Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9867 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

londonslondon's

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

Puritas changed it: 324 times in 130 works
Consistency: 93.6% (324 of 346)
Reach if approved: ~364 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 346 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (324 changes in 130 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 324)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Divine; Whose Coale set on fire by Mr. Samuell Baker, in the Bishops of LondonsLondon's Open, hath kindled a new Combustion every-where in our Church,) concerning Altars, the …
With rule
… Divine; Whose Coale set on fire by Mr. Samuell Baker, in the Bishops of LondonsLondon's Open, hath kindled a new Combustion every-where in our Church,) concerning Altars, the …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… You heard tell of the Popes Bull that Felton fyxed to the Biſhop of LondonsLondon's gates, and like a Waltams Calfe you ranne to Rhemes, and (by your owne …
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… You heard tell of the Popes Bull that Felton fyxed to the Biſhop of LondonsLondon's gates, and like a Waltams Calfe you ranne to Rhemes, and (by your owne …
Robert Crowley · Friar John Francis of France · Open in the reader
Printed
… way for his Restoration. And Sir Thomas Allen, Lord Mayor, and the City of LondonsLondon's inviting General Monk from the Rump into the City, and joyning with him, was …
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… way for his Restoration. And Sir Thomas Allen, Lord Mayor, and the City of LondonsLondon's inviting General Monk from the Rump into the City, and joyning with him, was …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
LondonsLondon's Divine, and LondonsLondon's Magnes Saint.
With rule
LondonsLondon's Divine, and LondonsLondon's Magnes Saint.
Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus arm'd; take LondonsLondon's Situation right;
With rule
Thus arm'd; take LondonsLondon's Situation right;
Simon Ford · The Conflagration of London · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… read, should be referred unto the Committee which you are about to name, but LondonsLondon's petition also, and all other petitions of the like nature, so soone as they …
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… read, should be referred unto the Committee which you are about to name, but LondonsLondon's petition also, and all other petitions of the like nature, so soone as they …
Nathaniel Fiennes · A Speech · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, which ſhewed his title to Heaven, I believe periſhed with his Books in LondonsLondon's flames; and I have forgot the particular places of Scripture, by which he was …
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… it, which ſhewed his title to Heaven, I believe periſhed with his Books in LondonsLondon's flames; and I have forgot the particular places of Scripture, by which he was …
John Johnson · The Shining Forth of the Righteous · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it were before the ſetting of it vp by Felton, at the Biſhop of LondonsLondon's gate by Paules Church, as ſhall appeare plainly. For by this Bull theſe Rebels …
With rule
… it were before the ſetting of it vp by Felton, at the Biſhop of LondonsLondon's gate by Paules Church, as ſhall appeare plainly. For by this Bull theſe Rebels …
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Saints Memorials A32052

Printed
LONDONSLONDON'S LOSS: OR, An ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF THAT Reverend Servant of God, AND …
With rule
LONDONSLONDON'S LOSS: OR, An ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF THAT Reverend Servant of God, AND …
Edmund Calamy · Saints Memorials · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Londons Remains A39914

Printed
LONDINI quod RELIQƲƲM. OR, LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS: IN LATIN and ENGLISH.
With rule
LONDINI quod RELIQƲƲM. OR, LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS: IN LATIN and ENGLISH.
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · Open in the reader
Printed
LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS Made English: And Dedicated (with some small difference from the Latin) to the …
With rule
LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS Made English: And Dedicated (with some small difference from the Latin) to the …
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
ALL you whose Cheeks my LONDONSLONDON'S Obsequies
With rule
ALL you whose Cheeks my LONDONSLONDON'S Obsequies
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
That Work for LONDONSLONDON'S FAƲXES too.
With rule
That Work for LONDONSLONDON'S FAƲXES too.
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Londons Resurrection A39916

Printed
LONDONSLONDON'S Reſurrection, Poetically repreſented, AND HUMBLY PRESENTED To His Moſt Sacred MAJESTY.
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LONDONSLONDON'S Reſurrection, Poetically repreſented, AND HUMBLY PRESENTED To His Moſt Sacred MAJESTY.
Simon Ford · Londons Resurrection · Open in the reader

The Burning of London A57597

Printed
LOndonsLondon's downfall may Alarm all the World. As many bad People as were in it …
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LOndonsLondon's downfall may Alarm all the World. As many bad People as were in it …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire B23054

Printed
OR, LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS: IN LATIN and ENGLISH.
With rule
OR, LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS: IN LATIN and ENGLISH.
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · Open in the reader
Printed
LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS
With rule
LONDONSLONDON'S REMAINS
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
ALL you whose Cheeks my LONDONSLONDON'S Obsequies
With rule
ALL you whose Cheeks my LONDONSLONDON'S Obsequies
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
That Work for LONDONSLONDON'S FAƲXES too.
With rule
That Work for LONDONSLONDON'S FAƲXES too.
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 5 · Open in the reader