Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9523 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mannysman's

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

Puritas changed it: 64 times in 12 works
Consistency: 96.9% (64 of 66)
Reach if approved: ~69 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 66 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (64 changes in 12 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 64)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the vnshame fast Kynge of faces. Daniel. 8. Presumynge to sitt aboue God in euerye mannysman's conscyence 2. Thessa. 2. Named yt is there, the nombre of man, and the nombre of …
With rule
… the vnshame fast Kynge of faces. Daniel. 8. Presumynge to sitt aboue God in euerye mannysman's conscyence 2. Thessa. 2. Named yt is there, the nombre of man, and the nombre of …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuer ment it so. The spowsage of Christ standeth not in the deuyses of mannysman's ydle heade, as are your voluntary vowes of monkery, but in a syncere faith …
With rule
… neuer ment it so. The spowsage of Christ standeth not in the deuyses of mannysman's ydle heade, as are your voluntary vowes of monkery, but in a syncere faith …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxxxv · Open in the reader
Printed
In mannysman's frayle nature, ye haue conquerred the enmye.
With rule
In mannysman's frayle nature, ye haue conquerred the enmye.
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader
Printed
… it regneth vnponnished. A verye lyght matter is swearige accounted now adayes in euerye mannysman's mouthe / hygh and lowe / ryche and poore / ruler and comonner / pryst & clarke / woman and …
With rule
… it regneth vnponnished. A verye lyght matter is swearige accounted now adayes in euerye mannysman's mouthe / hygh and lowe / ryche and poore / ruler and comonner / pryst & clarke / woman and …
Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… people / a signe for a sa… / and that hath bene made by a synnefull mannysman's handes for oure eternall lyuynge God. Thus yow most execrable Antichristes haue brought them …
With rule
… people / a signe for a sa… / and that hath bene made by a synnefull mannysman's handes for oure eternall lyuynge God. Thus yow most execrable Antichristes haue brought them …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… true menne as you are here. Therfore ye are not wyse to disdayne anye mannysman's ende / nor yet to iudge him yll that departeth in Christes fayth. ye maye …
With rule
… true menne as you are here. Therfore ye are not wyse to disdayne anye mannysman's ende / nor yet to iudge him yll that departeth in Christes fayth. ye maye …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but confuſyon, ſynne, and deathe. Truthe yt ys that before the fall of Adam, mannysman's wyll was fre. Sens hath yt not bene fre but in bodylye thynges, as …
With rule
… but confuſyon, ſynne, and deathe. Truthe yt ys that before the fall of Adam, mannysman's wyll was fre. Sens hath yt not bene fre but in bodylye thynges, as …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
III. That the father nor the holy goſt did neuer take op on them mannysman's nature / but theſon only.
With rule
III. That the father nor the holy goſt did neuer take op on them mannysman's nature / but theſon only.
Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
MannysMan's reason (I suppose) and y^• true fear of God, by the rule of his …
With rule
MannysMan's reason (I suppose) and y^• true fear of God, by the rule of his …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan A02658

Printed
As MannysMan's nature is, both feble faynt and werye,
With rule
As MannysMan's nature is, both feble faynt and werye,
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader