Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40096 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

balaksbalak'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 38 works
Consistency: 98.3% (58 of 59)
Reach if approved: ~62 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
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 38 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… dead man. And Balaam wold faine have curſed the people of God, at King BalaksBalak's requeſt, but that hee durſt not, though Balak would have given him his houſe …
With rule
… dead man. And Balaam wold faine have curſed the people of God, at King BalaksBalak's requeſt, but that hee durſt not, though Balak would have given him his houſe …
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the people as Balak would haue him, but hee forbad him to goe with BalaksBalak's ſeruants, knowing that if he went with them, and ſaw the pompe of the …
With rule
… the people as Balak would haue him, but hee forbad him to goe with BalaksBalak's ſeruants, knowing that if he went with them, and ſaw the pompe of the …
Henry Smith · Two Sermons of Jonahs Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſword, and by the hand of the deſtroying Angel; when many thouſands of BalaksBalak's and Balaams, I mean the worſt of men, have eſcaped the ſword, the plague …
With rule
… the ſword, and by the hand of the deſtroying Angel; when many thouſands of BalaksBalak's and Balaams, I mean the worſt of men, have eſcaped the ſword, the plague …
Thomas Brooks · A Heavenly Cordial for All that Have had the Plague · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beyond the commandment of the Lord to do leſſe or more; no, not for BalaksBalak's houſe full of gold; who vvould have thought but that this was well ſaid …
With rule
… beyond the commandment of the Lord to do leſſe or more; no, not for BalaksBalak's houſe full of gold; who vvould have thought but that this was well ſaid …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sarah, or Isaac, Gen. 20.6. c. 26, 11, 29. and B…laam to curse the Israelites at K. BalaksBalak's command.
With rule
… Sarah, or Isaac, Gen. 20.6. c. 26, 11, 29. and B…laam to curse the Israelites at K. BalaksBalak's command.
William Prynne · Vindication of Psalm 105:15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Abraham tells Dives, Luke 16.31. Yea, let God himself forbid Balaam to go with BalaksBalak's messengers; to curst…e … of Israel: yea, let an Angel stand in his way …
With rule
… as Abraham tells Dives, Luke 16.31. Yea, let God himself forbid Balaam to go with BalaksBalak's messengers; to curst…e … of Israel: yea, let an Angel stand in his way …
Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 BalaksBalak's putting off his Prophet without any reward; when he ſaw he had received no …
With rule
2 BalaksBalak's putting off his Prophet without any reward; when he ſaw he had received no …
John Canne · Immanuel or God With Us · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then BalaksBalak's anger kindled with deſpight
With rule
Then BalaksBalak's anger kindled with deſpight
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
…ſe up, and went to BALAKSBALAK'S men, ſaying,
With rule
…ſe up, and went to BALAKSBALAK'S men, ſaying,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 79 · Open in the reader