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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40174 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

noblemensnoblemen's

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

Puritas changed it
55 times in 43 works
Consistency
91.6% (55 of 60)
Reach if approved
~63 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: noblemen's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
60 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (55 changes in 43 works, 91.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and it was alſo promiſed that the next generall Aſſembly and Parliament (for the NoblemensNoblemen's greater ſecurity) ſhould give their ample approbations. When the generall Aſſembly came the Noblemen …
    With rule
    … and it was alſo promiſed that the next generall Aſſembly and Parliament (for the NoblemensNoblemen's greater ſecurity) ſhould give their ample approbations. When the generall Aſſembly came the Noblemen …

    Robert Baillie · A Historical Vindication of the Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Popes by Hildebrands perſwaſion beginning then to wreſt out of Emperors, Kings, Princes, and NoblemensNoblemen's hands, the Elections, Donations, Collations, Inveſtitures of Archbiſhopricks, Biſhopricks, all ſorts of Eccleſiaſtical Dignities …
    With rule
    … Popes by Hildebrands perſwaſion beginning then to wreſt out of Emperors, Kings, Princes, and NoblemensNoblemen's hands, the Elections, Donations, Collations, Inveſtitures of Archbiſhopricks, Biſhopricks, all ſorts of Eccleſiaſtical Dignities …

    William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 243 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and country, D. Humfrye, subscribeth and agreeth, in that vpon occasion of shewing how NoblemensNoblemen's children and Gentlemens should bee brought vp in learning, he saith that they may …
    With rule
    … and country, D. Humfrye, subscribeth and agreeth, in that vpon occasion of shewing how NoblemensNoblemen's children and Gentlemens should bee brought vp in learning, he saith that they may …

    John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thought ſome ten years ſince to be rarities in all Princes, Dukes, Marqueſſes, and NoblemensNoblemen's houſes, and were rarely to be found in any other places, they met dayly …
    With rule
    … thought ſome ten years ſince to be rarities in all Princes, Dukes, Marqueſſes, and NoblemensNoblemen's houſes, and were rarely to be found in any other places, they met dayly …

    John Bastwick · The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … thereunto. At which time it pleased God, that a footman of one of the NoblemensNoblemen's, coming to the River side, and seeing Olevian, caught him by the head (thinking …
    With rule
    … thereunto. At which time it pleased God, that a footman of one of the NoblemensNoblemen's, coming to the River side, and seeing Olevian, caught him by the head (thinking …

    Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 781 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … having lived a great part of his time since his returne into England in NoblemensNoblemen's families, and in Yorkeshire, and having preached little in the Parishes here in London …
    With rule
    … having lived a great part of his time since his returne into England in NoblemensNoblemen's families, and in Yorkeshire, and having preached little in the Parishes here in London …

    Thomas Edwards · Full Answer to Apologetical Narration · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … aſſiſting all, turn'd the name of neceſſitie into an emulation. He caus'd moreover the NoblemensNoblemen's Sons to be bred up in liberal Arts; and by preferring the Witts of …
    With rule
    … aſſiſting all, turn'd the name of neceſſitie into an emulation. He caus'd moreover the NoblemensNoblemen's Sons to be bred up in liberal Arts; and by preferring the Witts of …

    John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … is. Charron relates (for it is out of another) to the ſame purpoſe; "That NoblemensNoblemen's children learn nothing by order and rule, but to manage the Horſe; he gives …
    With rule
    … is. Charron relates (for it is out of another) to the ſame purpoſe; "That NoblemensNoblemen's children learn nothing by order and rule, but to manage the Horſe; he gives …

    Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · p. 153 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.