Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9371 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

childrenschildren's

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

Puritas changed it: 4,352 times in 1,599 works
Consistency: 99.9% (4,352 of 4,355)
Reach if approved: ~4,576 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: children's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,355 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,352 changes in 1,599 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,352)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the verie Gleanings of Boaz, or Ephraim, should not bee left; & not onlie the ChildrensChildren's Bread taken away; but, not so much left as the verie Crumbes of the …
With rule
… the verie Gleanings of Boaz, or Ephraim, should not bee left; & not onlie the ChildrensChildren's Bread taken away; but, not so much left as the verie Crumbes of the …
William Guild · The Humble Address Both of Church and Poor to Britains Monarch · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and being growne men, we are apt to loue Images. And as Babies be childrenschildren's Idols, ſo Idols & Images be mens Babies. It ſeemes that Idols are fitteſt for …
With rule
… and being growne men, we are apt to loue Images. And as Babies be childrenschildren's Idols, ſo Idols & Images be mens Babies. It ſeemes that Idols are fitteſt for …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… said vnto him, Yes Lord; yet the dogges vnder the table eate of the childrenschildren's crums, verse 28.
With rule
… said vnto him, Yes Lord; yet the dogges vnder the table eate of the childrenschildren's crums, verse 28.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
Your goodnesse in my childrenschildren's life and safety,
With rule
Your goodnesse in my childrenschildren's life and safety,
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… the horridst and most vnnaturall treasons, God hath aduanced his owne glory, aduantaged his childrenschildren's security. We labour of three diseases, birth, life, death: all these are cured by …
With rule
… the horridst and most vnnaturall treasons, God hath aduanced his owne glory, aduantaged his childrenschildren's security. We labour of three diseases, birth, life, death: all these are cured by …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enough to take vp this prouerb: the fathers haue eaten sower grapes, and the ChildrensChildren's téeth are set on edge: but I affirme, that though the occasion be offred …
With rule
… enough to take vp this prouerb: the fathers haue eaten sower grapes, and the ChildrensChildren's téeth are set on edge: but I affirme, that though the occasion be offred …
Richard Greenham · Godly Exhortation and Fruitful Admonition to Virtuous Parents · Open in the reader
Printed
… is from eternity to eternity on them that feare him, and his Righteouſneſſe on childrenschildren's children. Exod. 20. Shewing mercy to thouſands. 2 Cor. 1.3. He is the Father of mercies. This …
With rule
… is from eternity to eternity on them that feare him, and his Righteouſneſſe on childrenschildren's children. Exod. 20. Shewing mercy to thouſands. 2 Cor. 1.3. He is the Father of mercies. This …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the world he had no prerogatiues of the world, all was theirs, and their childrenschildren's, he tooke nothing, but gaue himſelfe for them; he was foreign, full of loue and …
With rule
… the world he had no prerogatiues of the world, all was theirs, and their childrenschildren's, he tooke nothing, but gaue himſelfe for them; he was foreign, full of loue and …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 95 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
CHildrensChildren's children] A long race, many nephewes, ſuch as we call grand-children, and thoſe …
With rule
CHildrensChildren's children] A long race, many nephewes, ſuch as we call grand-children, and thoſe …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 263 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 A20556

Printed
CHildrensChildren's children] A long race, many nephewes, ſuch as we call grand-children, and thoſe …
With rule
CHildrensChildren's children] A long race, many nephewes, ſuch as we call grand-children, and thoſe …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Childrens Bread A96801

Printed
CHILDRENSCHILDREN'S BREAD.
With rule
CHILDRENSCHILDREN'S BREAD.
Thomas Wolfall · Childrens Bread · p. 1 · Open in the reader