Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39952 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

they'lethey

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

Puritas changed it: 80 times in 44 works
Consistency: 88.8% (80 of 90)
Reach if approved: ~95 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 90 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 44 works, 88.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not spots, they will feigne them; for malice makes them so nimble eyed, that they'lethey finde a knot in a Bullrush, staying, or going, we know, one, or the …
With rule
… not spots, they will feigne them; for malice makes them so nimble eyed, that they'lethey finde a knot in a Bullrush, staying, or going, we know, one, or the …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 364 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wine to cure them. Some ſpots are inconſiſtent with grace, and if not cleanſed, they'lethey be thy death, even Plague-ſores that will eternally ſeparate thee from God. Come …
With rule
… wine to cure them. Some ſpots are inconſiſtent with grace, and if not cleanſed, they'lethey be thy death, even Plague-ſores that will eternally ſeparate thee from God. Come …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Difference Between the Spots of the Godly and of the Wicked · Open in the reader
Printed
… no real prejudice to Saecular Affairs. They should not be Long, Tedious, Burdensome; and they'lethey hinder no Iourney, no concern; all will prosper the better for them. In short …
With rule
… no real prejudice to Saecular Affairs. They should not be Long, Tedious, Burdensome; and they'lethey hinder no Iourney, no concern; all will prosper the better for them. In short …
Cotton Mather · Small Offers Towards the Service of the Tabernacle · Open in the reader
Printed
Perhaps they'lethey say that, while we pretend to take down Bishops, we do but set up …
With rule
Perhaps they'lethey say that, while we pretend to take down Bishops, we do but set up …
Richard Baxter · Five Disputations of Church Government · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wiſdome given unto him hath written, Gal. 6. 13. but they ſhall not compaſſe their end, they'lethey returne, perceiving the ſtrangers voice; theſe gracious ſoules thought it had been Chriſts voyce …
With rule
… wiſdome given unto him hath written, Gal. 6. 13. but they ſhall not compaſſe their end, they'lethey returne, perceiving the ſtrangers voice; theſe gracious ſoules thought it had been Chriſts voyce …
Richard Byfield · Temple Defilers Defiled · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… penny profit in the trade for Jeſus Chriſt. Mammon is their god, and therefore they'lethey give no entertainment unto Jeſus Chriſt. Gold and ſilver, corne, and wine, lands and …
With rule
… penny profit in the trade for Jeſus Chriſt. Mammon is their god, and therefore they'lethey give no entertainment unto Jeſus Chriſt. Gold and ſilver, corne, and wine, lands and …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
'T's a Costly-Iourney, they'lethey not much bestow.
With rule
'T's a Costly-Iourney, they'lethey not much bestow.
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
… looke for, to have croſſes while we are here, when things are at worſt they'lethey mend againe: ſuch and ſuch haue ſuffer'd the very ſame, and done well enough …
With rule
… looke for, to have croſſes while we are here, when things are at worſt they'lethey mend againe: ſuch and ſuch haue ſuffer'd the very ſame, and done well enough …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Five Godly and Profitable Sermons A09262

Printed
… be set to schoole againe for their admirable simplcitie in the knowledg of religion. They'leThey scorne to be questioned, but doe but get them in a good moode and …
With rule
… be set to schoole againe for their admirable simplcitie in the knowledg of religion. They'leThey scorne to be questioned, but doe but get them in a good moode and …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
They'leThey speake in no mans praise but in their owne,
With rule
They'leThey speake in no mans praise but in their owne,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
They'leThey proue it true; How? Thus: Because it is.
With rule
They'leThey proue it true; How? Thus: Because it is.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

Printed
… deny your ſelf alſo in them if you mean to keep in with Chriſt. They'leThey be ready enough with Peter to prompt you to be good to your ſelf …
With rule
… deny your ſelf alſo in them if you mean to keep in with Chriſt. They'leThey be ready enough with Peter to prompt you to be good to your ſelf …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 705 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
They'leThey looke on Death and Torment, yet not fear't,
With rule
They'leThey looke on Death and Torment, yet not fear't,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader