Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9391 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

is'tisit

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

Puritas changed it: 350 times in 136 works
Consistency: 100% (350 of 350)
Reach if approved: ~368 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: is't
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 350 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (350 changes in 136 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 350)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Brethren what profit is'tisit if a Man saith
With rule
Brethren what profit is'tisit if a Man saith
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bodie therein; lyes not in the number, or bulk, but in the weight, nor is'tisit the extenſive growth of a church to a viſible profeſſion that makes, a reall …
With rule
… bodie therein; lyes not in the number, or bulk, but in the weight, nor is'tisit the extenſive growth of a church to a viſible profeſſion that makes, a reall …
Robert Flemming · The True Settlement of a Christians Faith · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
But what, is'tisit now a crime to Preach and Pray,
With rule
But what, is'tisit now a crime to Preach and Pray,
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ye Fools, what is'tisit that you do drink?
With rule
Ye Fools, what is'tisit that you do drink?
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
What? is'tisit her company so much contents thee?
With rule
What? is'tisit her company so much contents thee?
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is'tIsit not a signe of humane ficklenesse,
With rule
Is'tIsit not a signe of humane ficklenesse,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
What is'tisit to vs, alas, if there haue beene
With rule
What is'tisit to vs, alas, if there haue beene
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
Is'tIsit the whole Church on Earth that he must rule,
With rule
Is'tIsit the whole Church on Earth that he must rule,
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 45 · 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.