Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9718 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nathansnathan's

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

Puritas changed it: 232 times in 155 works
Consistency: 99.5% (232 of 233)
Reach if approved: ~246 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 234 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (232 changes in 155 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 232)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… haue to deale withall, becomming all to all that they may ſaue ſome. A NathansNathan's tongue ſuits well with a Dauid's heart; A Huldahs, with Ioſiah's; And an Elijah's …
With rule
… haue to deale withall, becomming all to all that they may ſaue ſome. A NathansNathan's tongue ſuits well with a Dauid's heart; A Huldahs, with Ioſiah's; And an Elijah's …
Nehemiah Rogers · Sermon Preached at Second Triennial Visitation · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Soule, that sentence of God to Adam, Thou shalt dye; And such as NathansNathan's to Dauid, Thou hast sinned and art the childe of Death.
With rule
… the Soule, that sentence of God to Adam, Thou shalt dye; And such as NathansNathan's to Dauid, Thou hast sinned and art the childe of Death.
Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nevv terme of their ovvne Eccleſiaſtes: a vviſe Doctor. And this book commenteth vpon NathansNathan's Prophecy, cited afore: and teacheth cloſly, that many Kinges of his poſterity by foolishnes …
With rule
… nevv terme of their ovvne Eccleſiaſtes: a vviſe Doctor. And this book commenteth vpon NathansNathan's Prophecy, cited afore: and teacheth cloſly, that many Kinges of his poſterity by foolishnes …
Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make a Bridge from the fall of Salomons houſe, vnto the ſetting vp of NathansNathan's. Nabuchadnezar honored Daniel to Iudahs good; For chiefe heads of this matter: Kings further …
With rule
… make a Bridge from the fall of Salomons houſe, vnto the ſetting vp of NathansNathan's. Nabuchadnezar honored Daniel to Iudahs good; For chiefe heads of this matter: Kings further …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to himſelfe about a yeere after, and then too, by the particular ſtrok of NathansNathan's miniſtry; hee himſelfe was a Prophet and a rare Saint of God, yet he …
With rule
… to himſelfe about a yeere after, and then too, by the particular ſtrok of NathansNathan's miniſtry; hee himſelfe was a Prophet and a rare Saint of God, yet he …
Richard Capel · Temptations · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or diſquiet them. Nay, it is remarkable in David, that though hee had upon NathansNathan's meſſage to him confeſſed his ſin, and Nathan upon his confeſſion had pronounced the …
With rule
… or diſquiet them. Nay, it is remarkable in David, that though hee had upon NathansNathan's meſſage to him confeſſed his ſin, and Nathan upon his confeſſion had pronounced the …
Jeremiah Dyke · A Worthy Communicant · p. 335 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his sinnes. Thinke you here a protestāt preacher with a mery mouth in NathansNathan's steade, could haue driuen him from this course of penaūce, dissuaded him from the …
With rule
… of his sinnes. Thinke you here a protestāt preacher with a mery mouth in NathansNathan's steade, could haue driuen him from this course of penaūce, dissuaded him from the …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cry. This ingenuity wee finde in Dauid, who when he was found guilty by NathansNathan's ſermon; he confeſſed his whole ſinne. I haue ſinned against the Lord. Marke, hee …
With rule
… cry. This ingenuity wee finde in Dauid, who when he was found guilty by NathansNathan's ſermon; he confeſſed his whole ſinne. I haue ſinned against the Lord. Marke, hee …
Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 93 · 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.