Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9645 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

london'slondon

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 56 works
Consistency: 75.0% (111 of 148)
Reach if approved: ~156 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 148 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 56 works, 75.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ. Philpot's Stocks in the Bishop of London'sLondon Coal-house was but a pair of Organs, as he saith. Nor is it …
With rule
… they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ. Philpot's Stocks in the Bishop of London'sLondon Coal-house was but a pair of Organs, as he saith. Nor is it …
Thomas Manton · Advice to Mourners Under the Loss of Dear Relations · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
WHen London'sLondon fatal Bills were blown abroad,
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WHen London'sLondon fatal Bills were blown abroad,
Benjamin Tompson · New Englands Tears for her Present Miseries · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fellow Priſoners could rouſe as merrily in the Straw, in the B B of London'sLondon Colehouſe, as if they had been upon Down Beds in a Pallace. It is …
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… fellow Priſoners could rouſe as merrily in the Straw, in the B B of London'sLondon Colehouſe, as if they had been upon Down Beds in a Pallace. It is …
Samuel Clarke · Sayings of Wise and Learned Men · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pennſylvania were mere Cyphers, That the Truſtees, to my Knowledge, queſtion'd the Biſhop of London'sLondon having any Juriſdiction in theſe Parts; and that the Governor of Maryland, acting as …
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… Pennſylvania were mere Cyphers, That the Truſtees, to my Knowledge, queſtion'd the Biſhop of London'sLondon having any Juriſdiction in theſe Parts; and that the Governor of Maryland, acting as …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Savannah to Leaving Stanford · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to cast it by: But near two years after, Mr. Grove, the Bishop of London'sLondon Chaplain (without whom I could have had nothing of mine Licensed, I think) did …
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… to cast it by: But near two years after, Mr. Grove, the Bishop of London'sLondon Chaplain (without whom I could have had nothing of mine Licensed, I think) did …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after some captious questions proposed to him, was committed prisoner to the Bishop of London'sLondon Cole-house, unto which was adjoyned a little blinde-house, with a great pair …
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… after some captious questions proposed to him, was committed prisoner to the Bishop of London'sLondon Cole-house, unto which was adjoyned a little blinde-house, with a great pair …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 530 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there disputed the Point; and after was sent to Bishop Stokesteys, the Bishop of London'sLondon Consistory; and soon after was burnt. Vol. 3. p. 990, 991, 992. See more of Frith p. 59. of …
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… there disputed the Point; and after was sent to Bishop Stokesteys, the Bishop of London'sLondon Consistory; and soon after was burnt. Vol. 3. p. 990, 991, 992. See more of Frith p. 59. of …
John Foxe · An Alphabetical Martyrology · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bishop of Chichester, Doctor Ironside Bishop of Bristol, were Consecrated at the Bishop of London'sLondon Chapel at Fulham, by the Bishop of London, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Bishop …
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… Bishop of Chichester, Doctor Ironside Bishop of Bristol, were Consecrated at the Bishop of London'sLondon Chapel at Fulham, by the Bishop of London, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Bishop …
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 212 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (37)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 are listed here. 23 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… Rejoynder against my book of the Churche's visibility; But Mr. Iane the Bishop of London'sLondon Chaplain refused to License it. But at last when the Papists grew odious he …
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… Rejoynder against my book of the Churche's visibility; But Mr. Iane the Bishop of London'sLondon Chaplain refused to License it. But at last when the Papists grew odious he …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 183 · Open in the reader

Londons Resurrection A39916

Printed
LONDON'sLondon Reſurrection, &c.
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LONDON'sLondon Reſurrection, &c.
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
From London'sLondon Fires, her Mother-Furies ſung;
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From London'sLondon Fires, her Mother-Furies ſung;
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which mark'd with London'sLondon Brands our diſmal Times:
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Which mark'd with London'sLondon Brands our diſmal Times:
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
And march a Voluntier to London'sLondon Walls.
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And march a Voluntier to London'sLondon Walls.
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
London'sLondon Reſtorer, to Great Britain's King.
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London'sLondon Reſtorer, to Great Britain's King.
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · p. 5 · Open in the reader

A Directory for Youth A55343

Printed
… of miſchief in …milies, Churches, Kingdoms; here it is …t ſo many of England's, London'sLondon Youth …train'd up for Hell, they ſoon aſcend the …t of the Scorner, and …
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… of miſchief in …milies, Churches, Kingdoms; here it is …t ſo many of England's, London'sLondon Youth …train'd up for Hell, they ſoon aſcend the …t of the Scorner, and …
Samuel Pomfret · A Directory for Youth · p. 193 · Open in the reader

The Burning of London A57597

Printed
Meerly to avoid tediouſneſs I ſhall here add but two things touching London'sLondon loſs (though otherwiſe much more might be added) one is, that it is Invaluable …
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Meerly to avoid tediouſneſs I ſhall here add but two things touching London'sLondon loſs (though otherwiſe much more might be added) one is, that it is Invaluable …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Fire and Brimstone from Heaven A64987

Printed
… and Southwark; and the general impression of fear of Fire upon the Sptrits of London'sLondon Inhabitants, I thought it might be seasonable at this time to treat of Burnings …
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… and Southwark; and the general impression of fear of Fire upon the Sptrits of London'sLondon Inhabitants, I thought it might be seasonable at this time to treat of Burnings …
Thomas Vincent · Fire and Brimstone from Heaven · Open in the reader

Gods Terrible Voice in the City A64990

Printed
This, this did presage London'sLondon near approaching ruine and desolation, though few did believe it, and because they did …
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This, this did presage London'sLondon near approaching ruine and desolation, though few did believe it, and because they did …
Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
But more fully to clear up the reason of London'sLondon judgments, and the righteousness of God herein; God hath indeed spoken very terribly, but …
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But more fully to clear up the reason of London'sLondon judgments, and the righteousness of God herein; God hath indeed spoken very terribly, but …
Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
A Catalogue of London'sLondon sins, which have provoked the Lord to speak with so terrible a voice in …
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A Catalogue of London'sLondon sins, which have provoked the Lord to speak with so terrible a voice in …
Thomas Vincent · Gods Terrible Voice in the City · p. 88 · Open in the reader

Answer to the Bishop of Londons Last Pastoral Letter 2 N03645

Printed
THE Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD's ANSWER To the BISHOP of LONDON'sLondon LAST PASTORAL LETTER.
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THE Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD's ANSWER To the BISHOP of LONDON'sLondon LAST PASTORAL LETTER.
George Whitefield · Answer to the Bishop of Londons Last Pastoral Letter 2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader