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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9412 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

goddesgod's

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

Puritas changed it
1,430 times in 209 works
Consistency
56.6% (1,430 of 2,524)
Reach if approved
~2,653 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: gods
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,525 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
gods (1,090)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,430 changes in 209 works, 56.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,430)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſuche a dull Aſſe, that he neither can nor will learne to diſcerne betwene GoddesGod's worde and mans traditions. But kepeth bothe lyke.
    With rule
    … ſuche a dull Aſſe, that he neither can nor will learne to diſcerne betwene GoddesGod's worde and mans traditions. But kepeth bothe lyke.

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … e, despyseth hym also that sent me. Here se we that the ministers of GoddesGod's woorde, are not to be despysed, for they are necessarye instrumentes vnto the health …
    With rule
    … e, despyseth hym also that sent me. Here se we that the ministers of GoddesGod's woorde, are not to be despysed, for they are necessarye instrumentes vnto the health …

    Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … go about to diswad… the christian people from the studiing, reading or hearinge of GoddesGod's woorde.
    With rule
    … go about to diswad… the christian people from the studiing, reading or hearinge of GoddesGod's woorde.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … forbadde not all grauen images, but such as the Gentiles made and worshipped as GoddesGod's: and therefore Non facies tibi sculptile, concurreth with those wordes that goe before, Thou …
    With rule
    … forbadde not all grauen images, but such as the Gentiles made and worshipped as GoddesGod's: and therefore Non facies tibi sculptile, concurreth with those wordes that goe before, Thou …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … whoremongers and Sodomy…. Ye shoulde also haue thereby knowne, …t marryage of wyues hathe GoddesGod's …ssnge.
    With rule
    … whoremongers and Sodomy…. Ye shoulde also haue thereby knowne, …t marryage of wyues hathe GoddesGod's …ssnge.

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … was commended vnto them, and propoſed to be canoniſed emonges the rable of theyr GoddesGod's: and Tiberius the Emperour had ſet him in his cloſet, cōmaunding thē to worſhip …
    With rule
    … was commended vnto them, and propoſed to be canoniſed emonges the rable of theyr GoddesGod's: and Tiberius the Emperour had ſet him in his cloſet, cōmaunding thē to worſhip …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in greatest reuerē ce: that it is a thing moste repugnant to nature, to GoddesGod's will and apointed ordinance, (yea that it can not be without contumelie committed against …
    With rule
    … in greatest reuerē ce: that it is a thing moste repugnant to nature, to GoddesGod's will and apointed ordinance, (yea that it can not be without contumelie committed against …

    John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … benefices, to discourage housbandemenne from tyllynge of the grounde, and ministers from preachynge of GoddesGod's woorde: that therby maye come a greuouse honger, dearth, and lacke both of naturall …
    With rule
    … benefices, to discourage housbandemenne from tyllynge of the grounde, and ministers from preachynge of GoddesGod's woorde: that therby maye come a greuouse honger, dearth, and lacke both of naturall …

    Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

Sermon of Repentance A16590

  • Printed
    … I meane for the meanes of workynge contricion. Fyrſte vſe prayer, thē looke on GODDESGOD'S lawe, thyrdely, ſe hys curſe, fourthlye, ſette exaumples of his anger: and laſte of …
    With rule
    … I meane for the meanes of workynge contricion. Fyrſte vſe prayer, thē looke on GODDESGOD'S lawe, thyrdely, ſe hys curſe, fourthlye, ſette exaumples of his anger: and laſte of …

    John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſhall moue thee, praye thou fyrſte of all, and looke for thy requeſt at GODDESGOD'S hande withoute any doubtyng, thoughe forthwith thou feeleſte not the ſame: for often tymes …
    With rule
    … ſhall moue thee, praye thou fyrſte of all, and looke for thy requeſt at GODDESGOD'S hande withoute any doubtyng, thoughe forthwith thou feeleſte not the ſame: for often tymes …

    John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

  • Printed
    … as Gramarians ſpeake: which as Prophane men ſpeake it, by frame of language ſoundeth GODDESGOD'S. God woulde neuer ſo ſpeake of hym ſelfe, vnleſſe he would haue vs to …
    With rule
    … as Gramarians ſpeake: which as Prophane men ſpeake it, by frame of language ſoundeth GODDESGOD'S. God woulde neuer ſo ſpeake of hym ſelfe, vnleſſe he would haue vs to …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

  • Printed
    … farther / then they canne proue theyr doctrines and exhortacyons to aunswere / and agree wyth GODDESGOD'S mosre holye woorde. Seke / aske / crye / cal / knock / faste / and praye wyth a constaunte …
    With rule
    … farther / then they canne proue theyr doctrines and exhortacyons to aunswere / and agree wyth GODDESGOD'S mosre holye woorde. Seke / aske / crye / cal / knock / faste / and praye wyth a constaunte …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader