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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9585 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

britainesbritain's

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

Puritas changed it
196 times in 90 works
Consistency
100% (196 of 196)
Reach if approved
~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: britain's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
196 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (196 changes in 90 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 196)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Gregory the great, Biſhop of Rome, who ſent Auſten hither, nor of the antient BritainesBritain's our forefathers.
    With rule
    … Gregory the great, Biſhop of Rome, who ſent Auſten hither, nor of the antient BritainesBritain's our forefathers.

    Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Then BritainesBritain's Monarchy; for few but he,
    With rule
    Then BritainesBritain's Monarchy; for few but he,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Some with the Emperour Charles 5. and with King Iewe, and King Cadwallader of the BritainesBritain's, haue wiſhed to reſigne their royaltie, thereby to bee quiet from ſuch daungerous troubles …
    With rule
    … Some with the Emperour Charles 5. and with King Iewe, and King Cadwallader of the BritainesBritain's, haue wiſhed to reſigne their royaltie, thereby to bee quiet from ſuch daungerous troubles …

    John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 256 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thus as Kent before, so now Sussex and Surrey were lopped off from the BritainesBritain's Dominion: and this was a second impairing, which also happened in the Raigne of …
    With rule
    … thus as Kent before, so now Sussex and Surrey were lopped off from the BritainesBritain's Dominion: and this was a second impairing, which also happened in the Raigne of …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … behind him. Bladad (who not onely practiſed magicall arts, but taught them to the BritainesBritain's) in confirmation hereof, would needs goe fly, but fell headlong, and was daſht in …
    With rule
    … behind him. Bladad (who not onely practiſed magicall arts, but taught them to the BritainesBritain's) in confirmation hereof, would needs goe fly, but fell headlong, and was daſht in …

    John Gaule · The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled · p. 369 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    GReat BritainesBritain's preſent Joy, her future Hope,
    With rule
    GReat BritainesBritain's preſent Joy, her future Hope,

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Bold BritainesBritain's, they, and won't indure,
    With rule
    Bold BritainesBritain's, they, and won't indure,

    Robert Wild · The Incomparable Poem · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … when Auguſtine came into Britayn, there were ſtill 7. biſhops and one archbiſhop among the BritainesBritain's. And in the Romane Empier Conſtantinus, and other Chriſtian Emperors appointed great poſſeſſions for …
    With rule
    … when Auguſtine came into Britayn, there were ſtill 7. biſhops and one archbiſhop among the BritainesBritain's. And in the Romane Empier Conſtantinus, and other Chriſtian Emperors appointed great poſſeſſions for …

    William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 52 · 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.