Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10296 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ioabsjoab's

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

Puritas changed it: 189 times in 103 works
Consistency: 98.9% (189 of 191)
Reach if approved: ~201 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: joab's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 191 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (189 changes in 103 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 189)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… him in his life, but gave it in Commandement to his Son, Let not IoabsJoab's hoary head goe downe to the grave in peace: Here is the miſery of …
With rule
… him in his life, but gave it in Commandement to his Son, Let not IoabsJoab's hoary head goe downe to the grave in peace: Here is the miſery of …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 551 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they have wrought, and not receive a full reward. I have thought ſometimes of IoabsJoab's caſe, after he had fought many Battels; yea, the Lords Battels, ah, that his …
With rule
… they have wrought, and not receive a full reward. I have thought ſometimes of IoabsJoab's caſe, after he had fought many Battels; yea, the Lords Battels, ah, that his …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall offer it ſelfe to do euill, contrary to the practiſe of Dauid. So IoabsJoab's ruſtiei ſpeeches were but harſh, 2. Sam. 19. 5. if his good counſell had not qualified the …
With rule
… ſhall offer it ſelfe to do euill, contrary to the practiſe of Dauid. So IoabsJoab's ruſtiei ſpeeches were but harſh, 2. Sam. 19. 5. if his good counſell had not qualified the …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… takers ſhould com to heauen. Thus hee would with a friendly parlie, with a IoabsJoab's kiſſe vtterly betray vs. Secondly, he hath ſometimes taken on him the perſon of …
With rule
… takers ſhould com to heauen. Thus hee would with a friendly parlie, with a IoabsJoab's kiſſe vtterly betray vs. Secondly, he hath ſometimes taken on him the perſon of …
Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then in our bosomes; of Abners, though valiant, who professe hostilitie, then of trecherous IoabsJoab's, who pretend amitie. First (in Queen Maries time) the house of Saul, I mean …
With rule
… then in our bosomes; of Abners, though valiant, who professe hostilitie, then of trecherous IoabsJoab's, who pretend amitie. First (in Queen Maries time) the house of Saul, I mean …
John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Obadiah Opened and Applied · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inferiours to superiours. Also there is an holy kisse, and an hypocriticall kisse, as IoabsJoab's was to Amasa, and as Iudas kisse to Christ. There are kisses of love …
With rule
… inferiours to superiours. Also there is an holy kisse, and an hypocriticall kisse, as IoabsJoab's was to Amasa, and as Iudas kisse to Christ. There are kisses of love …
Richard Sibbes · Two Sermons · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Anſw. They had none but the altar, Exod. 21.14. and wee ſee by IoabsJoab's practiſe that the hornes of the altar was a place of refuge; and David …
With rule
Anſw. They had none but the altar, Exod. 21.14. and wee ſee by IoabsJoab's practiſe that the hornes of the altar was a place of refuge; and David …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with giftes and presents in the hand, for in a kisse was treason, and IoabsJoab's kind embracings prooue but deadly stabbings, and the wisest that euer was amongst the …
With rule
… with giftes and presents in the hand, for in a kisse was treason, and IoabsJoab's kind embracings prooue but deadly stabbings, and the wisest that euer was amongst the …
William Burton · The Christians Heavenly Treasure · p. 16 · 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.