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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9454 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

in'tinit

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

Puritas changed it
130 times in 73 works
Consistency
100% (130 of 130)
Reach if approved
~137 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: in't
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
130 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (130 changes in 73 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 130)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    And had no more in'tinit, worth the name of daring.
    With rule
    And had no more in'tinit, worth the name of daring.

    George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    And guide him in'tinit. For your own ſakes and mine,
    With rule
    And guide him in'tinit. For your own ſakes and mine,

    William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Of Noble vertues, it doth in'tinit include:
    With rule
    Of Noble vertues, it doth in'tinit include:

    John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … who was capable of revealing a Mystery of Iniquity, but they that were engaged in'tinit? It was pleaded again, that the Witnesses were Papists: As if a generous Papist …
    With rule
    … who was capable of revealing a Mystery of Iniquity, but they that were engaged in'tinit? It was pleaded again, that the Witnesses were Papists: As if a generous Papist …

    Vincent Alsop · Sermon Upon the Wonderful Deliverance by His Majesty from Assassination · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    To Sin, and stand in'tinit, is the highest evil;
    With rule
    To Sin, and stand in'tinit, is the highest evil;

    John Bunyan · The Building Nature Excellency and Government of the House of God · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … but a sluggard. A South-window in summer is a chimny with a fire in'tinit, and needs the schreen of a curtain. In a West-window in summer time …
    With rule
    … but a sluggard. A South-window in summer is a chimny with a fire in'tinit, and needs the schreen of a curtain. In a West-window in summer time …

    Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 167 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    That made the world, and all things in'tinit,
    With rule
    That made the world, and all things in'tinit,

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Bounce our Exchecquers, but find little in'tinit.
    With rule
    Bounce our Exchecquers, but find little in'tinit.

    Benjamin Tompson · New Englands Tears for her Present Miseries · p. 11 · 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.