Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9849 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shee'sshe's

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

Puritas changed it: 79 times in 26 works
Consistency: 100% (79 of 79)
Reach if approved: ~84 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: she's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 80 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 26 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
As for my Siſter, ſhee'sshe's one I'm ſure: She colours for it; her willow gowne with …ay me forſaken …
With rule
As for my Siſter, ſhee'sshe's one I'm ſure: She colours for it; her willow gowne with …ay me forſaken …
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader
Printed
Bellama is not ſuch, ſhee'sshe's Cupids dart,
With rule
Bellama is not ſuch, ſhee'sshe's Cupids dart,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
But shee'sshe's come, her selfe vnasked:
With rule
But shee'sshe's come, her selfe vnasked:
George Wither · Nuptial Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
Shee'sShe's affionted still the more:
With rule
Shee'sShe's affionted still the more:
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
"You wrong Her if you think ſhee'sshe's dead
With rule
"You wrong Her if you think ſhee'sshe's dead
Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
Faith then was young, but now ſhee'sshe's weak & gray:
With rule
Faith then was young, but now ſhee'sshe's weak & gray:
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · Open in the reader
Printed
Shee, ſhee is dead; ſhee'sshe's dead: when thou knoweſt this
With rule
Shee, ſhee is dead; ſhee'sshe's dead: when thou knoweſt this
John Donne · Poems · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and have it ſhe ſhall, and that inſtantly, (this very houre;) and that fully, ſhee'sshe's her own carver. And this is our ſecond Argument.
With rule
… and have it ſhe ſhall, and that inſtantly, (this very houre;) and that fully, ſhee'sshe's her own carver. And this is our ſecond Argument.
Robert Harris · Sermon Preached 25 May 1642 · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.