Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40137 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

goliah'sgoliath

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

Puritas changed it: 87 times in 63 works
Consistency: 61.7% (87 of 141)
Reach if approved: ~148 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 141 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: goliath's (54)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 63 works, 61.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Eternal SPIRIT. This is a Sword of which I may say, as David of Goliah'sGoliath, There is none like it. Here is a sort of Sword, whereof it may …
With rule
… Eternal SPIRIT. This is a Sword of which I may say, as David of Goliah'sGoliath, There is none like it. Here is a sort of Sword, whereof it may …
Cotton Mather · Military Duties Recommended · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
So we, who hop'd to ſee Goliah'sGoliath fall,
With rule
So we, who hop'd to ſee Goliah'sGoliath fall,
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord out-ſhot him in his own Bowe, and cut off Goliah'sGoliath head with Goliah'sGoliath Sword: It fared with Satan, as it is ſtoried of a certain Souldier, who …
With rule
… Lord out-ſhot him in his own Bowe, and cut off Goliah'sGoliath head with Goliah'sGoliath Sword: It fared with Satan, as it is ſtoried of a certain Souldier, who …
Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 291 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enemy death, had need to have Armour of proof: And as David ſaid of Goliah'sGoliath ſword, ſo I of this death of Chriſt; There is no weapon like it …
With rule
… enemy death, had need to have Armour of proof: And as David ſaid of Goliah'sGoliath ſword, ſo I of this death of Chriſt; There is no weapon like it …
George Swinnock · The Gods are Men · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though the way be ſtrewed with Thorns and ſharp Stones; Their Sword better than Goliah'sGoliath, and it may be ſaid of it moſt truely, There is none like it …
With rule
… though the way be ſtrewed with Thorns and ſharp Stones; Their Sword better than Goliah'sGoliath, and it may be ſaid of it moſt truely, There is none like it …
John Lougher · Precious Promises the Portion of Overcomers · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſucceſſively ſo depoſite it, that it might at convenient Seaſons be brought forth, as Goliah'sGoliath Sword from behind the Ephod.
With rule
… ſucceſſively ſo depoſite it, that it might at convenient Seaſons be brought forth, as Goliah'sGoliath Sword from behind the Ephod.
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Armour of Saul; the true Chriſtian uſeth the Armour of God, as David did Goliah'sGoliath ſword, ſaying, there is none to that, give it me ; the one is as …
With rule
… Armour of Saul; the true Chriſtian uſeth the Armour of God, as David did Goliah'sGoliath ſword, ſaying, there is none to that, give it me ; the one is as …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 377 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Wood the Manubrium gladii, the haft of the Sword is made that cuts off Goliah'sGoliath Head, from this groweth the Rod that smote the Rock gushing out living Waters …
With rule
… Wood the Manubrium gladii, the haft of the Sword is made that cuts off Goliah'sGoliath Head, from this groweth the Rod that smote the Rock gushing out living Waters …
Robert Gouge · The Faith of Dying Jacob · p. 192 · 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.