Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9596 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

know'stknowest

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

Puritas changed it: 210 times in 110 works
Consistency: 92.9% (210 of 226)
Reach if approved: ~237 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: knowest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 226 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (210 changes in 110 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 210)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
4. Dost thou find likewise in a way that thou know'stknowest not, how it is brought about, but thou findest somwhat settled upon thy heart …
With rule
4. Dost thou find likewise in a way that thou know'stknowest not, how it is brought about, but thou findest somwhat settled upon thy heart …
Stephen Marshall · Works Part 1 · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thomalin, thou know'stknowest how I them honour'd ever:
With rule
Thomalin, thou know'stknowest how I them honour'd ever:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou know'ſtknowest my bodyes tempers what they are;
With rule
Thou know'ſtknowest my bodyes tempers what they are;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… call upon them to have a care to come in due Order. If thou know'ſtknowest any ſin or evill in them, admoniſh them, and adviſe them to repentance for …
With rule
… call upon them to have a care to come in due Order. If thou know'ſtknowest any ſin or evill in them, admoniſh them, and adviſe them to repentance for …
Jeremiah Dyke · A Worthy Communicant · p. 499 · Open in the reader
Printed
My sitting down, and rising up: thou know'stknowest my thought afarre.
With rule
My sitting down, and rising up: thou know'stknowest my thought afarre.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… be invoked, while thou art ſpending thy own in the buſineſs of Reconciliation. Reader, know'ſtknowest not thou how in all things to proſper? Come, and Learn! Be much upon …
With rule
… be invoked, while thou art ſpending thy own in the buſineſs of Reconciliation. Reader, know'ſtknowest not thou how in all things to proſper? Come, and Learn! Be much upon …
Daniel Burgess · Mans Whole Duty and Gods Wonderful Entreaty · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
If thou know'stknowest better, it to me impart;
With rule
If thou know'stknowest better, it to me impart;
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou know'ſtknowest the Cuſtom of our Romiſh
With rule
Thou know'ſtknowest the Cuſtom of our Romiſh
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 90 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented A15642

Printed
Know'stKnowest it is full of enuy, and suspition,
With rule
Know'stKnowest it is full of enuy, and suspition,
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader

Poetical Fragments A26987

Printed
Know'ſtKnowest thou not that w^ch God himſelf hath ſpoken?
With rule
Know'ſtKnowest thou not that w^ch God himſelf hath ſpoken?
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 72 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Know'ſtKnowest thou well, what thou read'ſt? canſt thou unfold
With rule
Know'ſtKnowest thou well, what thou read'ſt? canſt thou unfold
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 169 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
Know'ſtKnowest thou not which to ſlight, which to affect?
With rule
Know'ſtKnowest thou not which to ſlight, which to affect?
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Know'stKnowest thou not that my rising is thy fall,
With rule
Know'stKnowest thou not that my rising is thy fall,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
Know'stKnowest why to thee this Epigram I write?
With rule
Know'stKnowest why to thee this Epigram I write?
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Know'ſtKnowest it is full of enuy, and ſuſpition,
With rule
Know'ſtKnowest it is full of enuy, and ſuſpition,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Know'ſtKnowest thou how blood, which to the heart doth flow,
With rule
Know'ſtKnowest thou how blood, which to the heart doth flow,
John Donne · Poems · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
Know'ſtKnowest thou how thy lungs have attracted it?
With rule
Know'ſtKnowest thou how thy lungs have attracted it?
John Donne · Poems · p. 269 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

Printed
But blab not, Muſe. Know'ſtKnowest not the Law?
With rule
But blab not, Muſe. Know'ſtKnowest not the Law?
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Farewell Sermon B22620

Printed
… and preferments will dog them into another world. Hence said Abner to Joab, 2 Sam. 2.26. Know'stKnowest thou not that these things will be bitterness in the end. You will now …
With rule
… and preferments will dog them into another world. Hence said Abner to Joab, 2 Sam. 2.26. Know'stKnowest thou not that these things will be bitterness in the end. You will now …
George Evanke · Farewell Sermon · p. 22 · Open in the reader