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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9850 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spainsspain's

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

Puritas changed it
92 times in 56 works
Consistency
100% (92 of 92)
Reach if approved
~97 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: spain's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
92 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (92 changes in 56 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 92)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … prophane lay-Papists themselves. What was Escovedo the great Instrument of the King of SpainsSpain's cruelties against the Evangelicall party in the lower Germany, but a lump of lust …
    With rule
    … prophane lay-Papists themselves. What was Escovedo the great Instrument of the King of SpainsSpain's cruelties against the Evangelicall party in the lower Germany, but a lump of lust …

    Simonds D Ewes · The Primitive Practice for Preserving Truth · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … long ſince impoſed, and yet on foot by common conſent (without the King of SpainsSpain's good liking) to preſerve their Liberties, Religion, Eſtates, from the Spaniſh Tyranny, witneſſe; which …
    With rule
    … long ſince impoſed, and yet on foot by common conſent (without the King of SpainsSpain's good liking) to preſerve their Liberties, Religion, Eſtates, from the Spaniſh Tyranny, witneſſe; which …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … speed alike in all places. They have not been lucky to the King of SpainsSpain's Dominions in the Low-Countries. For it is observed that his Cities that joyn …
    With rule
    … speed alike in all places. They have not been lucky to the King of SpainsSpain's Dominions in the Low-Countries. For it is observed that his Cities that joyn …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Answer to a Seminary Priest · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Italy or Flanders; if you ſay, This Countrey is all the King of SpainsSpain's, and none of it the Kings of France, is not this for the intereſt …
    With rule
    … of Italy or Flanders; if you ſay, This Countrey is all the King of SpainsSpain's, and none of it the Kings of France, is not this for the intereſt …

    Richard Baxter · One Sheet Against the Quakers · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … St. J…go, and Havana, a safe rode for ships, where the King of SpainsSpain's ▪ Navie rides till they carry home their rich lading.
    With rule
    … St. J…go, and Havana, a safe rode for ships, where the King of SpainsSpain's ▪ Navie rides till they carry home their rich lading.

    Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … returned, For your Masters sake I will stoop, but not for the King of SpainsSpain's. This worthy Patriot departed this life in the seventy seventh year of his Age …
    With rule
    … returned, For your Masters sake I will stoop, but not for the King of SpainsSpain's. This worthy Patriot departed this life in the seventy seventh year of his Age …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 160 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … places. The King of France came with an Army into Italy. The King of SpainsSpain's Navy was overcome by Barbarossa. The Duke of Saxony died with grief, and his …
    With rule
    … places. The King of France came with an Army into Italy. The King of SpainsSpain's Navy was overcome by Barbarossa. The Duke of Saxony died with grief, and his …

    Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … their utmoſt endeavour in getting a publick Library, and in particular, the King of SpainsSpain's Bible in many Languages Printed at Antwerp.
    With rule
    … their utmoſt endeavour in getting a publick Library, and in particular, the King of SpainsSpain's Bible in many Languages Printed at Antwerp.

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 241 · 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.