Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40078 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gav'stgavest

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

Puritas changed it: 63 times in 34 works
Consistency: 92.6% (63 of 68)
Reach if approved: ~71 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gavest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 68 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (63 changes in 34 works, 92.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Oh! leave me not in death, who gav'ſtgavest me birth.
With rule
Oh! leave me not in death, who gav'ſtgavest me birth.
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou gav'stgavest them first, now back to thee I give;
With rule
Thou gav'stgavest them first, now back to thee I give;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
With one small sigh thou gav'stgavest me th' other day,
With rule
With one small sigh thou gav'stgavest me th' other day,
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 855 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou gav'stgavest me sons, and daughters them to peer.
With rule
Thou gav'stgavest me sons, and daughters them to peer.
Samuel Clarke · A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou gav'stgavest m'a Glass my Face to represent:
With rule
Thou gav'stgavest m'a Glass my Face to represent:
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou gav'ſtgavest him a new life in thy Oration.
With rule
Thou gav'ſtgavest him a new life in thy Oration.
Robert Wild · Iter Boreal 2 · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou gav'ſtgavest me then, one of Pandora's Boxes,
With rule
Thou gav'ſtgavest me then, one of Pandora's Boxes,
George Wither · A Triple Paradox · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
And than thou gav'ſtgavest have better being:
With rule
And than thou gav'ſtgavest have better being:
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Spiritual Melody A47611

Printed
Gav'ſtGavest up thy ſelf to die;
With rule
Gav'ſtGavest up thy ſelf to die;
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 41 · Open in the reader