Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9802 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gedeonsgideon's

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

Puritas changed it: 166 times in 77 works
Consistency: 99.4% (166 of 167)
Reach if approved: ~175 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: gideno's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 167 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (166 changes in 77 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… inſtituted in that ſort at firſt, as now they are vſed, and yet we GedeonsGideon's hold our peace, they take not away the abuſe, they take not away the …
With rule
… inſtituted in that ſort at firſt, as now they are vſed, and yet we GedeonsGideon's hold our peace, they take not away the abuſe, they take not away the …
Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… till he hath got a full conquest of them. Compare herewith the history of GedeonsGideon's souldiers, Iudg. 7. 4, 5, 6, &c. As waters sometimes signifie doctrine; so the Chaldee here expoundeth it …
With rule
… till he hath got a full conquest of them. Compare herewith the history of GedeonsGideon's souldiers, Iudg. 7. 4, 5, 6, &c. As waters sometimes signifie doctrine; so the Chaldee here expoundeth it …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and an honeſt heart: for want of the former, Gods wrath burſt forth againſt GedeonsGideon's children, Iudg. 8 27. and againſt Eli and his, 1 Sam. 3.13. For want of the latter, againſt …
With rule
… and an honeſt heart: for want of the former, Gods wrath burſt forth againſt GedeonsGideon's children, Iudg. 8 27. and againſt Eli and his, 1 Sam. 3.13. For want of the latter, againſt …
Henry Whitfield · Helps to Stir Up to Christian Duties · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſignifie the rebellion of the children of Iſrael: the ſtones taken out of Iordane, GedeonsGideon's fléece of wooll, &c. Such as theſe, be ſignes ſignificatiue, and ſhew no gift …
With rule
… ſignifie the rebellion of the children of Iſrael: the ſtones taken out of Iordane, GedeonsGideon's fléece of wooll, &c. Such as theſe, be ſignes ſignificatiue, and ſhew no gift …
John Bradford · The Complaint of Verity · Open in the reader
Printed
… and feeds aboue fiue thouſand with thoſe fiue. Hee would haue a remnant of GedeonsGideon's Armie to fight his battailes: A remnant of Iſraels beleeuers to make vp his …
With rule
… and feeds aboue fiue thouſand with thoſe fiue. Hee would haue a remnant of GedeonsGideon's Armie to fight his battailes: A remnant of Iſraels beleeuers to make vp his …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… A fiery ſtreame ran before him. This ſtreame is Purgatory: why did he forget GedeonsGideon's bottels, or Sampſons Iaw bone of an Aſſe: for in theſe things cold he …
With rule
… A fiery ſtreame ran before him. This ſtreame is Purgatory: why did he forget GedeonsGideon's bottels, or Sampſons Iaw bone of an Aſſe: for in theſe things cold he …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Waters of Shiloh to Quench the Fire of Purgatory · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sect. 13. His 2^d change of my words. GedeonsGideon's golden Ephod not appliable to Feaſts.
With rule
Sect. 13. His 2^d change of my words. GedeonsGideon's golden Ephod not appliable to Feaſts.
Henry Hammond · An Account of Cawdrys Triplex Diatribe · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… A Scandall may be at first onely passive, & yet afterward become active. For example, GedeonsGideon's Ephod, and the brasen Serpent, were monuments of Gods mercies, and were neither evill …
With rule
… A Scandall may be at first onely passive, & yet afterward become active. For example, GedeonsGideon's Ephod, and the brasen Serpent, were monuments of Gods mercies, and were neither evill …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Miscellanies Christian and Judaical A05462

Printed
GEdeonsGideon's Armie represents the Church visible and inuisible: for as in his Armie all the …
With rule
GEdeonsGideon's Armie represents the Church visible and inuisible: for as in his Armie all the …
John Lightfoot · Miscellanies Christian and Judaical · p. 29 · Open in the reader