Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9803 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gideonsgideon's

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

Puritas changed it: 393 times in 250 works
Consistency: 99.2% (393 of 396)
Reach if approved: ~416 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: gideno's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 396 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (393 changes in 250 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 393)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their flight and beheaded. Zeba and Zalmunna whose Host was smitten, & themselves slain by GideonsGideon's own hand.
With rule
… their flight and beheaded. Zeba and Zalmunna whose Host was smitten, & themselves slain by GideonsGideon's own hand.
George Abbot · Notes on the Book of Psalms · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but God is the ſtrength of my heart and my portion for ever. In GideonsGideon's Camp every Souldier had his own pitcher; amongſt Solomons men of valour every man …
With rule
… but God is the ſtrength of my heart and my portion for ever. In GideonsGideon's Camp every Souldier had his own pitcher; amongſt Solomons men of valour every man …
Thomas Brooks · An Ark for All Gods Noahs · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Ark, when we are drowned with a flood of miseries: make you like GideonsGideon's dry Fleece, when we are like his wet Fleece, bedewed with sorrow and lamentation …
With rule
… the Ark, when we are drowned with a flood of miseries: make you like GideonsGideon's dry Fleece, when we are like his wet Fleece, bedewed with sorrow and lamentation …
Edmund Calamy · Englands Looking Glass · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods cauſe abroad, from proſpering, from prevailing; eſpecially, conſidering that we have Ioſhuah's and GideonsGideon's in our Armies, and a legion of prayers, like an armed band, daily ſtriving …
With rule
… Gods cauſe abroad, from proſpering, from prevailing; eſpecially, conſidering that we have Ioſhuah's and GideonsGideon's in our Armies, and a legion of prayers, like an armed band, daily ſtriving …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the glory from it selfe, vnto God. Therefore according to Gods speech of GideonsGideon's armie; They are too many for me, to ouercome Midian by them, wee may …
With rule
… all the glory from it selfe, vnto God. Therefore according to Gods speech of GideonsGideon's armie; They are too many for me, to ouercome Midian by them, wee may …
Francis Rous · Meditations · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Goshen light, when all Egypt sitteth in darkenesse: That his fleece alone, as GideonsGideon's, should bee watered with the dew of blessing, and so many earthly men round …
With rule
… in Goshen light, when all Egypt sitteth in darkenesse: That his fleece alone, as GideonsGideon's, should bee watered with the dew of blessing, and so many earthly men round …
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet, a speciall scourge withall to diuers of them. Miraculous it was, both in GideonsGideon's calling vnto it: and in the manner of giuing the victory. His calling vnto …
With rule
… yet, a speciall scourge withall to diuers of them. Miraculous it was, both in GideonsGideon's calling vnto it: and in the manner of giuing the victory. His calling vnto …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diminution of his honour, in the augmentation of Iſraels forces, and therfore he reduced GideonsGideon's thirty two thouſand to three hundred perſons. It was ſo in perſons, God does …
With rule
… diminution of his honour, in the augmentation of Iſraels forces, and therfore he reduced GideonsGideon's thirty two thouſand to three hundred perſons. It was ſo in perſons, God does …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
GIDEONSGIDEON'S Calling.
With rule
GIDEONSGIDEON'S Calling.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 905 · Open in the reader
Printed
GIDEONSGIDEON'S Preparation and victory.
With rule
GIDEONSGIDEON'S Preparation and victory.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 909 · Open in the reader