Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10216 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

elyeseli's

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 42 works
Consistency: 98.2% (56 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: ely's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 42 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Saul; Ioſeph had Iacob natural, & Ely in Lavv. yet by argument only, Ioſeph is ElyesEli's S. not expreſly.
With rule
… Saul; Ioſeph had Iacob natural, & Ely in Lavv. yet by argument only, Ioſeph is ElyesEli's S. not expreſly.
Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader
Printed
… and offring which he commanded, and deſpiſing of God therein, was that which made ElyesEli's ſons and their Miniſtry to be lightly eſteemed, and brought ruine on them and …
With rule
… and offring which he commanded, and deſpiſing of God therein, was that which made ElyesEli's ſons and their Miniſtry to be lightly eſteemed, and brought ruine on them and …
William Prynne · Vindication of Free-Admission to Holy Communion · Open in the reader
Printed
… glory in their shame: for there is no worse signe of Reprobation than this. ElyesEli's sonnes hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay …
With rule
… glory in their shame: for there is no worse signe of Reprobation than this. ElyesEli's sonnes hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 314 · Open in the reader
Printed
If therefore Elie, and many ElyesEli's haue spoken to England, and England heares not, England obeyeth not, England repents not …
With rule
If therefore Elie, and many ElyesEli's haue spoken to England, and England heares not, England obeyeth not, England repents not …
William Perkins · Exposition of Zephaniah 2 · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which brought a part, but left a part behind. Almoſt a Chriſtian, is like ElyesEli's ſonnes which polled the ſacrifices: like the Figge tree which deceiued Chriſt with leaues …
With rule
… which brought a part, but left a part behind. Almoſt a Chriſtian, is like ElyesEli's ſonnes which polled the ſacrifices: like the Figge tree which deceiued Chriſt with leaues …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 937 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch annoyances: Yet Gods people muſt not abhorre the ſacrifices for the wickedneſſes of ElyesEli's ſonnes; if they doe they ſinne as God hath ſaid. Put caſe they be …
With rule
… ſuch annoyances: Yet Gods people muſt not abhorre the ſacrifices for the wickedneſſes of ElyesEli's ſonnes; if they doe they ſinne as God hath ſaid. Put caſe they be …
Robert Abbot · A Trial of Church-Forsakers · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you are too indulgent in a great offence, they will deſpiſe you. This was ElyesEli's ſin, that he did not correct the hainous ſin, and reprove the abominable practiſe …
With rule
… you are too indulgent in a great offence, they will deſpiſe you. This was ElyesEli's ſin, that he did not correct the hainous ſin, and reprove the abominable practiſe …
Thomas Doolittle · Inquiry for a Suitable Return for Continued Life In and After Time of Plague · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and hast not obeyed my counsell, 2 Chron. 25.16, 20. and that the Holy Ghost speaking of ElyesEli's sons, saith that they would not hearken unto, nor obey the voice of their …
With rule
… and hast not obeyed my counsell, 2 Chron. 25.16, 20. and that the Holy Ghost speaking of ElyesEli's sons, saith that they would not hearken unto, nor obey the voice of their …
Richard Younge · A Christian Library · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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