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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9620 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

austinsaustin's

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

Puritas changed it
1,089 times in 395 works
Consistency
100% (1,089 of 1,089)
Reach if approved
~1,144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: augustine's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,089 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,089 changes in 395 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,089)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and ſeaſons of prayer, whether publique or priuate. It is the ſoundeſt expoſition, in AuſtinsAustin's iudgement, Vt nullo die intermittantur certa tempora orandi.
    With rule
    … and ſeaſons of prayer, whether publique or priuate. It is the ſoundeſt expoſition, in AuſtinsAustin's iudgement, Vt nullo die intermittantur certa tempora orandi.

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 510 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Uanity of the world. Quod hic facio? What do I here, ſaid Monica, AuſtinsAustin's mother, when ſhe had heard an excellent diſcourſe, of the incomparable joyes of Heaven …
    With rule
    Uanity of the world. Quod hic facio? What do I here, ſaid Monica, AuſtinsAustin's mother, when ſhe had heard an excellent diſcourſe, of the incomparable joyes of Heaven …

    John Stoughton · The Heavenly Conversation and Natural Mans Condition · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … diuill. For if theſe points follow vpon our doctrine, much more doe they vpon AuſtinsAustin's. Who, though for the ſubſtance of his matter, he ſpeake the trueth, in that …
    With rule
    … diuill. For if theſe points follow vpon our doctrine, much more doe they vpon AuſtinsAustin's. Who, though for the ſubſtance of his matter, he ſpeake the trueth, in that …

    Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … take notice of in that Epistle, and for which I specially mention it, is AustinsAustin's emphaticall, elegant, and effectuall expressing the eager, itching, ambitious humour of the wicked, to …
    With rule
    … take notice of in that Epistle, and for which I specially mention it, is AustinsAustin's emphaticall, elegant, and effectuall expressing the eager, itching, ambitious humour of the wicked, to …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 347 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſcornfulneſſe in Muſſe, to prefer an vſurping, moſt vicious, and vnlettered Pope, before thouſand AuſtinsAustin's? He was a great Clerke in his time, who deliuered this as ſound doctrine …
    With rule
    … ſcornfulneſſe in Muſſe, to prefer an vſurping, moſt vicious, and vnlettered Pope, before thouſand AuſtinsAustin's? He was a great Clerke in his time, who deliuered this as ſound doctrine …

    Alexander Cooke · The Abatement of Popish Brags Pretending Scripture to be Theirs · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … first Chapters of his Book against Pelagius; and vnder this vaile of opposing S. AustinsAustin's professed enemie, from the third chapter of his booke to the end couertly carps …
    With rule
    … first Chapters of his Book against Pelagius; and vnder this vaile of opposing S. AustinsAustin's professed enemie, from the third chapter of his booke to the end couertly carps …

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … footſtep in the Word of God by the confeſſion of their owne Church; Saint AuſtinsAustin's confeſſion ſhall be my concluſion for this Article of Faith: If wee or an …
    With rule
    … footſtep in the Word of God by the confeſſion of their owne Church; Saint AuſtinsAustin's confeſſion ſhall be my concluſion for this Article of Faith: If wee or an …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 209 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to beget Pride, and Pride is ever the mother of Contention, and in Saint AustinsAustin's phrase, the mother of Heresies too; Raro quisquam circa bona sua satis cautus est …
    With rule
    … to beget Pride, and Pride is ever the mother of Contention, and in Saint AustinsAustin's phrase, the mother of Heresies too; Raro quisquam circa bona sua satis cautus est …

    Edward Reynolds · Sermon Touching Peace and Edification of the Church · p. 18 · 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.