Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40105 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sethsseth's

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 36 works
Consistency: 100% (56 of 56)
Reach if approved: ~59 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 56 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 36 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… me another ſeede in ſtead of Abel, whom Caine ſlew. When the Church in SethsSeth's poſteritie grew ſore ſicke, then the Lord cheered the Church in Noah. Hee ſhall …
With rule
… me another ſeede in ſtead of Abel, whom Caine ſlew. When the Church in SethsSeth's poſteritie grew ſore ſicke, then the Lord cheered the Church in Noah. Hee ſhall …
Nathanael Homes · The New World · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. There was no neceſſity to have Abrahams juſtification ſealed, more then Adams, SethsSeth's, Noahs, or any of his predeceſſors, eſpecially if it be conſidered what M. P …
With rule
3. There was no neceſſity to have Abrahams juſtification ſealed, more then Adams, SethsSeth's, Noahs, or any of his predeceſſors, eſpecially if it be conſidered what M. P …
Edward Warren · Calebs Inheritance in Canaan · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his ſucceſſors, or predeceſſors in a direct line, to all generations. So Abel, being SethsSeth's brother (of whom all the women in the world are directly proceeded) might not …
With rule
… his ſucceſſors, or predeceſſors in a direct line, to all generations. So Abel, being SethsSeth's brother (of whom all the women in the world are directly proceeded) might not …
William Whately · A Care Cloth · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Heauen: and ſo much… …oſes meant, to tell of Adams corrupt image in SethsSeth's birth; not of that which he firſt had, and loſt.
With rule
… of Heauen: and ſo much… …oſes meant, to tell of Adams corrupt image in SethsSeth's birth; not of that which he firſt had, and loſt.
Hugh Broughton · Observations Upon the First Ten Fathers · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all former examples: how long did God continue externall adoption, and ſon-ſhip in SethsSeth's line, Gen. 6. 1. how long in Abrahams, Iſaacs and Jacobs, Rom. 9. 4. and not rejecting them …
With rule
… all former examples: how long did God continue externall adoption, and ſon-ſhip in SethsSeth's line, Gen. 6. 1. how long in Abrahams, Iſaacs and Jacobs, Rom. 9. 4. and not rejecting them …
Thomas Cobbet · The Estate of Children of Church Members and their Right to Baptism · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the room of Abel, ſlaine; and Kaines poſterity being drowned in the flood, onely SethsSeth's poſterity remaining in Noah, all the world ſince that may be truly ſaid to …
With rule
… the room of Abel, ſlaine; and Kaines poſterity being drowned in the flood, onely SethsSeth's poſterity remaining in Noah, all the world ſince that may be truly ſaid to …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Inscriptions on Pillars, transcribed by Manetho. His Fabulousness thence discovered. Terra Seriadica. Of SethsSeth's Pillars in Josephus, and an account whence they were taken.
With rule
… his Inscriptions on Pillars, transcribed by Manetho. His Fabulousness thence discovered. Terra Seriadica. Of SethsSeth's Pillars in Josephus, and an account whence they were taken.
Edward Stillingfleet · The Grounds of the Christian Faith · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
A worke t'outweare SethsSeth's pillars, bricke and ſtone,
With rule
A worke t'outweare SethsSeth's pillars, bricke and ſtone,
John Donne · Poems · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.