Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9504 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nabalsnabal's

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

Puritas changed it: 385 times in 259 works
Consistency: 98.7% (385 of 390)
Reach if approved: ~410 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: nabal's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 390 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (385 changes in 259 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 385)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to passe without him? did not he himselfe take away NabalsNabal's life, and giue NabalsNabal's wife and goods, as he did Sauls goods, and his house, and his wiues …
With rule
… to passe without him? did not he himselfe take away NabalsNabal's life, and giue NabalsNabal's wife and goods, as he did Sauls goods, and his house, and his wiues …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such that of many mercileſſe, and hard-hearted NabalsNabal's, who to ſave their Penny, their Crums; by vow binde themſelves never to lend …
With rule
Such that of many mercileſſe, and hard-hearted NabalsNabal's, who to ſave their Penny, their Crums; by vow binde themſelves never to lend …
William Sclater · Sermons Experimental · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… raiment, but prayers often and with importunitie. Dauid on the other ſide craues not NabalsNabal's counſaile, but a ſupply of things neceſſarie, when hee might haue ſpared it. As …
With rule
… raiment, but prayers often and with importunitie. Dauid on the other ſide craues not NabalsNabal's counſaile, but a ſupply of things neceſſarie, when hee might haue ſpared it. As …
Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… powdred with pietie: otherwiſe theſe congratulations of our ioy, ſhall but aequalize a drunken NabalsNabal's Sheepe ſheering, or the fatting of ſome Epicurean hogges, or the celebration of the …
With rule
… powdred with pietie: otherwiſe theſe congratulations of our ioy, ſhall but aequalize a drunken NabalsNabal's Sheepe ſheering, or the fatting of ſome Epicurean hogges, or the celebration of the …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · Open in the reader
Printed
… comfort. Lazarus goeth to the rich mans gate, the dogs geue him his almes. NabalsNabal's song is, I haue not for Dauid, & that euen now vvhen Naball hath the …
With rule
… comfort. Lazarus goeth to the rich mans gate, the dogs geue him his almes. NabalsNabal's song is, I haue not for Dauid, & that euen now vvhen Naball hath the …
William Burton · A Sermon Preached 21 December 1589 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of hell, may ſtrike the heart with aſtoniſhment, and amazement, and make it as NabalsNabal's heart, like a ſtone. But griefe for diſpleaſing a mercifull Father, and ſorrow for …
With rule
… of hell, may ſtrike the heart with aſtoniſhment, and amazement, and make it as NabalsNabal's heart, like a ſtone. But griefe for diſpleaſing a mercifull Father, and ſorrow for …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 443 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may then find a ſeaſon to ſpeak to you. But God keepe you from NabalsNabal's deſtiny; that when this ſinne ſhall bee obiected to your Conſciences on your death …
With rule
… may then find a ſeaſon to ſpeak to you. But God keepe you from NabalsNabal's deſtiny; that when this ſinne ſhall bee obiected to your Conſciences on your death …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… part. 2. In the behauiour there is cruelty, when it is harſh, and churliſh, as NabalsNabal's is ſaid to haue been towards his ſeruants, ſo as that they could not …
With rule
… part. 2. In the behauiour there is cruelty, when it is harſh, and churliſh, as NabalsNabal's is ſaid to haue been towards his ſeruants, ſo as that they could not …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 340 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

History of the Old Testament Volume 5 A02530

Printed
NABALSNABAL'S ſheep-ſhearing was famous; Three thouſand fleeces muſt needes require many hands; neither is …
With rule
NABALSNABAL'S ſheep-ſhearing was famous; Three thouſand fleeces muſt needes require many hands; neither is …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 26 · Open in the reader