Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10223 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ephraimsephraim's

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

Puritas changed it: 286 times in 142 works
Consistency: 99.3% (286 of 288)
Reach if approved: ~304 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ephraim's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 289 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (286 changes in 142 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 286)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… other. So Iacob, Gen. 42.1. So the Egyptians to Pharaoth: the Philiſtims in Samuel: And EphraimsEphraim's folly is herein taxed, that hee would ſtand ſtill at the birth, Heſ 13.13. But …
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… other. So Iacob, Gen. 42.1. So the Egyptians to Pharaoth: the Philiſtims in Samuel: And EphraimsEphraim's folly is herein taxed, that hee would ſtand ſtill at the birth, Heſ 13.13. But …
Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… When a man brings his heart to reason thus with himselfe, it will breede EphraimsEphraim's resolution, What have I any more to doe with Idolls, and in walking thus …
With rule
… When a man brings his heart to reason thus with himselfe, it will breede EphraimsEphraim's resolution, What have I any more to doe with Idolls, and in walking thus …
Richard Sibbes · Divine Meditations and Holy Contemplations · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaw a plain reaſon why the Shohā of Ioſeph ſtill ſhould beare ſway. And EphraimsEphraim's kingdoms fall told that Iudah ſhould fall, and Heathen come in their rowme: as …
With rule
… ſaw a plain reaſon why the Shohā of Ioſeph ſtill ſhould beare ſway. And EphraimsEphraim's kingdoms fall told that Iudah ſhould fall, and Heathen come in their rowme: as …
Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… God was in this, among many other mercies, declared to Ioſeph, that he ſaw EphraimsEphraim's children euen vnto the third generation, and that the ſonnes of Machir, the ſonne …
With rule
… God was in this, among many other mercies, declared to Ioſeph, that he ſaw EphraimsEphraim's children euen vnto the third generation, and that the ſonnes of Machir, the ſonne …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… uſed in bleſſing, Gen. 48. 14. Iſrael ſtretched out his right hand, and laid it upon EphraimsEphraim's head in his bleſſing of them. Matth. 19 13. They brought children to Chriſt, that he …
With rule
… uſed in bleſſing, Gen. 48. 14. Iſrael ſtretched out his right hand, and laid it upon EphraimsEphraim's head in his bleſſing of them. Matth. 19 13. They brought children to Chriſt, that he …
Thomas Blake · The Covenant of God Entered with Mankind · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
Eſay, 11. 7. 8. &c. There you have a promiſe of Judah and of EphraimsEphraim's joyning together. Mark what followes, Chap. 12. 1. In that day thou ſhalt ſay, O Lord …
With rule
Eſay, 11. 7. 8. &c. There you have a promiſe of Judah and of EphraimsEphraim's joyning together. Mark what followes, Chap. 12. 1. In that day thou ſhalt ſay, O Lord …
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from the hand of God was this, Why ſhould they be ſtricken any more. EphraimsEphraim's ſoreſt judgement for Idolatry was this, Let him alone. If you would be a …
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… from the hand of God was this, Why ſhould they be ſtricken any more. EphraimsEphraim's ſoreſt judgement for Idolatry was this, Let him alone. If you would be a …
Joseph Caryl · The Works of Ephesus · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hard on one ſide, cold and doughy on the other: or like the ſame EphraimsEphraim's goodneſs like a Morning-cloud, or early Dew that tarryes not long, but is …
With rule
… hard on one ſide, cold and doughy on the other: or like the ſame EphraimsEphraim's goodneſs like a Morning-cloud, or early Dew that tarryes not long, but is …
Oliver Heywood · The Sure Mercies of David · p. 157 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.