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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40196 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poorspoor's

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

Puritas changed it
88 times in 62 works
Consistency
55.7% (88 of 158)
Reach if approved
~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (88 changes in 62 works, 55.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 88)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … good repair: laſtly, to take account of all who had to do with the poorspoor's money. And this laſt was it which gave him the name of the chief …
    With rule
    … good repair: laſtly, to take account of all who had to do with the poorspoor's money. And this laſt was it which gave him the name of the chief …

    William Nicholson · An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … upright man poures the golden oyle of mercy into the wounds of other. The poorspoor's mans hand is Christs treaſury ; the upright Saint is ever caſting into Chriſts treaſury …
    With rule
    … upright man poures the golden oyle of mercy into the wounds of other. The poorspoor's mans hand is Christs treaſury ; the upright Saint is ever caſting into Chriſts treaſury …

    Thomas Watson · The Upright Mans Character and Crown · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … was it not Iudas that said, what need this wast? And were not the poorspoor's clothing, made by Dorcas, shewed to move Peter? The poor we have always with …
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    … was it not Iudas that said, what need this wast? And were not the poorspoor's clothing, made by Dorcas, shewed to move Peter? The poor we have always with …

    Richard Baxter · The Life of Margaret Wife of Richard Baxter · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Oppreſſing City; yea, Chriſt ſhall break in pieces the Oppreſſor, in pleading the poorspoor's cauſe; They ſhall take them Captiv…s whoſe Captives they were, and they ſhall …
    With rule
    … the Oppreſſing City; yea, Chriſt ſhall break in pieces the Oppreſſor, in pleading the poorspoor's cauſe; They ſhall take them Captiv…s whoſe Captives they were, and they ſhall …

    Hercules Collins · Counsel for the Living Occasioned from the Dead · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … man had gotten and poſſeſſed theſe Goods, yet they are ſtill their (or, the poorspoor's) Goods, from whom he had unjuſtly taken them.
    With rule
    … man had gotten and poſſeſſed theſe Goods, yet they are ſtill their (or, the poorspoor's) Goods, from whom he had unjuſtly taken them.

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 292 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … injure inpotent poor strangers, widows, to stop the labourers hire, not to restore the poorspoor's pledge.
    With rule
    … injure inpotent poor strangers, widows, to stop the labourers hire, not to restore the poorspoor's pledge.

    William Perkins · The Whole Duty of Man · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Grand Signior, they ſay, ſhew himſelf on purpoſe weekly abroad, for the receiving the poorspoor's petitions, and puniſhing the Grandees of his Court by whom they are oppreſſed: whence …
    With rule
    … Grand Signior, they ſay, ſhew himſelf on purpoſe weekly abroad, for the receiving the poorspoor's petitions, and puniſhing the Grandees of his Court by whom they are oppreſſed: whence …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Wicked at the last day, not onely for taking the meat out of the poorspoor's mouths, or plucking their apparel off their backs; but for not feeding them, and …
    With rule
    … Wicked at the last day, not onely for taking the meat out of the poorspoor's mouths, or plucking their apparel off their backs; but for not feeding them, and …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 100 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (70)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 are listed here. 46 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Job A45240

  • Printed
    … when they feel the good effects of their bounty and charity; For, that the PoorsPoor's loynes did bleſs Job, or the warmth of his body did excite him to …
    With rule
    … when they feel the good effects of their bounty and charity; For, that the PoorsPoor's loynes did bleſs Job, or the warmth of his body did excite him to …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 426 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … body did excite him to bleſs his benefactor, doth import, that it is the PoorsPoor's duty ſo to do, and not ingrately to forget theſe who have been beneficial …
    With rule
    … body did excite him to bleſs his benefactor, doth import, that it is the PoorsPoor's duty ſo to do, and not ingrately to forget theſe who have been beneficial …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 426 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … he have been ſincere and ſingle in what he did; For, thus alſo, the PoorsPoor's loynes bleſſed him, or proclaimed him to be a bleſſed man, as hath been …
    With rule
    … he have been ſincere and ſingle in what he did; For, thus alſo, the PoorsPoor's loynes bleſſed him, or proclaimed him to be a bleſſed man, as hath been …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 426 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

  • Printed
    … us is not perpetual. And the Deacons Office is to Collect and Diſtribute the PoorsPoor's Monies unto them, and to the Priſoners, and to the Sick, and to Viſit …
    With rule
    … us is not perpetual. And the Deacons Office is to Collect and Diſtribute the PoorsPoor's Monies unto them, and to the Priſoners, and to the Sick, and to Viſit …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Age of Communicants, of Marrying the Siſter of a deceaſed Spouſe, Accounts of the PoorsPoor's Money, Divorces.
    With rule
    … Age of Communicants, of Marrying the Siſter of a deceaſed Spouſe, Accounts of the PoorsPoor's Money, Divorces.

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … bring unto their Colloquy or Provincial Synod, the Accounts given by them of the PoorsPoor's Money, that we may know whether the Fifth Penny hath been defaulked, and laid …
    With rule
    … bring unto their Colloquy or Provincial Synod, the Accounts given by them of the PoorsPoor's Money, that we may know whether the Fifth Penny hath been defaulked, and laid …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 192 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be pinched with wants, the Church of Montauban ſhall aſſiſt him out of their PoorsPoor's ſtock, with their Charities.
    With rule
    … be pinched with wants, the Church of Montauban ſhall aſſiſt him out of their PoorsPoor's ſtock, with their Charities.

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 509 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Paſtors do not receive their Maintenance in a way of begging, nor from the PoorsPoor's Box, nor from Legacies bequeathed to pious Uſes, and deſtinated for the Relief of …
    With rule
    … Paſtors do not receive their Maintenance in a way of begging, nor from the PoorsPoor's Box, nor from Legacies bequeathed to pious Uſes, and deſtinated for the Relief of …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 330 · Open in the reader

A Christian Library A67744

  • Printed
    The PoorsPoor's Advocate: First and Second Part.
    With rule
    The PoorsPoor's Advocate: First and Second Part.

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Si… remaining parts of the PoorsPoor's Advocate.
    With rule
    Si… remaining parts of the PoorsPoor's Advocate.

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    It cannot be denyed, but enough hath been said in this and the PoorsPoor's Advocate, to perswade any rational man, not onely that there is a necessity of …
    With rule
    It cannot be denyed, but enough hath been said in this and the PoorsPoor's Advocate, to perswade any rational man, not onely that there is a necessity of …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ANd so you have (in this, and the other two parts of the PoorsPoor's Advocate) the necessity, the matter, the manner, the nature, the kinds, the quantity, the …
    With rule
    ANd so you have (in this, and the other two parts of the PoorsPoor's Advocate) the necessity, the matter, the manner, the nature, the kinds, the quantity, the …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be but Stewards of what we have, and that our superfluities are really the PoorsPoor's due: then let none object, (when told of their unmercifulness) What I have is …
    With rule
    … be but Stewards of what we have, and that our superfluities are really the PoorsPoor's due: then let none object, (when told of their unmercifulness) What I have is …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 108 · Open in the reader

An Infallible Way to Fare Well A67760

  • Printed
    It cannot be denyed, but enough hath been said in this and the PoorsPoor's Advocate, to perswade any rational man, not onely that there is a necessity of …
    With rule
    It cannot be denyed, but enough hath been said in this and the PoorsPoor's Advocate, to perswade any rational man, not onely that there is a necessity of …

    Richard Younge · An Infallible Way to Fare Well · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ANd so you have (in this, and the other two parts of the PoorsPoor's Advocate) the necessity, the matter, the manner, the nature, the kinds, the quantity, the …
    With rule
    ANd so you have (in this, and the other two parts of the PoorsPoor's Advocate) the necessity, the matter, the manner, the nature, the kinds, the quantity, the …

    Richard Younge · An Infallible Way to Fare Well · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … we be but Stewards of what we have, and that our superstuities really the PoorsPoor's due: then let none object, (when told of their unmercifulness) What I have is …
    With rule
    … we be but Stewards of what we have, and that our superstuities really the PoorsPoor's due: then let none object, (when told of their unmercifulness) What I have is …

    Richard Younge · An Infallible Way to Fare Well · p. 108 · Open in the reader

The Poors Advocate A97258

  • Printed
    Who moſt earneſtly begs of all rich men eſpecially, and that for the PoorsPoor's ſake, for Chriſts and the Goſpels ſake, but moſt of all for their own …
    With rule
    Who moſt earneſtly begs of all rich men eſpecially, and that for the PoorsPoor's ſake, for Chriſts and the Goſpels ſake, but moſt of all for their own …

    Richard Younge · The Poors Advocate · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Who moſt earneſtly begs of all rich men eſpecially, and that for the PoorsPoor's ſake; for Chriſts and the Goſpels ſake, but moſt of all for their own …
    With rule
    Who moſt earneſtly begs of all rich men eſpecially, and that for the PoorsPoor's ſake; for Chriſts and the Goſpels ſake, but moſt of all for their own …

    Richard Younge · The Poors Advocate · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the tongues and pens of Chryſoſtome: who for his frequency therein, was call'd, The PoorsPoor's Advocate, The Prelate of mercy, &c. Now that this ſubject is ſeaſonable, none I …
    With rule
    … the tongues and pens of Chryſoſtome: who for his frequency therein, was call'd, The PoorsPoor's Advocate, The Prelate of mercy, &c. Now that this ſubject is ſeaſonable, none I …

    Richard Younge · The Poors Advocate · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … cauſe ill: (which was holy Jobs caſe) I have in this Treatiſe for the PoorsPoor's good, taken more liberty then in any of my former. For beſides ſlipping of …
    With rule
    … cauſe ill: (which was holy Jobs caſe) I have in this Treatiſe for the PoorsPoor's good, taken more liberty then in any of my former. For beſides ſlipping of …

    Richard Younge · The Poors Advocate · p. 2 · Open in the reader