Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10298 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iosephesjoseph's

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

Puritas changed it: 50 times in 36 works
Consistency: 100% (50 of 50)
Reach if approved: ~53 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: joseph's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 50 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (50 changes in 36 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 50)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… actes of men, euen one place of Hoſes dothe ſufficiently declare. The conſpiracie of IoſephesJoseph's bréethren, when they ſolde him, was more than lewde, wicked, and cruell. But Ioſeph …
With rule
… actes of men, euen one place of Hoſes dothe ſufficiently declare. The conſpiracie of IoſephesJoseph's bréethren, when they ſolde him, was more than lewde, wicked, and cruell. But Ioſeph …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, this extolleth the calling of Magistrates, as Iacob honoured IosephesJoseph's children, whē he said they should be called after his name: so God honoureth …
With rule
Secondly, this extolleth the calling of Magistrates, as Iacob honoured IosephesJoseph's children, whē he said they should be called after his name: so God honoureth …
Henry Smith · The Magistrates Scripture · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
In that IoſephesJoseph's bones were carried forth, they were carried in a myſterie, that the Iſraelites might …
With rule
In that IoſephesJoseph's bones were carried forth, they were carried in a myſterie, that the Iſraelites might …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 1141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his heart: that the ſonnes of Sinacharib did to their Father: and that IoſephesJoseph's brethren did vnto him: were all done by the determinate purpoſe and Predeſtination of …
With rule
… of his heart: that the ſonnes of Sinacharib did to their Father: and that IoſephesJoseph's brethren did vnto him: were all done by the determinate purpoſe and Predeſtination of …
Robert Crowley · A Defense of English Writers and Preachers · Open in the reader
Printed
… councel. What proportion is betweene a saint & his image. Iacob adoring the top of IosephesJoseph's rod, shewed that a creature without sense may be adored for his sake which …
With rule
… councel. What proportion is betweene a saint & his image. Iacob adoring the top of IosephesJoseph's rod, shewed that a creature without sense may be adored for his sake which …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 644 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the hebrues / how that nye kinsmen becalled brethern / or happly they might be IosephesJoseph's childern / by some first wife / neyther can haue any to teach him for tiranny …
With rule
… of the hebrues / how that nye kinsmen becalled brethern / or happly they might be IosephesJoseph's childern / by some first wife / neyther can haue any to teach him for tiranny …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. xviij · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſell him to the Midianites. The brethren by a ly colouring the matter, coloured IoſephesJoseph's coat and dipped it in the blood of a goat, which Iacob ſeeing and …
With rule
… ſell him to the Midianites. The brethren by a ly colouring the matter, coloured IoſephesJoseph's coat and dipped it in the blood of a goat, which Iacob ſeeing and …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Chriſte, immaculate to her Lorde Chriſte, and alſo his bedde vndefiled … trewe obedient IoſephesJoseph's, and miniſter beſydes in oure appointed Offices, Contrary wyſe, that ye as the burnynge …
With rule
… of Chriſte, immaculate to her Lorde Chriſte, and alſo his bedde vndefiled … trewe obedient IoſephesJoseph's, and miniſter beſydes in oure appointed Offices, Contrary wyſe, that ye as the burnynge …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.