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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9980 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kyngisking's

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

Puritas changed it
80 times in 6 works
Consistency
81.6% (80 of 98)
Reach if approved
~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: kings
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 6 works, 81.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … leyſure here of gather more of your meanyng. Moreouer i axed not whether the kyngisking's maieſti banniſſhed / nether whether ye proud prelates banniſſhed the popis name / purſe and doctrine …
    With rule
    … leyſure here of gather more of your meanyng. Moreouer i axed not whether the kyngisking's maieſti banniſſhed / nether whether ye proud prelates banniſſhed the popis name / purſe and doctrine …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … olde passouer thankis were geuen for the slaughter of the firste begoten, wheryn the kyngisking's posterite of egipte fill a waye, the Hebrews spared, passed ouer, and delyuered… But …
    With rule
    … olde passouer thankis were geuen for the slaughter of the firste begoten, wheryn the kyngisking's posterite of egipte fill a waye, the Hebrews spared, passed ouer, and delyuered… But …

    William Tyndale · The Supper of the Lord · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    If kyngisking's and Rulars
    With rule
    If kyngisking's and Rulars

    Robert Crowley · Pleasure and Pain Heaven and Hell · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … or change thaim, nor to mak expoſitione, or gloſe on thaim, bot obey the kyngisking's cōmand, as it is ſetfurth tharein. And na vther wayis can we iudge of …
    With rule
    … or change thaim, nor to mak expoſitione, or gloſe on thaim, bot obey the kyngisking's cōmand, as it is ſetfurth tharein. And na vther wayis can we iudge of …

    John Davidson · Answer to the Tractive by Master Kennedy · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    To kyngisking's as the moſt excellent.
    With rule
    To kyngisking's as the moſt excellent.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Quhare he mycht se the kyngisking's grace
    With rule
    Quhare he mycht se the kyngisking's grace

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Of thare gilt gat the kyngisking's grace.
    With rule
    Of thare gilt gat the kyngisking's grace.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    To serue my God, of kyngisking's Kyng
    With rule
    To serue my God, of kyngisking's Kyng

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    Wo than to KyngisKing's, and Empriouris
    With rule
    Wo than to KyngisKing's, and Empriouris

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Afore that KyngisKing's Excellence.
    With rule
    Afore that KyngisKing's Excellence.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    Abufe all KyngisKing's and Nationis
    With rule
    Abufe all KyngisKing's and Nationis

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    And KyngisKing's of euerilk regioun
    With rule
    And KyngisKing's of euerilk regioun

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To KyngisKing's as the most excellent
    With rule
    To KyngisKing's as the most excellent

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ☞War KyngisKing's lyuis weill declarit
    With rule
    ☞War KyngisKing's lyuis weill declarit

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Affore that KyngisKing's Excellence
    With rule
    Affore that KyngisKing's Excellence

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader