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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9764 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

andrewsandrew's

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

Puritas changed it
1,133 times in 361 works
Consistency
99.3% (1,133 of 1,141)
Reach if approved
~1,199 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,141 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,133 changes in 361 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … not the work of one age. Though Egeſippus (as he is quoted by Doctor AndrewsAndrew's, Preface to the Decalogue, page 7.) ſaith, That there was no known Common-wealth in …
    With rule
    … not the work of one age. Though Egeſippus (as he is quoted by Doctor AndrewsAndrew's, Preface to the Decalogue, page 7.) ſaith, That there was no known Common-wealth in …

    Thomas Blake · The Covenant of God Entered with Mankind · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … appropriated unto, and terminated in the very name and syllables of JESUS, as Bishop AndrewsAndrew's blusheth not to affirm, in his Court Sermon on Phil: 2. 10.
    With rule
    … appropriated unto, and terminated in the very name and syllables of JESUS, as Bishop AndrewsAndrew's blusheth not to affirm, in his Court Sermon on Phil: 2. 10.

    Henry Burton · Jesu-Worship Confuted · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Scotland, for the eſtabliſhing of the Goſpel, the Proteſ…nt Army being nigh S. AndrewsAndrew's, reſolved upon …eliberation not to goe thither, by reaſon of the Queens …reat forces …
    With rule
    … Scotland, for the eſtabliſhing of the Goſpel, the Proteſ…nt Army being nigh S. AndrewsAndrew's, reſolved upon …eliberation not to goe thither, by reaſon of the Queens …reat forces …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thing that you professedly worship? What is that forme? the sau…oir or S. AndrewsAndrew's crosse? resembling as some thinke not the crosse of our Sauiour, but the first …
    With rule
    … thing that you professedly worship? What is that forme? the sau…oir or S. AndrewsAndrew's crosse? resembling as some thinke not the crosse of our Sauiour, but the first …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 534 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Newly publiſhed by Iohn AndrewsAndrew's, Miniſter and Preacher of the Word.
    With rule
    Newly publiſhed by Iohn AndrewsAndrew's, Miniſter and Preacher of the Word.

    John Andrewes · Resolution to Return Unto God by Repentance · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    1 Saint AndrewsAndrew's
    With rule
    1 Saint AndrewsAndrew's

    Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 340 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Now my assertion is, That the Church that had such as Austin, Chrysostome, Jewel, AndrewsAndrew's, and such worthy men as London now hath many, had Priviledges distinct from these …
    With rule
    … Now my assertion is, That the Church that had such as Austin, Chrysostome, Jewel, AndrewsAndrew's, and such worthy men as London now hath many, had Priviledges distinct from these …

    Richard Baxter · The Dangerous Schismatic · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ways, to one that hath written ſo oft againſt Excommunicating Kings, (when yet Biſhop AndrewsAndrew's and other Prelates maintain the Refuſing them the Communion; and you know in what …
    With rule
    … ways, to one that hath written ſo oft againſt Excommunicating Kings, (when yet Biſhop AndrewsAndrew's and other Prelates maintain the Refuſing them the Communion; and you know in what …

    Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 106 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    Lancelot ANDREWSANDREW'S his death and character b. 11. ¶. 46, 47, 48, 49.
    With rule
    Lancelot ANDREWSANDREW'S his death and character b. 11. ¶. 46, 47, 48, 49.

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    24 THOMAS ANDREWSANDREW'S, Arm.]
    With rule
    24 THOMAS ANDREWSANDREW'S, Arm.]

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 300 · Open in the reader

The Nullity of the Pretended Assembly at St Andrews and Dundee A85789

  • Printed
    THE NULLITY OF THE PRETENDED-ASSEMBLY At Saint ANDREWSANDREW'S & DƲNDEE: Wherein are contained, The Repreſentation for Adjournment, the Proteſtation & Reaſons therof.
    With rule
    THE NULLITY OF THE PRETENDED-ASSEMBLY At Saint ANDREWSANDREW'S & DƲNDEE: Wherein are contained, The Repreſentation for Adjournment, the Proteſtation & Reaſons therof.

    James Guthrie · The Nullity of the Pretended Assembly at St Andrews and Dundee · Open in the reader

Influences of the Life of Grace A92141

  • Printed
    BY SAMUEL RUTHERFURD, Profeſſor of Divinity in the Ʋniverſity of St. ANDREWSANDREW'S in SCOTLAND.
    With rule
    BY SAMUEL RUTHERFURD, Profeſſor of Divinity in the Ʋniverſity of St. ANDREWSANDREW'S in SCOTLAND.

    Samuel Rutherford · Influences of the Life of Grace · Open in the reader