Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9373 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

womanswoman's

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

Puritas changed it: 2,545 times in 1,001 works
Consistency: 100% (2,545 of 2,545)
Reach if approved: ~2,674 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: woman's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,545 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,545 changes in 1,001 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,545)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of your hearts, and dwell therein, as owner and heyre, then cannot the bond-womanswoman's ſonne be heyre, whether it be pride, or couetouſneſſe, or enuy, or fleſhly luſt …
With rule
… of your hearts, and dwell therein, as owner and heyre, then cannot the bond-womanswoman's ſonne be heyre, whether it be pride, or couetouſneſſe, or enuy, or fleſhly luſt …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou ſtandeſt as one undefiled in Gods account. In the old Law, if any womanswoman's chaſtitie was aſſaulted by any varlet, if ſhee cryed out for helpe, ſhee was …
With rule
… thou ſtandeſt as one undefiled in Gods account. In the old Law, if any womanswoman's chaſtitie was aſſaulted by any varlet, if ſhee cryed out for helpe, ſhee was …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 457 · Open in the reader
Printed
… greatly in the number of Beleeuers: for many that made no reckoning of the WomansWoman's words, nor would (vpon her perswasion) stirre out of their doores to goe to …
With rule
… greatly in the number of Beleeuers: for many that made no reckoning of the WomansWoman's words, nor would (vpon her perswasion) stirre out of their doores to goe to …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are found: alſo where in a ſimilitude w^t the Graue (not with Hell) a womanswoman's wombe is called tachtijoth …rets. Like to this alſo is erets tachtith the Earth …
With rule
… are found: alſo where in a ſimilitude w^t the Graue (not with Hell) a womanswoman's wombe is called tachtijoth …rets. Like to this alſo is erets tachtith the Earth …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… severall Impressions of the bookes of Common praier, there is nothing said of a womanswoman's baptizing, neither to warrant it to be done, nor to condemne it when it …
With rule
… severall Impressions of the bookes of Common praier, there is nothing said of a womanswoman's baptizing, neither to warrant it to be done, nor to condemne it when it …
Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this, that the church saith so, no more thē did the Samaritans vpon their womanswoman's report, but because by the word & spirit they finde that shee speaketh true, non …
With rule
… this, that the church saith so, no more thē did the Samaritans vpon their womanswoman's report, but because by the word & spirit they finde that shee speaketh true, non …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them both by a woman. Some perswaded themselves they saw Gods finger in the womanswoman's hand; that because the greater part of his cruelty lighted on the weaker sex …
With rule
… them both by a woman. Some perswaded themselves they saw Gods finger in the womanswoman's hand; that because the greater part of his cruelty lighted on the weaker sex …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
An Image can not be a womanswoman's huſbande. Fol. cxlij.
With rule
An Image can not be a womanswoman's huſbande. Fol. cxlij.
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.