Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9767 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

balaamsbalaam's

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

Puritas changed it: 660 times in 411 works
Consistency: 99.5% (660 of 663)
Reach if approved: ~697 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: balaam's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 663 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (660 changes in 411 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 660)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
If for BalaamsBalaam's confeſſion, if for Samuels confeſſion, if for God his owne proteſtation, we will not …
With rule
If for BalaamsBalaam's confeſſion, if for Samuels confeſſion, if for God his owne proteſtation, we will not …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with reaſon. The vnreaſonable creaturs, that behold vs, ought to affray vs, leſt, as BalaamsBalaam's Aſſe had a mans voice givē him to reprooue the fooliſhnes of his maiſter …
With rule
… with reaſon. The vnreaſonable creaturs, that behold vs, ought to affray vs, leſt, as BalaamsBalaam's Aſſe had a mans voice givē him to reprooue the fooliſhnes of his maiſter …
Symon Presse · Sermon Preached 3 August 1596 · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne kinde, as that he is now become inferiour vnto them, and they (as BalaamsBalaam's Aſſe) can teach their maſter. To the ſchoole of the creature is man now …
With rule
… owne kinde, as that he is now become inferiour vnto them, and they (as BalaamsBalaam's Aſſe) can teach their maſter. To the ſchoole of the creature is man now …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
These words I have read to you, they are BalaamsBalaam's desire, BalaamsBalaam's acclamation. Diverse questions might be moved concerning Balaam, which I will not stand upon …
With rule
These words I have read to you, they are BalaamsBalaam's desire, BalaamsBalaam's acclamation. Diverse questions might be moved concerning Balaam, which I will not stand upon …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Father, who had vſed him ſo, he made anſwere, that a Prieſt with BalaamsBalaam's mark, had done it. And with that Clunie with violence pulled him from his …
With rule
… his Father, who had vſed him ſo, he made anſwere, that a Prieſt with BalaamsBalaam's mark, had done it. And with that Clunie with violence pulled him from his …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It is as if a man should spur his asse till he speake, because BalaamsBalaam's asse did once speake: so grossely hath the diuell bewitched vs. And yet, if …
With rule
… It is as if a man should spur his asse till he speake, because BalaamsBalaam's asse did once speake: so grossely hath the diuell bewitched vs. And yet, if …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 692 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Balaam. Oh that the Lord would at length open our eyes, as he did BalaamsBalaam's, to ſee the Angell of the Lord ſtanding in our way; whatſoever it be …
With rule
… Balaam. Oh that the Lord would at length open our eyes, as he did BalaamsBalaam's, to ſee the Angell of the Lord ſtanding in our way; whatſoever it be …
Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Some man is wittie, and hath instructed many, but is vnprofitable vnto himselfe, as BalaamsBalaam's Asse rebuked the foolishnesse of the Prophet, nothing bettered himselfe thereby. Pulcherrimus est ordo …
With rule
… Some man is wittie, and hath instructed many, but is vnprofitable vnto himselfe, as BalaamsBalaam's Asse rebuked the foolishnesse of the Prophet, nothing bettered himselfe thereby. Pulcherrimus est ordo …
Robert Mandevill · Timothys Task · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Evangelical Sacrifices A12182

Printed
BALAAMSBALAAM'S VVISH. In one Funerall Sermon upon NVMB. 23. 10.
With rule
BALAAMSBALAAM'S VVISH. In one Funerall Sermon upon NVMB. 23. 10.
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · Open in the reader
Printed
BALAAMSBALAAM'S VVISH.
With rule
BALAAMSBALAAM'S VVISH.
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 71 · Open in the reader

the Time of Finding A33242

Printed
… Chronicles, how a Cardinal told the Pope, That England was to the Pope as BALAAMSBALAAM'S ASS, which being ſo often wrong'd and cudgel'd, it was no marvel if at …
With rule
… Chronicles, how a Cardinal told the Pope, That England was to the Pope as BALAAMSBALAAM'S ASS, which being ſo often wrong'd and cudgel'd, it was no marvel if at …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · Open in the reader