John 8:10

The Woman

According to the older, more reliable manuscripts, there is a definite article attached to the word "woman" meaning "the Woman". The bad habit of downplaying the woman by those men in charge of handling the transmission of the letters, thinking that the definite article shouldn't be a part of a vocative statement when speaking to a "sinful harlot woman," likely led to later copies removing the definite article altogether, giving the words a more condescending effect, when they should be uplifting.

"ἀνακύψας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ μηδένα θεασάμενος πλὴν τὴς γυναικὸς, εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Ἡ γυνὴ, ποῦ εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι οἱ κατήγοροί σου; οὐδείς σε κατέκρινεν;"

John 8:10 Greek NT: Nestle 1904

This "calling out" to "the Woman" or shall we say, "THE woman", is done elsewhere such as in Matthew 15:28.