Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9348 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shou'dshould

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

Puritas changed it: 979 times in 139 works
Consistency: 98.9% (979 of 989)
Reach if approved: ~1,039 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: should
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 989 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (979 changes in 139 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 979)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2. We grant further, that it is neceſſary to Church-fellowſhip, that we ſhou'dshould ſee and diſcerne all ſuch pollutions, as doe ſo farre enthrall us to Antichriſt …
With rule
2. We grant further, that it is neceſſary to Church-fellowſhip, that we ſhou'dshould ſee and diſcerne all ſuch pollutions, as doe ſo farre enthrall us to Antichriſt …
John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iob withall, Job 34.9. For he hath ſaid, it profiteth a man nothing that he ſhou'dshould walke with Ged.
With rule
… Iob withall, Job 34.9. For he hath ſaid, it profiteth a man nothing that he ſhou'dshould walke with Ged.
Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi 2 · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon their mouths, and to abhor themselves in dust and ashes, if the Almighty shou'dshould go about to enter into Iudgement with them: No doubt but after so long …
With rule
… upon their mouths, and to abhor themselves in dust and ashes, if the Almighty shou'dshould go about to enter into Iudgement with them: No doubt but after so long …
William Hubbard · Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not enact any thing by which the main and great Ends of this Inſtitution ſhou'dshould be defeated. However that the Inſtitution ſhould never be pleaded, but ſtand free from …
With rule
… not enact any thing by which the main and great Ends of this Inſtitution ſhou'dshould be defeated. However that the Inſtitution ſhould never be pleaded, but ſtand free from …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may wonder perhaps, after what has been ſaid to hear that any ſuch thing ſhou'dshould proceed from him) but a Stratagem I do aſſure you it was, and ſuch …
With rule
… may wonder perhaps, after what has been ſaid to hear that any ſuch thing ſhou'dshould proceed from him) but a Stratagem I do aſſure you it was, and ſuch …
Thomas Doolittle · Fears and Jealousies Ceased · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this wo…d of prom…ſe, ſurely I ſhould enter into reſt, ſurely I ſhou'dshould be ma…e whole of this wickedneſs, and that Running iſſue which hath run …
With rule
… this wo…d of prom…ſe, ſurely I ſhould enter into reſt, ſurely I ſhou'dshould be ma…e whole of this wickedneſs, and that Running iſſue which hath run …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Memorial of Gods Judgment · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
6thly. Suppoſe I ſhou'dshould grant unto him that Abimelech is put for Abimelech, this might be without any …
With rule
6thly. Suppoſe I ſhou'dshould grant unto him that Abimelech is put for Abimelech, this might be without any …
James Owen · Further Vindication of the Dissenters · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be Anſwer'd, Why one or two of our particular Kindred, that Dyed in Sin, ſhou'dshould be ſo much more lamented, than the many Hundreds and Thouſands, that every Week …
With rule
… be Anſwer'd, Why one or two of our particular Kindred, that Dyed in Sin, ſhou'dshould be ſo much more lamented, than the many Hundreds and Thouſands, that every Week …
John Shower · The Mourners Companion · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Government and Improvement of Mirth N01083

Printed
… Affliction are proper for Humiliation and Mourning; Mirth were indecent under Mournful Providences. Ezek. 21.10. Shou'dShould we then make Mirth? ſcil. When the Sword is ſharp'ned and furbiſhed for ſlaughter …
With rule
… Affliction are proper for Humiliation and Mourning; Mirth were indecent under Mournful Providences. Ezek. 21.10. Shou'dShould we then make Mirth? ſcil. When the Sword is ſharp'ned and furbiſhed for ſlaughter …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Curſe of God; and is this a condition for him to be merry in? Shou'dShould we countenance it in a Criminal under Condemnation? Or like to ſee a Miſerable …
With rule
… Curſe of God; and is this a condition for him to be merry in? Shou'dShould we countenance it in a Criminal under Condemnation? Or like to ſee a Miſerable …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Duty and Honor of Aged Women N01257

Printed
… upon you! How will you riſe to Judgment with theſe Complicated Guilts upon you! Shou'dShould you go on in Sin with theſe trembling Knees! ſtooping, crouching, and at laſt …
With rule
… upon you! How will you riſe to Judgment with theſe Complicated Guilts upon you! Shou'dShould you go on in Sin with theſe trembling Knees! ſtooping, crouching, and at laſt …
Benjamin Colman · The Duty and Honor of Aged Women · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Foxcroft N01872

Printed
AND is not this a Mournful Conſideration? Shou'dShould not this Thought make our Hearts bleed, and our Eyes flow with Tears of …
With rule
AND is not this a Mournful Conſideration? Shou'dShould not this Thought make our Hearts bleed, and our Eyes flow with Tears of …
Thomas Foxcroft · Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Foxcroft · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth N01965

Printed
… like case) to strengthen your hands and expostulating with your self, as he did, Shou'dShould such a man as I flee ?—It was a pityfull Excuse out of the …
With rule
… like case) to strengthen your hands and expostulating with your self, as he did, Shou'dShould such a man as I flee ?—It was a pityfull Excuse out of the …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Family-Sins drawn down these Effects of his holy Vengeance on our guilty Heads? Shou'dShould we not hearken to the voice of his Rod, which loudly calls upon us …
With rule
… Family-Sins drawn down these Effects of his holy Vengeance on our guilty Heads? Shou'dShould we not hearken to the voice of his Rod, which loudly calls upon us …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth · p. 185 · Open in the reader

God the Judge Putting Down One and Setting Up Another N02424

Printed
… happy Nurſery alone it is that we can rationally expect any Plants of Renown. Shou'dShould this Royal Line fail; Or ſhou'dshould the Kingdom be tranſlated out of it, and …
With rule
… happy Nurſery alone it is that we can rationally expect any Plants of Renown. Shou'dShould this Royal Line fail; Or ſhou'dshould the Kingdom be tranſlated out of it, and …
Thomas Foxcroft · God the Judge Putting Down One and Setting Up Another · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Lord from the Deep Places of the Earth N02425

Printed
… late terrible Shaking of our Houſes admoniſh us of our Family-Diſorders and Neglects?— Shou'dShould not our Rulers then exert themſelves for the Reformation of theſe things! Might not …
With rule
… late terrible Shaking of our Houſes admoniſh us of our Family-Diſorders and Neglects?— Shou'dShould not our Rulers then exert themſelves for the Reformation of theſe things! Might not …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Voice of the Lord from the Deep Places of the Earth · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons N04718

Printed
Shou'dShould not that Charity, that hopes all Things that are good, as far as there …
With rule
Shou'dShould not that Charity, that hopes all Things that are good, as far as there …
George Whitefield · Five Sermons · p. xi · Open in the reader