Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9667 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whil'stwhilst

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

Puritas changed it: 913 times in 316 works
Consistency: 99.7% (913 of 915)
Reach if approved: ~961 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whilst
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 915 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (913 changes in 316 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 913)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Should moue my heart to liking whil'stwhilst I liu'd.
With rule
Should moue my heart to liking whil'stwhilst I liu'd.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
But wiſh that men (whil'ſtwhilst their faire fame is liuing,
With rule
But wiſh that men (whil'ſtwhilst their faire fame is liuing,
John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader
Printed
… not use his remedy, least so it should allay and quench the Lust: And whil'stwhilst with so much feaver of desire, he courts nothing else but the change, and …
With rule
… not use his remedy, least so it should allay and quench the Lust: And whil'stwhilst with so much feaver of desire, he courts nothing else but the change, and …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are theſe: He foldeth his hands together, Eccleſ. 4.5. The fool foldeth his hands together, whil'ſtwhilst others open their hands, ſpread them abroad, and ſtretch them out to labour, he …
With rule
… are theſe: He foldeth his hands together, Eccleſ. 4.5. The fool foldeth his hands together, whil'ſtwhilst others open their hands, ſpread them abroad, and ſtretch them out to labour, he …
John Angier · A Help to Better Hearts for Better Times · p. 559 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Emperour Gallus had good successe in his affaires whil'stwhilst he abstained from shedding the bloud of the Christians; but as soone as hee …
With rule
The Emperour Gallus had good successe in his affaires whil'stwhilst he abstained from shedding the bloud of the Christians; but as soone as hee …
Thomas Beard · The Theater of Gods Judgments · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
An. Surely upon your ſelfe, for there is no Church of Chriſt, but whil'ſtwhilst it remaines a Church hath a power left in it (though the exerciſe may …
With rule
An. Surely upon your ſelfe, for there is no Church of Chriſt, but whil'ſtwhilst it remaines a Church hath a power left in it (though the exerciſe may …
William Bridge · The Truth of the Times Vindicated · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sure to him and his, yea, entitle him to the whole earth, so that whil'stwhilst a meeke man is on earth, he is on his owne, wheresoeuer he is …
With rule
… sure to him and his, yea, entitle him to the whole earth, so that whil'stwhilst a meeke man is on earth, he is on his owne, wheresoeuer he is …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whil'stWhilst other creatures downward fix their sight,
With rule
Whil'stWhilst other creatures downward fix their sight,
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 506 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners A33339

Printed
WHil'stWhilst a people walk in obedience to God, he hath promised, that they shall chase …
With rule
WHil'stWhilst a people walk in obedience to God, he hath promised, that they shall chase …
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 261 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

Printed
WHil'stWhilst we are here on Earth
With rule
WHil'stWhilst we are here on Earth
Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 187 · Open in the reader