully occupie with him / by …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader
Printed
… bestowit on the nixt necessarie affairis of the commoun welth, and not to ony mannisman's priuate commoditie. Except ze …o this God will not be with zow, nouther can …
With rule
… bestowit on the nixt necessarie affairis of the commoun welth, and not to ony mannisman's priuate commoditie. Except ze …o this God will not be with zow, nouther can …
David Fergusson · Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

Printed
MannisMan's Saule suld lufe me best,
With rule
MannisMan's Saule suld lufe me best,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
MannisMan's Saull is scho trewlie
With rule
MannisMan's Saull is scho trewlie
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 136 · Open in the reader