Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9704 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

egyptsegypt's

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

Puritas changed it: 202 times in 129 works
Consistency: 100% (202 of 202)
Reach if approved: ~212 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: egypt's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 202 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (202 changes in 129 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 202)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
His sundry plagues to EgyptsEgypt's ouerthrow;
With rule
His sundry plagues to EgyptsEgypt's ouerthrow;
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… remoter Nations, whileſt we enjoy yet a Goſhen in the midſt of all thoſe EgyptsEgypt's. In all Cities, diſorderly and facinorous men, covet to draw themſelves into the skirts …
With rule
… remoter Nations, whileſt we enjoy yet a Goſhen in the midſt of all thoſe EgyptsEgypt's. In all Cities, diſorderly and facinorous men, covet to draw themſelves into the skirts …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 753 · Open in the reader
Printed
'Gainſt EgyptsEgypt's King, who there by him was ſlain.
With rule
'Gainſt EgyptsEgypt's King, who there by him was ſlain.
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… served him greatly, as well for the keeping of Syria, as the Sultan of EgyptsEgypt's Empire: In his own Country he was received with all Triumphs, and expressions of …
With rule
… served him greatly, as well for the keeping of Syria, as the Sultan of EgyptsEgypt's Empire: In his own Country he was received with all Triumphs, and expressions of …
Samuel Clarke · The Life of Tamerlane the Great · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
furrows] That is to say, notwithstanding EgyptsEgypt's assistance and relief.
With rule
furrows] That is to say, notwithstanding EgyptsEgypt's assistance and relief.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader
Printed
Like EgyptsEgypt's Frogs in peſtilential ſwarms.
With rule
Like EgyptsEgypt's Frogs in peſtilential ſwarms.
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is aforeſaid) is the moſt Graphical and lively Emblem of the Church's State in EgyptsEgypt's Bondage: as the flame of Fire could not conſume it, ſo nor did it …
With rule
… is aforeſaid) is the moſt Graphical and lively Emblem of the Church's State in EgyptsEgypt's Bondage: as the flame of Fire could not conſume it, ſo nor did it …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 438 · Open in the reader
Printed
As EgyptsEgypt's f…rtile ſoile and learned Greece,
With rule
As EgyptsEgypt's f…rtile ſoile and learned Greece,
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · 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.