Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40095 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ammonsammon's

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

Puritas changed it: 58 times in 47 works
Consistency: 98.3% (58 of 59)
Reach if approved: ~62 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ammon's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 59 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (58 changes in 47 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but his children, many whereof proved badly, and came to ſad ends, witneſſe Abſaloms, AmmonsAmmon's act and end, &c. If Noah onely beleeving, and upright, yet all the reſt …
With rule
… but his children, many whereof proved badly, and came to ſad ends, witneſſe Abſaloms, AmmonsAmmon's act and end, &c. If Noah onely beleeving, and upright, yet all the reſt …
Thomas Cobbet · The Estate of Children of Church Members and their Right to Baptism · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Embaſſadours of the King of Kings. And thus much for the grounds of AmmonsAmmon's Preparations to muſter up Forces againſt David, becauſe they ſaw, that they ſtanke before …
With rule
… the Embaſſadours of the King of Kings. And thus much for the grounds of AmmonsAmmon's Preparations to muſter up Forces againſt David, becauſe they ſaw, that they ſtanke before …
William Hooke · New Englands Sense of Old England and Irelands Sorrows · Open in the reader
Printed
… that returneth] ſomething of Alexanders voyages, who paſſed by Judaea into Egypt, and to AmmonsAmmon's Oracle with his Army; and thence returned to Perſia by the ſame way, not …
With rule
… that returneth] ſomething of Alexanders voyages, who paſſed by Judaea into Egypt, and to AmmonsAmmon's Oracle with his Army; and thence returned to Perſia by the ſame way, not …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 555 · Open in the reader
Printed
… burning of the dead, was when the King of Moab tooke the King of AmmonsAmmon's ſonne, and burnt him to Lyme, and then, (as the Iewes ſay) with that …
With rule
… burning of the dead, was when the King of Moab tooke the King of AmmonsAmmon's ſonne, and burnt him to Lyme, and then, (as the Iewes ſay) with that …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Religion and good conſcience is greater then ever was their loue thereto, as AmmonsAmmon's was towards Thamar, 2 Sam. 13. 15. They were zealous and forward frequenters of Gods houſe and …
With rule
… of Religion and good conſcience is greater then ever was their loue thereto, as AmmonsAmmon's was towards Thamar, 2 Sam. 13. 15. They were zealous and forward frequenters of Gods houſe and …
Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… saue to eate, and drinke, and to reioyce in his dayes, Eccles. 8.15. But when AmmonsAmmon's heart is merry, being oppressed with meates or drunken with wine wherein is excesse …
With rule
… saue to eate, and drinke, and to reioyce in his dayes, Eccles. 8.15. But when AmmonsAmmon's heart is merry, being oppressed with meates or drunken with wine wherein is excesse …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… reuengefull humour;) what brought hee to paſſe thereby, and what enſued of it? but AmmonsAmmon's murther, Dauids ſorrow, a breach in the familie, and to Abſolom himſelfe an vnpleaſing …
With rule
… reuengefull humour;) what brought hee to paſſe thereby, and what enſued of it? but AmmonsAmmon's murther, Dauids ſorrow, a breach in the familie, and to Abſolom himſelfe an vnpleaſing …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 692 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did accompanie his kingdome. Hee was nothing moued with the admonitions of his father AmmonsAmmon's counſellours. But ſo ſoone as hee had heard the woords of the lawe read …
With rule
… did accompanie his kingdome. Hee was nothing moued with the admonitions of his father AmmonsAmmon's counſellours. But ſo ſoone as hee had heard the woords of the lawe read …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 255 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.