Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9680 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

achitophelsahithophel's

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

Puritas changed it: 279 times in 191 works
Consistency: 99.6% (279 of 280)
Reach if approved: ~294 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: achitophel's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 280 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (279 changes in 191 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 279)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his iudgements, euen for all strong hunting Nimrods, prophane Esaus, threatning Rehoboams, and Machauilian AchitophelsAhithophel's, albeit either to vphold, or aduance their greatnesse, they temper exotique poysons, consult Wisards …
With rule
… his iudgements, euen for all strong hunting Nimrods, prophane Esaus, threatning Rehoboams, and Machauilian AchitophelsAhithophel's, albeit either to vphold, or aduance their greatnesse, they temper exotique poysons, consult Wisards …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yea we must daily intreat the Lord to bring to nought the counsell of AchitophelsAhithophel's, & of all that think euil against the Lords anointed among vs. Quest. But how …
With rule
… yea we must daily intreat the Lord to bring to nought the counsell of AchitophelsAhithophel's, & of all that think euil against the Lords anointed among vs. Quest. But how …
William Perkins · The Combat Between Christ and the Devil Displayed · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… how fooliſhly they promiſe themſelues preſeruation from groſſe wickedneſſe. Tell them of Cain, Iudas, AchitophelsAhithophel's vngodly liues, and diſcomfortable ends: I warrant you ſay they? And doe you thinke …
With rule
… how fooliſhly they promiſe themſelues preſeruation from groſſe wickedneſſe. Tell them of Cain, Iudas, AchitophelsAhithophel's vngodly liues, and diſcomfortable ends: I warrant you ſay they? And doe you thinke …
William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him; but especially when they call vpon him to turne the counsels of wicked AchitophelsAhithophel's into folly. All the contempt and cruelty is against God himself: therefore mischiefe against …
With rule
… him; but especially when they call vpon him to turne the counsels of wicked AchitophelsAhithophel's into folly. All the contempt and cruelty is against God himself: therefore mischiefe against …
Thomas Taylor · A Map of Rome · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Anakims, nor the combination of the Edomites, nor the politicke counsels of all the AchitophelsAhithophel's and Machivilians, nor the proud lookes, nor the big words of all the Amaziahs …
With rule
… Anakims, nor the combination of the Edomites, nor the politicke counsels of all the AchitophelsAhithophel's and Machivilians, nor the proud lookes, nor the big words of all the Amaziahs …
Richard Younge · The Victory of Patience · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that he may be ſmit…en by the mouth of the righteous. Ioabs, Iudaſes & AchitophelsAhithophel's examples are notorious for the confirmation of this point: and the diuell killeth a …
With rule
… that he may be ſmit…en by the mouth of the righteous. Ioabs, Iudaſes & AchitophelsAhithophel's examples are notorious for the confirmation of this point: and the diuell killeth a …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 454 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good Spirit of God, who being infinite in wiſedome, is able to turne this AchitophelsAhithophel's policies into fooliſhneſſe, to fuſtrate all his cunning plots and proiects, and ſo to …
With rule
… good Spirit of God, who being infinite in wiſedome, is able to turne this AchitophelsAhithophel's policies into fooliſhneſſe, to fuſtrate all his cunning plots and proiects, and ſo to …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 744 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which she pu…posed: ir was the ruine of herselfe and the whole familie. AchitophelsAhithophel's counsell was very craftie, but it snared his owne necke in an halter. Nay …
With rule
… which she pu…posed: ir was the ruine of herselfe and the whole familie. AchitophelsAhithophel's counsell was very craftie, but it snared his owne necke in an halter. Nay …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 212 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.