Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9358 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

anothersanother's

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

Puritas changed it: 6,239 times in 2,072 works
Consistency: 99.9% (6,239 of 6,240)
Reach if approved: ~6,558 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: another's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,241 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,239 changes in 2,072 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,239)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… preuaileth a little now adaies, because there be so many wicked, that will couer anothersanother's shame: & griefe is put to silence, for if that come, we say it is …
With rule
… preuaileth a little now adaies, because there be so many wicked, that will couer anothersanother's shame: & griefe is put to silence, for if that come, we say it is …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 697 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtians, and having chopt them to the pot, ſeethe old and yong in one anothersanother's blood?
With rule
… Chriſtians, and having chopt them to the pot, ſeethe old and yong in one anothersanother's blood?
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For when they ſay, Reading the ſcripture is Gods ordinance, wherein the miniſter uſeth anothersanother's gifts and not his own; but the introducing of new forms by mens deviſe …
With rule
… For when they ſay, Reading the ſcripture is Gods ordinance, wherein the miniſter uſeth anothersanother's gifts and not his own; but the introducing of new forms by mens deviſe …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe? And if it muſt fall, let it be Manu aliena, non ſua, let anothersanother's hand doe it. Hagar will not behold her dying Sonne; dye he muſt, ſhe …
With rule
… downe? And if it muſt fall, let it be Manu aliena, non ſua, let anothersanother's hand doe it. Hagar will not behold her dying Sonne; dye he muſt, ſhe …
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to eating. I need not morall it. The Instrument his tongue is tuned to anothersanother's eare; but like a common fidler, he dares not an honest song. He lifts …
With rule
… to eating. I need not morall it. The Instrument his tongue is tuned to anothersanother's eare; but like a common fidler, he dares not an honest song. He lifts …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… how great soever. Perchance some youthfull Kings may disport and solace themselves one in anothersanother's companie, whilest as yet pleasure is all the elevation of their souls: But when …
With rule
… how great soever. Perchance some youthfull Kings may disport and solace themselves one in anothersanother's companie, whilest as yet pleasure is all the elevation of their souls: But when …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the eare; as when the Prophet in indignation, or mockage, or tyed to relate anothersanother's ſpeech uſes ſuch termes as ſeeme needfull to be ſweetned by other more uſuall …
With rule
… the eare; as when the Prophet in indignation, or mockage, or tyed to relate anothersanother's ſpeech uſes ſuch termes as ſeeme needfull to be ſweetned by other more uſuall …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
I. DVe conſideration is to be taken of one anothersanother's weakneſſe. Many are the exhortations of Scripture tending hereunto, ſuch as theſe, Looke every …
With rule
I. DVe conſideration is to be taken of one anothersanother's weakneſſe. Many are the exhortations of Scripture tending hereunto, ſuch as theſe, Looke every …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 275 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable A26883

Printed
… PERSON of the offender, but his ſubſtitute; it was neceſſary that THE BENEFIT of ANOTHERSANOTHER'S ſatisfaction ſhould be communicated in ſuch a way as might beſt pleaſe that God …
With rule
… PERSON of the offender, but his ſubſtitute; it was neceſſary that THE BENEFIT of ANOTHERSANOTHER'S ſatisfaction ſhould be communicated in ſuch a way as might beſt pleaſe that God …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable · Open in the reader