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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40138 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dunstan'sdunstan

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

Puritas changed it
63 times in 53 works
Consistency
85.1% (63 of 74)
Reach if approved
~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
74 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 53 works, 85.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    LONDON: Printed for William Rogers, at the Sun, against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleet street; and Clement Elis, Bookseller in Mansfield. 1691.
    With rule
    LONDON: Printed for William Rogers, at the Sun, against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleet street; and Clement Elis, Bookseller in Mansfield. 1691.

    Clement Ellis · Religion and Loyalty Inseparable · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and are to be Sold by W. Rogers, at the Sun, over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan-Church in Fleetstreet; and Tho. Elis, Bookseller in Mansfield. 1692.
    With rule
    … and are to be Sold by W. Rogers, at the Sun, over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan-Church in Fleetstreet; and Tho. Elis, Bookseller in Mansfield. 1692.

    Clement Ellis · The Lambs of Christ Fed with Sincere Milk of the Word · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … made Engliſh. Printed for Ch. Harper, at the Flower-de-luce, over-againſt S. Dunſtan'sDunstan Church in Fleetſtreet.
    With rule
    … made Engliſh. Printed for Ch. Harper, at the Flower-de-luce, over-againſt S. Dunſtan'sDunstan Church in Fleetſtreet.

    John Hartcliffe · Sermon Preached 11 April 1694 · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Three Pigeons in Cornhill, and Will. Rogers at the Sun over-againſt St. Dunſtan'sDunstan Church in Fleetſtreet. M DC XC III.
    With rule
    … the Three Pigeons in Cornhill, and Will. Rogers at the Sun over-againſt St. Dunſtan'sDunstan Church in Fleetſtreet. M DC XC III.

    John Ray · Serious and Seasonable Advice to English Soldiers · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill; and W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleetstreet. MDCXCV. Price 6 d.
    With rule
    … against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill; and W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleetstreet. MDCXCV. Price 6 d.

    John Tillotson · Last Sermon · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the Royal Exchange in Cornhil; and Will. Rogers, at the Sun over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleet-street. MDCLXXXIX.
    With rule
    … the Royal Exchange in Cornhil; and Will. Rogers, at the Sun over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleet-street. MDCLXXXIX.

    John Tillotson · Sermon on 8 March 1688 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Royal Exchange in Cornhill; and William Rogers at the Sun over-against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleetstreet. MDCXCII.
    With rule
    … the Royal Exchange in Cornhill; and William Rogers at the Sun over-against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleetstreet. MDCXCII.

    John Tillotson · Sermon on 20 March 1691 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to be Sold by Chr. Coningsby, at the Golden Turks-Head over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleet-street, LONDON. 1692.
    With rule
    … to be Sold by Chr. Coningsby, at the Golden Turks-Head over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church in Fleet-street, LONDON. 1692.

    John Wallis · Defense of the Christian Sabbath · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

  • Printed
    … terrour out of the room, thinking it was falling: But remembring the like at Dunstan'sDunstan West, I reproved their fear as causeless. But the next day taking up the …
    With rule
    … terrour out of the room, thinking it was falling: But remembring the like at Dunstan'sDunstan West, I reproved their fear as causeless. But the next day taking up the …

    Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues A45744

  • Printed
    … for and Sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce over againſt S. Dunſtan'sDunstan Church in Fleetſtreet.
    With rule
    … for and Sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce over againſt S. Dunſtan'sDunstan Church in Fleetſtreet.

    John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Trinity and Transubstantiation Compared A61550

  • Printed
    LONDON: Printed for William Rogers at the Sun in Fleet-street, over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church. MDC LXXX VII.
    With rule
    LONDON: Printed for William Rogers at the Sun in Fleet-street, over against St. Dunstan'sDunstan Church. MDC LXXX VII.

    Edward Stillingfleet · The Doctrine of the Trinity and Transubstantiation Compared · Open in the reader