Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9370 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mennesmen's

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

Puritas changed it: 739 times in 162 works
Consistency: 99.0% (739 of 746)
Reach if approved: ~784 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: men's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 746 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (739 changes in 162 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 739)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… him? He that hath any wyt, wil easely perceiue, that starres being by al mennesmen's confessiō, so many thousand myles distant from the earth, must neades be very great …
With rule
… him? He that hath any wyt, wil easely perceiue, that starres being by al mennesmen's confessiō, so many thousand myles distant from the earth, must neades be very great …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader
Printed
… the one foloweth the rewle of Gods worde / the other hath counterfet workes of mennesmen's prescripcion.
With rule
… the one foloweth the rewle of Gods worde / the other hath counterfet workes of mennesmen's prescripcion.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thē harkē to the matter, which I do write vnto you not furth of mennesmen's dreames nor fables, not furth of prophane histories painted with mannes wisdome, vaine eloquence …
With rule
… Thē harkē to the matter, which I do write vnto you not furth of mennesmen's dreames nor fables, not furth of prophane histories painted with mannes wisdome, vaine eloquence …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader
Printed
… his owne mynde deuoutly: then ſhal al ſuche feele and taſte, both of poore mennesmen's honger, and of Godly comfort in abſtinēce and praier, yea, and many poore be …
With rule
… his owne mynde deuoutly: then ſhal al ſuche feele and taſte, both of poore mennesmen's honger, and of Godly comfort in abſtinēce and praier, yea, and many poore be …
Thomas Lever · Meditation Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… the doctrine of faith: ſo is he milde and pitiful in forbearing and qualifying mennesmen's ſinnes, if they which haue committed them be ſorowful for the ſame.
With rule
… the doctrine of faith: ſo is he milde and pitiful in forbearing and qualifying mennesmen's ſinnes, if they which haue committed them be ſorowful for the ſame.
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all men woulde remember this, thā …hould y^• poore people fynd more gentlenesse at mennesmen's ha…des, thā they do now a daies. But what haue ye wrytten iust …
With rule
… all men woulde remember this, thā …hould y^• poore people fynd more gentlenesse at mennesmen's ha…des, thā they do now a daies. But what haue ye wrytten iust …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader
Printed
… theyr owne corne to mayntayne the cōmodide of y^e poore but also by other mennesmen's grayne, & hoorde it vp, vntyll they haue made a great dearth, and than, scarsenes …
With rule
… theyr owne corne to mayntayne the cōmodide of y^e poore but also by other mennesmen's grayne, & hoorde it vp, vntyll they haue made a great dearth, and than, scarsenes …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… content with that, they goe aboute to purſue, chaſtice, and ſpit…e in other mennesmen's faces, bicauſe of the moate that they ſée in theire eyes, and of the …
With rule
… content with that, they goe aboute to purſue, chaſtice, and ſpit…e in other mennesmen's faces, bicauſe of the moate that they ſée in theire eyes, and of the …
Philipp Melanchthon · Of Two Popish Monsters – A Popish Ass and a Monkish Calf · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

Printed
MennesMen's vylanie
With rule
MennesMen's vylanie
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
MennesMen's ſinnes are not to be meaſured by theyr Afflictions. 622. b 8.
With rule
MennesMen's ſinnes are not to be meaſured by theyr Afflictions. 622. b 8.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
MennesMen's Coldneſſe or towardlyneſſe in defending God and his trueth now adayes. 713. b 21.
With rule
MennesMen's Coldneſſe or towardlyneſſe in defending God and his trueth now adayes. 713. b 21.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
MennesMen's ouerweening in flattering themſelues, and the remedy there of. 790. b. 30.
With rule
MennesMen's ouerweening in flattering themſelues, and the remedy there of. 790. b. 30.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader