Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9525 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

philipsphilip's

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

Puritas changed it: 621 times in 298 works
Consistency: 98.8% (621 of 628)
Reach if approved: ~660 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: philips
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 628 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (621 changes in 298 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 621)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his condemnacion, with the Archbiſhop of york, the B. of Chicheſter, Alfonſus, and King PhilipsPhilip's confeſſour, two Spaniſhe freers, and ſundry others. With his modeſt learned and godly anſweres.
With rule
… his condemnacion, with the Archbiſhop of york, the B. of Chicheſter, Alfonſus, and King PhilipsPhilip's confeſſour, two Spaniſhe freers, and ſundry others. With his modeſt learned and godly anſweres.
John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo / yet by that (rather) is not ſhut forth / that yt was doō for PhilipsPhilip's. If he had learned that Dauid / and other ſeruantes off God / come oftentimes ether …
With rule
… ſo / yet by that (rather) is not ſhut forth / that yt was doō for PhilipsPhilip's. If he had learned that Dauid / and other ſeruantes off God / come oftentimes ether …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCXI · Open in the reader
Printed
… danger, would néedes take his iourney with Sir Peter Carewe, to Bruxels, with king PhilipsPhilip's ſafe conduct to paſſe and repaſſe, by the meanes of the Lorde Paget, and …
With rule
… danger, would néedes take his iourney with Sir Peter Carewe, to Bruxels, with king PhilipsPhilip's ſafe conduct to paſſe and repaſſe, by the meanes of the Lorde Paget, and …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… another King Luke 3.19. Herod the Tetrach was reproved by him for Herodias his brother PhilipsPhilip's wife, and for all the evils that Herod had done. Thus did the Prophet …
With rule
… another King Luke 3.19. Herod the Tetrach was reproved by him for Herodias his brother PhilipsPhilip's wife, and for all the evils that Herod had done. Thus did the Prophet …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called Belgica, by meanes of aliance contracted by the mariage of the ſayde Archduke PhilipsPhilip's: thinking them ſelues furniſhed with a ſufficient and fit treaſure for the conduct of …
With rule
… called Belgica, by meanes of aliance contracted by the mariage of the ſayde Archduke PhilipsPhilip's: thinking them ſelues furniſhed with a ſufficient and fit treaſure for the conduct of …
Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iohn baptist, but coulde not be brought to leave incest, in having his brother PhilipsPhilip's wife. This repentance is nothing. For as he which is truly regenerate, is wholly …
With rule
… Iohn baptist, but coulde not be brought to leave incest, in having his brother PhilipsPhilip's wife. This repentance is nothing. For as he which is truly regenerate, is wholly …
William Perkins · The Nature and Practice of Repentance · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they were sitting. The Eunuch sitting in his charret, was called and conuerted by PhilipsPhilip's preaching.
With rule
… they were sitting. The Eunuch sitting in his charret, was called and conuerted by PhilipsPhilip's preaching.
Henry Smith · The Sinful Mans Search · Open in the reader
Printed
… was so Iudaslie betrayed by an Englysemā, a scoler of Louaine, whose name is PhilipsPhilip's there were certayne thynges of his doyng foūd whiche he had entēded to haue …
With rule
… was so Iudaslie betrayed by an Englysemā, a scoler of Louaine, whose name is PhilipsPhilip's there were certayne thynges of his doyng foūd whiche he had entēded to haue …
John Wycliffe · Wycliffes Wicket · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
Doctor......... PHILIPSPHILIP'S was a native of Wales, had his education in Oxford, and was afterward preferred …
With rule
Doctor......... PHILIPSPHILIP'S was a native of Wales, had his education in Oxford, and was afterward preferred …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Pastors Last Legacy and Counsel A45488

Printed
Delivered in a Farewel SERMON, Preached at St. PHILIPSPHILIP'S in Briſtol, Auguſt, 24^th. 1662.
With rule
Delivered in a Farewel SERMON, Preached at St. PHILIPSPHILIP'S in Briſtol, Auguſt, 24^th. 1662.
Edward Hancock · The Pastors Last Legacy and Counsel · Open in the reader
Printed
Mr. Edward Hancock's Prayer before his Farewel Sermon, at St. PHILIPSPHILIP'S, in Briſtol, Auguſt 24. 1662.
With rule
Mr. Edward Hancock's Prayer before his Farewel Sermon, at St. PHILIPSPHILIP'S, in Briſtol, Auguſt 24. 1662.
Edward Hancock · The Pastors Last Legacy and Counsel · Open in the reader

Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light A56171

Printed
Your loving friend, FRAN: PHILIPSPHILIP'S.
With rule
Your loving friend, FRAN: PHILIPSPHILIP'S.
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 215 · Open in the reader