Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9772 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

britainsbritain's

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

Puritas changed it: 914 times in 188 works
Consistency: 99.7% (914 of 916)
Reach if approved: ~962 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: britain's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 916 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (914 changes in 188 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 914)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… others, are ſure that the Papacy is an Uſurpation: And ſo were the old BritainsBritain's, and the Scots, a little before Beda's time, who would neither conform to the …
With rule
… others, are ſure that the Papacy is an Uſurpation: And ſo were the old BritainsBritain's, and the Scots, a little before Beda's time, who would neither conform to the …
Richard Baxter · Roman Tradition Examined · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will it be juſtly aſcribed, if, as on the Jews, Wrath come upon the BritainsBritain's to the uttermoſt.
With rule
… will it be juſtly aſcribed, if, as on the Jews, Wrath come upon the BritainsBritain's to the uttermoſt.
Daniel Burgess · The Sure Way to Wealth Infallible · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
2dly, That, as much as the Ancient BritainsBritain's cleaved to the Scripture; yet were there all Impietyes and wickedness in the Nation …
With rule
2dly, That, as much as the Ancient BritainsBritain's cleaved to the Scripture; yet were there all Impietyes and wickedness in the Nation …
Henry Danvers · Second Reply to Baxter · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that S. Paul after his first imprisonment at Rome, preached the Gospel among the BritainsBritain's, and it is not unlikely that then he converted Pudens and Claudia his wife …
With rule
… that S. Paul after his first imprisonment at Rome, preached the Gospel among the BritainsBritain's, and it is not unlikely that then he converted Pudens and Claudia his wife …
Daniel Featley · Romes Ruin(1) · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
The BritainsBritain's being involved in perpetual Warrs with the Scots, Picts, Normans, Saxons, the Chriſtian BritainsBritain's …
With rule
The BritainsBritain's being involved in perpetual Warrs with the Scots, Picts, Normans, Saxons, the Chriſtian BritainsBritain's …
William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bristowe. First, that ignorantly I affirme, somewhere, namely Purg. 371. that the controuersie betwene the BritainsBritain's and Saxons about the celebration of Easter, was the same, that was betweene Victor …
With rule
… Bristowe. First, that ignorantly I affirme, somewhere, namely Purg. 371. that the controuersie betwene the BritainsBritain's and Saxons about the celebration of Easter, was the same, that was betweene Victor …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our own writers of this time writeth thus: In the coūtry of the BritainsBritain's (saith he) al this time christianitie flourished, which from the Apostles time neuer among …
With rule
… of our own writers of this time writeth thus: In the coūtry of the BritainsBritain's (saith he) al this time christianitie flourished, which from the Apostles time neuer among …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
16. Did Augustines rejection of the BritainsBritain's, and the BritainsBritain's and Scots long refusing Communion with the Romanists, compel either party to obey?
With rule
16. Did Augustines rejection of the BritainsBritain's, and the BritainsBritain's and Scots long refusing Communion with the Romanists, compel either party to obey?
Richard Baxter · Answer to Dodwell and Sherlock · p. 108 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

A Plea for the Public-Faith A66753

Printed
… likewiſe, one of thoſe previous ſigns of that righteous Government, ſpecified in the Remonſtrants BRITAINSBRITAIN'S-GENIUS long ſince publiſhed, might perhaps be thereby eminently fulfilled (to wit) that,
With rule
… likewiſe, one of thoſe previous ſigns of that righteous Government, ſpecified in the Remonſtrants BRITAINSBRITAIN'S-GENIUS long ſince publiſhed, might perhaps be thereby eminently fulfilled (to wit) that,
George Wither · A Plea for the Public-Faith · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Once more therefore, yee BRITAINSBRITAIN'S lend an eare;
With rule
Once more therefore, yee BRITAINSBRITAIN'S lend an eare;
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 4 · Open in the reader