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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9469 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saulssaul's

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

Puritas changed it
2,965 times in 941 works
Consistency
98.4% (2,965 of 3,013)
Reach if approved
~3,166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,013 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,965 changes in 941 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,965)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Therefore SaulsSaul's gifts and calling were not the calling and gifts of the regenerate.
    With rule
    Therefore SaulsSaul's gifts and calling were not the calling and gifts of the regenerate.

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … hee haue but once cut the skirt of Iustice, as Dauid the lappe of SaulsSaul's garment, his Heart smites him for it. Hee minds no other clocke on the …
    With rule
    … hee haue but once cut the skirt of Iustice, as Dauid the lappe of SaulsSaul's garment, his Heart smites him for it. Hee minds no other clocke on the …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his heart tender, that it ſmote him but for cutting off the lap of SaulsSaul's garment: he was not ſo tender after. Therefore in Pſal. 18. when hee was delivered …
    With rule
    … his heart tender, that it ſmote him but for cutting off the lap of SaulsSaul's garment: he was not ſo tender after. Therefore in Pſal. 18. when hee was delivered …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … wiſedome, and then reſt on God, as Iob did, and as Dauid did in SaulsSaul's perſecutions, in Abſolons rebellions, and Shimeis curſed raylings. Iob ſaid, The Lord giueth, and …
    With rule
    … wiſedome, and then reſt on God, as Iob did, and as Dauid did in SaulsSaul's perſecutions, in Abſolons rebellions, and Shimeis curſed raylings. Iob ſaid, The Lord giueth, and …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … another purpose, whether taken from Fathers or Reason) shall bee clearely drawne foorth, as SaulsSaul's Sword, or Hamans Halter, to kill and strangle themselues.
    With rule
    … another purpose, whether taken from Fathers or Reason) shall bee clearely drawne foorth, as SaulsSaul's Sword, or Hamans Halter, to kill and strangle themselues.

    William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … judge them, 1 Cor. 11. 30. Davids heart smote him even for cutting of the lap of SaulsSaul's garment, 1 Sam. 24. 5. When Saul counted the sparing of Agag, and of the fattest of …
    With rule
    … judge them, 1 Cor. 11. 30. Davids heart smote him even for cutting of the lap of SaulsSaul's garment, 1 Sam. 24. 5. When Saul counted the sparing of Agag, and of the fattest of …

    Arthur Hildersham · The Doctrine of Fasting and Prayer · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … thou ſhalt be King over Iſrael, and I ſhall be next thee. Jonathan was SaulsSaul's Sonne, and he might have ſaid, I am my fathers heire, and why may …
    With rule
    … thou ſhalt be King over Iſrael, and I ſhall be next thee. Jonathan was SaulsSaul's Sonne, and he might have ſaid, I am my fathers heire, and why may …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Dauid being to vndertake a hard incounter with Goliah, and being firſt armed with SaulsSaul's Armour, put it off againe, and armed and cloathed himſelfe with Armour of better …
    With rule
    … Dauid being to vndertake a hard incounter with Goliah, and being firſt armed with SaulsSaul's Armour, put it off againe, and armed and cloathed himſelfe with Armour of better …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 498 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (48)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 45 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Gods Three Arrows A01974

  • Printed
    SAulsSaul's ſin why puniſhed in Davids time. 149
    With rule
    SAulsSaul's ſin why puniſhed in Davids time. 149

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 176 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

  • Printed
    … of the Almighty: the Apoſties were therefore foreign carnally-fearſull, becauſe foreign petty-ſidians or ſmall-ſaulssaul's : Partly alſo from want of Spirituall fear, to the which therefore it is uſually …
    With rule
    … of the Almighty: the Apoſties were therefore foreign carnally-fearſull, becauſe foreign petty-ſidians or ſmall-ſaulssaul's : Partly alſo from want of Spirituall fear, to the which therefore it is uſually …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 708 · Open in the reader

The Kings Chronicle A96897

  • Printed
    … PEACEABLY. But I thanke you for the laſt, for that is notable, even of SAULSSAUL'S BRETHEREN OF BENJAMIN. Davids cauſe was ſo juſt; SaulsSaul's quarrell ſo unjuſt; Davids Innocency …
    With rule
    … PEACEABLY. But I thanke you for the laſt, for that is notable, even of SAULSSAUL'S BRETHEREN OF BENJAMIN. Davids cauſe was ſo juſt; SaulsSaul's quarrell ſo unjuſt; Davids Innocency …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle · p. 4 · Open in the reader