Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9379 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

paulespaul's

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

Puritas changed it: 2,186 times in 528 works
Consistency: 99.0% (2,186 of 2,208)
Reach if approved: ~2,320 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: paul's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,208 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: paul (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,186 changes in 528 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,186)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Griffin for William … ſold at his ſhop at the ſigne … great North dore of PaulesPaul's, ….
With rule
… Griffin for William … ſold at his ſhop at the ſigne … great North dore of PaulesPaul's, ….
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · Open in the reader
Printed
¶ Imprinted at London for Tobie Cooke, dwelling at the Tigres head in PaulesPaul's Churchyard. 1582.
With rule
¶ Imprinted at London for Tobie Cooke, dwelling at the Tigres head in PaulesPaul's Churchyard. 1582.
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor vncircumcision. Wee haue heard before that the false Apostles and secret supplanters of PaulesPaul's preaching did not mislike that the Gospell should bee preached, but therewithall they would …
With rule
… nor vncircumcision. Wee haue heard before that the false Apostles and secret supplanters of PaulesPaul's preaching did not mislike that the Gospell should bee preached, but therewithall they would …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 374 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in that behalfe. Of which like exclusiues and negatiues, the whole course of Sainct PaulesPaul's doctrine is full, where he still concludeth, Sine operibus, absque operibus legis, non ex …
With rule
… in that behalfe. Of which like exclusiues and negatiues, the whole course of Sainct PaulesPaul's doctrine is full, where he still concludeth, Sine operibus, absque operibus legis, non ex …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
17 Therfore are they vyrgines maryed vnto Christ in faith, as were the Corinthians by PaulesPaul's preachinge, whō he wished to cōtinue a chast virgin vnto Christ. Neuer is y^e …
With rule
17 Therfore are they vyrgines maryed vnto Christ in faith, as were the Corinthians by PaulesPaul's preachinge, whō he wished to cōtinue a chast virgin vnto Christ. Neuer is y^e …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… none into mine own name. 1. Cor. 1 For none was by baptiſme waſhed to beare PaulesPaul's name, to come as a wife in the Church to him, to haue ſpirituall …
With rule
… none into mine own name. 1. Cor. 1 For none was by baptiſme waſhed to beare PaulesPaul's name, to come as a wife in the Church to him, to haue ſpirituall …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Peters su…cessor. Semblably neither Timothe nor Ti…e w…re the…efore accompted PaulesPaul's successors, bicause Pa…e …ade them both Bishops… no more …hen, i… the Pop …
With rule
… Peters su…cessor. Semblably neither Timothe nor Ti…e w…re the…efore accompted PaulesPaul's successors, bicause Pa…e …ade them both Bishops… no more …hen, i… the Pop …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And where I pray you, did you heare any tradition by worde of Saint PaulesPaul's mouth, that you may obiect it to vs? we doubt not but whatsoeuer he …
With rule
… And where I pray you, did you heare any tradition by worde of Saint PaulesPaul's mouth, that you may obiect it to vs? we doubt not but whatsoeuer he …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 227 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
… by Edmonde Boner byſſhopp of London. wherby wyllyam Tolwyn was than newlye profeſſed at paulespaul's croſſe openlye into Antichriſtes Romyſhe relygyon agayne by a newe ſolempne othe of obedyence …
With rule
… by Edmonde Boner byſſhopp of London. wherby wyllyam Tolwyn was than newlye profeſſed at paulespaul's croſſe openlye into Antichriſtes Romyſhe relygyon agayne by a newe ſolempne othe of obedyence …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… wyllyam Tolwyn the perſon of ſaynt antonynes openlye to proclame before the audiēce at paulespaul's croſſe the yeare afore thys to the terrour of ther tymerouſe conſcyences and confuſyon …
With rule
… wyllyam Tolwyn the perſon of ſaynt antonynes openlye to proclame before the audiēce at paulespaul's croſſe the yeare afore thys to the terrour of ther tymerouſe conſcyences and confuſyon …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maruele therfor that my lorde doth not bagge them vp and condempne them at paulespaul's croſſe. All thys yet denyeth not owr cōmynge to the preſt for counſell, in …
With rule
… maruele therfor that my lorde doth not bagge them vp and condempne them at paulespaul's croſſe. All thys yet denyeth not owr cōmynge to the preſt for counſell, in …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… go ſens Stokyſlaye and other beſydes, myniſtred the ſame for a Chriſten doctrine at paulespaul's croſſe. Standyſhe that blaſphe mouſe Idyote, maynteyninge the ſame ſelfe lowſye lewde lernynge, was …
With rule
… go ſens Stokyſlaye and other beſydes, myniſtred the ſame for a Chriſten doctrine at paulespaul's croſſe. Standyſhe that blaſphe mouſe Idyote, maynteyninge the ſame ſelfe lowſye lewde lernynge, was …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
Brent, teſtamētes at paulespaul's. 58. a 94. a
With rule
Brent, teſtamētes at paulespaul's. 58. a 94. a
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

The Sin Against the Holy Ghost A08402

Printed
PAulesPaul's eſtate. 33
With rule
PAulesPaul's eſtate. 33
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · Open in the reader

Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort A15145

Printed
… credit / learned / and off authoritie / thought is not onely meete and expedient openly at paulespaul's croſſe (in preſence off the honorable and worſhipfull there) to ſignifie vnto them that …
With rule
… credit / learned / and off authoritie / thought is not onely meete and expedient openly at paulespaul's croſſe (in preſence off the honorable and worſhipfull there) to ſignifie vnto them that …
William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. III · Open in the reader

The Hurt of Hearing Mass A16588

Printed
… to come and company with maſſers in theer chefeſt Idolatrie This were to make paulespaul's preachinge not yea yea, and naye, naye, but yea, and naye.
With rule
… to come and company with maſſers in theer chefeſt Idolatrie This were to make paulespaul's preachinge not yea yea, and naye, naye, but yea, and naye.
John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

Printed
… and in maner halfe vndone. There was ful remission a pena & culpa / preached at paulespaul's crosse / & almost in eueri sermō / through al England: promisīg that whoso euer died in …
With rule
… and in maner halfe vndone. There was ful remission a pena & culpa / preached at paulespaul's crosse / & almost in eueri sermō / through al England: promisīg that whoso euer died in …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader

Review and Examination of the Doctrine A39999

Printed
… whence he is sent againe to Corinth 2. Cor. 8. 6. & after this, neer the time of paulespaul's death, is found at Rome, from whence he went not to Crete, but unto …
With rule
… whence he is sent againe to Corinth 2. Cor. 8. 6. & after this, neer the time of paulespaul's death, is found at Rome, from whence he went not to Crete, but unto …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called Bishops, and had the whole Episcopal charge before Timothie, committed to them in paulespaul's last farewell. In a word, it can never be made good that any who …
With rule
… called Bishops, and had the whole Episcopal charge before Timothie, committed to them in paulespaul's last farewell. In a word, it can never be made good that any who …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… sight to haue seene saynct Paule with a fagot on his backe, euē at paulespaul's crosse, my Lord of London Byshop of the same, sitting vnder the crosse. Nay …
With rule
… sight to haue seene saynct Paule with a fagot on his backe, euē at paulespaul's crosse, my Lord of London Byshop of the same, sitting vnder the crosse. Nay …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1746 · Open in the reader

Book of Christian Questions and Answers A68610

Printed
… demaūd I anſwer, that … whole man is corrupted: yea & ſo cor…pted, y^• S. paulespaul's ſaying (namely that …e bée dead in our ſinnes) is to be vnder …oode …
With rule
… demaūd I anſwer, that … whole man is corrupted: yea & ſo cor…pted, y^• S. paulespaul's ſaying (namely that …e bée dead in our ſinnes) is to be vnder …oode …
Theodore Beza · Book of Christian Questions and Answers · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the lawe bee excluded without exception: and yet I wil ouerpaſſe other argumēts of paulespaul's, which are bent directlye againſt the very law of the tenne heſts: bent I …
With rule
… the lawe bee excluded without exception: and yet I wil ouerpaſſe other argumēts of paulespaul's, which are bent directlye againſt the very law of the tenne heſts: bent I …
Theodore Beza · Book of Christian Questions and Answers · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

Printed
… and made him sounde: And euen here / it was the name of Iesus thorow paulespaul's faith that did that miracle and not PaulesPaul's merites / though he were neuer so …
With rule
… and made him sounde: And euen here / it was the name of Iesus thorow paulespaul's faith that did that miracle and not PaulesPaul's merites / though he were neuer so …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader
Printed
… For all those .iii. yet he wold haue made the old deane Colet of paulespaul's an heretyke / fōr translatynge the Pater noster in englyshe / had not the bysshope of …
With rule
… For all those .iii. yet he wold haue made the old deane Colet of paulespaul's an heretyke / fōr translatynge the Pater noster in englyshe / had not the bysshope of …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader
Printed
And whē he maketh so greate difficulte ād hardnesse in paulespaul's pistles. I saie / it is impossyble to vnderstōd ether peter or paul or ought …
With rule
And whē he maketh so greate difficulte ād hardnesse in paulespaul's pistles. I saie / it is impossyble to vnderstōd ether peter or paul or ought …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader