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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40056 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lordislord's

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

Puritas changed it
88 times in 14 works
Consistency
69.2% (88 of 127)
Reach if approved
~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: lords
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (88 changes in 14 works, 69.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 88)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the patience of Job, and have ſeen the end of the Lord, that the LordisLord's very pitiful, and of tender mercy. God loves not to rake in bleeding wounds …
    With rule
    … the patience of Job, and have ſeen the end of the Lord, that the LordisLord's very pitiful, and of tender mercy. God loves not to rake in bleeding wounds …

    William Gurnall · The Christians in Complete Armor · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … him, in thoſe that hope in his mercy, Pſal. 33. 18. Behold the eye of the LordisLord's upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver …
    With rule
    … him, in thoſe that hope in his mercy, Pſal. 33. 18. Behold the eye of the LordisLord's upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver …

    Robert Purnell · A Little Cabinet · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … gret Sinnes, for amang the Saccrifice thare can be na thing greater than our LordisLord's body and blude, thare is na sacrifice better nor this, this excellis all vthers …
    With rule
    … gret Sinnes, for amang the Saccrifice thare can be na thing greater than our LordisLord's body and blude, thare is na sacrifice better nor this, this excellis all vthers …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Expresse agane the LordisLord's commandiment
    With rule
    Expresse agane the LordisLord's commandiment

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … muſt be taken in her moneths, when ſhe cannot reſiſt: and this courſe the LordisLord's driuen to take with vs, to wit, to make our hearts to ſmart, and …
    With rule
    … muſt be taken in her moneths, when ſhe cannot reſiſt: and this courſe the LordisLord's driuen to take with vs, to wit, to make our hearts to ſmart, and …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    It was the LordisLord's feir that maid sic reird,
    With rule
    It was the LordisLord's feir that maid sic reird,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Be LordisLord's of all
    With rule
    Be LordisLord's of all

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … wanton & vain wordes, vncomlie gestures, negligence in hearing the preacheingis, or abstening from thee LordisLord's table when it is publictlie ministrat, suspitioun of auarice or of pryde superfluitie or …
    With rule
    … wanton & vain wordes, vncomlie gestures, negligence in hearing the preacheingis, or abstening from thee LordisLord's table when it is publictlie ministrat, suspitioun of auarice or of pryde superfluitie or …

    John Knox · The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (39)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 30 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    Traiſt weill ſum mē, wyl gif ȝow laud as lordislord's,
    With rule
    Traiſt weill ſum mē, wyl gif ȝow laud as lordislord's,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thow hes maid baith lordislord's and lairdis,
    With rule
    Thow hes maid baith lordislord's and lairdis,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Referring vnto lordislord's and kingis
    With rule
    Referring vnto lordislord's and kingis

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thare was few lordislord's in all thir landis,
    With rule
    Thare was few lordislord's in all thir landis,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    And ſum tyme lordislord's to bind in cordis,
    With rule
    And ſum tyme lordislord's to bind in cordis,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader