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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9689 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cainscain's

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

Puritas changed it
673 times in 374 works
Consistency
99.5% (673 of 676)
Reach if approved
~710 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
676 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (673 changes in 374 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 673)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … command which wee haue to loue, hee dehorteth from enmity and hatred, inſtancing in CainsCain's hatred againſt Abel, and the worlds hatred, and ſhewing the euent both of loue …
    With rule
    … command which wee haue to loue, hee dehorteth from enmity and hatred, inſtancing in CainsCain's hatred againſt Abel, and the worlds hatred, and ſhewing the euent both of loue …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … doth, nor can apply the merit of Christ vnto himselfe. An ancient father vpon CainsCain's words, My punishment is greater then I can beare, saith, Thou liest Cain, for …
    With rule
    … doth, nor can apply the merit of Christ vnto himselfe. An ancient father vpon CainsCain's words, My punishment is greater then I can beare, saith, Thou liest Cain, for …

    William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 160 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Grace or Heaven, that seekes them not with his utmost indevour. The difference twixt CainsCain's & Abels sacrifice was this, Gen. 4.3, 4.5. The one did it negligently: brought the worst of …
    With rule
    … Grace or Heaven, that seekes them not with his utmost indevour. The difference twixt CainsCain's & Abels sacrifice was this, Gen. 4.3, 4.5. The one did it negligently: brought the worst of …

    John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 234 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Quaeſt. But can any in errour conſecrate vnto God? was CainsCain's ſacrifice accepted?
    With rule
    Quaeſt. But can any in errour conſecrate vnto God? was CainsCain's ſacrifice accepted?

    William Sclater · The Question of Tithes · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſo ſoon as they are done vnto the Iudge, & there they accuſe vs, as CainsCain's murther cried out againſt him, ſo ſoon as he ſlew his brother. I know …
    With rule
    … ſo ſoon as they are done vnto the Iudge, & there they accuſe vs, as CainsCain's murther cried out againſt him, ſo ſoon as he ſlew his brother. I know …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 389 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … they hunt for: they intend to kill and destroy ere they returne. This was CainsCain's purpose against Abel, if hee could get him alone; Pharaohs against Israel; Nero, Dioclesian …
    With rule
    … they hunt for: they intend to kill and destroy ere they returne. This was CainsCain's purpose against Abel, if hee could get him alone; Pharaohs against Israel; Nero, Dioclesian …

    Thomas Taylor · A Map of Rome · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … rack of a guilty and accuſing conſcience, oft wiſhed himſelfe (as is reported) in CainsCain's caſe, and in Judas his place, and that his ſoul might exchange with theirs …
    With rule
    … rack of a guilty and accuſing conſcience, oft wiſhed himſelfe (as is reported) in CainsCain's caſe, and in Judas his place, and that his ſoul might exchange with theirs …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 438 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the earth? And yet this puniſhment is not all, though inſufferable. For, the damned CainsCain's of hell, ſhall not onely haue this curſed marke ſet vpon them, to goe …
    With rule
    … the earth? And yet this puniſhment is not all, though inſufferable. For, the damned CainsCain's of hell, ſhall not onely haue this curſed marke ſet vpon them, to goe …

    Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 346 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Garden of Zion B01751

  • Printed
    While CAINSCAIN'S race provoked God right ſore,
    With rule
    While CAINSCAIN'S race provoked God right ſore,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 8 · Open in the reader