Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10212 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

elieseli's

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

Puritas changed it: 395 times in 266 works
Consistency: 99.2% (395 of 398)
Reach if approved: ~418 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: ely's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 398 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (395 changes in 266 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 395)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by Christ and his Apostles, Act. 13. and were deliuered to the Romans. So of EliesEli's sons, 1. Sam. 2. They heard not their father: for God would destroy them. So now …
With rule
… by Christ and his Apostles, Act. 13. and were deliuered to the Romans. So of EliesEli's sons, 1. Sam. 2. They heard not their father: for God would destroy them. So now …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to one, but that thy wantons, afterward will worke thee as much ioy, as EliesEli's children did to their doting father, that is, bring a curse on thee or …
With rule
… to one, but that thy wantons, afterward will worke thee as much ioy, as EliesEli's children did to their doting father, that is, bring a curse on thee or …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 590 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for eſtablishment wherof, euery man muſt employ him ſelf, according to his calling. In EliesEli's and Samuels tymes, it appeareth that the church was in miſerable eſtate: boeth by …
With rule
… for eſtablishment wherof, euery man muſt employ him ſelf, according to his calling. In EliesEli's and Samuels tymes, it appeareth that the church was in miſerable eſtate: boeth by …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… breake them of theyr corrupt deſires. The neglect of this, marred Ophni and Phineas, EliesEli's ſonnes, Adoniah & Abſolon, Dauids ſonnes.
With rule
… breake them of theyr corrupt deſires. The neglect of this, marred Ophni and Phineas, EliesEli's ſonnes, Adoniah & Abſolon, Dauids ſonnes.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… to play before we studie. We vse pleasure, but to no good ende. So EliesEli's boyes would haue the fat without any reason. Iudas could see the absurditie of …
With rule
… to play before we studie. We vse pleasure, but to no good ende. So EliesEli's boyes would haue the fat without any reason. Iudas could see the absurditie of …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 727 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the glory of God. Let ſuch as are faulty in this kind, thinke on EliesEli's miſery to humble them; and on theſe divine examples following, to reforme them. Thinke …
With rule
… the glory of God. Let ſuch as are faulty in this kind, thinke on EliesEli's miſery to humble them; and on theſe divine examples following, to reforme them. Thinke …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… people I heare euill of you. Doe no more my sonnes, &c. Now that EliesEli's will agreeth with his sonnes sinnes, it is manifest, vers. 29. Thou honourest thy children …
With rule
… people I heare euill of you. Doe no more my sonnes, &c. Now that EliesEli's will agreeth with his sonnes sinnes, it is manifest, vers. 29. Thou honourest thy children …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would doe them good against their wills; It was a signe God would destroy EliesEli's sonnes when they would heare no counsell; God fills such men with their owne …
With rule
… would doe them good against their wills; It was a signe God would destroy EliesEli's sonnes when they would heare no counsell; God fills such men with their owne …
Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 222 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.