Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10304 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

james'sjames

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

Puritas changed it: 212 times in 112 works
Consistency: 77.6% (212 of 273)
Reach if approved: ~287 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 273 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (212 changes in 112 works, 77.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 212)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
By Mr. William Colvill Miniſter of the Goſpel, and Primair of King James'sJames Colledge in Edinburgh.
With rule
By Mr. William Colvill Miniſter of the Goſpel, and Primair of King James'sJames Colledge in Edinburgh.
William Colvill · Sermons on Isaiah 11:1-10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Maries dayes, the Saints suffered as Protestants; in Queen Elizabeths as Professors; in King James'sJames as Puritans; in King Charli's as Separatists; in our days as Sectaries, Heretikes, and …
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… Maries dayes, the Saints suffered as Protestants; in Queen Elizabeths as Professors; in King James'sJames as Puritans; in King Charli's as Separatists; in our days as Sectaries, Heretikes, and …
William Erbery · In the Evening There Shall Be Light · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhift Ground for ſome better Eaſe in this Unreſt, and took Coach at St. James'sJames-Houſe-Gate in the end of April, being Saterday Afternoon. He received his Son …
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… ſhift Ground for ſome better Eaſe in this Unreſt, and took Coach at St. James'sJames-Houſe-Gate in the end of April, being Saterday Afternoon. He received his Son …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Idols are here joyned with theſe under the ſame interdict, and thoſe in S. James'sJames firſt draught of the Canon called foreign, pollutions, or abominations of Idols, which yet Saint …
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… Idols are here joyned with theſe under the ſame interdict, and thoſe in S. James'sJames firſt draught of the Canon called foreign, pollutions, or abominations of Idols, which yet Saint …
Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be fulfilled to the Jews in the latter Days: An Enquiry into St. James'sJames Liturgy: Some Fragments of Roman and Christian History for the first Four Centuries. Lastly …
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… to be fulfilled to the Jews in the latter Days: An Enquiry into St. James'sJames Liturgy: Some Fragments of Roman and Christian History for the first Four Centuries. Lastly …
John Lightfoot · Remains · p. lxxxviii · Open in the reader
Printed
… he does not like. I shall now only add that in this case S^t James'sJames Aphorism holds, that Whosoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet offend in one …
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… he does not like. I shall now only add that in this case S^t James'sJames Aphorism holds, that Whosoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet offend in one …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… two great Apoſtles ſpeak contradictions, which hath made ſome deny the Canonical authority of James'sJames Epiſtle. Yea one ſaid blaſphemouſly, Althameirius, Mentiris Jacobe in caput tuum. But this is …
With rule
… two great Apoſtles ſpeak contradictions, which hath made ſome deny the Canonical authority of James'sJames Epiſtle. Yea one ſaid blaſphemouſly, Althameirius, Mentiris Jacobe in caput tuum. But this is …
Richard Baxter · Of Justification · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as cannot anſwer ſuch as this themſelves. When I began to preach at St. James'sJames the neighbours aſſured me, that many of the hearers had been at no Church …
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… as cannot anſwer ſuch as this themſelves. When I began to preach at St. James'sJames the neighbours aſſured me, that many of the hearers had been at no Church …
Richard Baxter · A Second True Defense of the Nonconformists · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (61)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 are listed here. 41 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treatise of Episcopacy A27050

Printed
… out as unworthy? When ſo many hundred were ſilenced in Queen Elizabeth and King James'sJames days; and Eighteen Hundred of us now? When the Biſhops have got ſo many …
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… out as unworthy? When ſo many hundred were ſilenced in Queen Elizabeth and King James'sJames days; and Eighteen Hundred of us now? When the Biſhops have got ſo many …
Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Episcopacy · p. 133 · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

Printed
… so much was her heart set to help the poor untaught People about S. James'sJames, that she set up a School there to teach Children to read, and learn …
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… so much was her heart set to help the poor untaught People about S. James'sJames, that she set up a School there to teach Children to read, and learn …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Preach once a day there, because being near, many of the poor of Saint James'sJames might come thither, which they did accordingly.
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… Preach once a day there, because being near, many of the poor of Saint James'sJames might come thither, which they did accordingly.
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Letter to a Person of Honor A36852

Printed
… Marseille, my Fathers brave Adversary; Who in his Answer to the most Excellent King James'sJames Apology for the Oath of Allegiance, speaks thus; It is most certain that if …
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… Marseille, my Fathers brave Adversary; Who in his Answer to the most Excellent King James'sJames Apology for the Oath of Allegiance, speaks thus; It is most certain that if …
Peter du Moulin Jr · Letter to a Person of Honor · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Present State of London A37482

Printed
… King and Court ſtood to view them, paſſing by; thence they Marched about St. James'sJames-Park, ſo through Holborn up to Leaden-Hall, and there Disbanded immediately, and yet …
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… King and Court ſtood to view them, paſſing by; thence they Marched about St. James'sJames-Park, ſo through Holborn up to Leaden-Hall, and there Disbanded immediately, and yet …
Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 289 · Open in the reader

The True Dignity of Pauls Elder in the Life of Owen Stockton A39777

Printed
… all been refreſhed from his compaſſions. Though he offered to Preach freely at St, James'sJames Church in Colcheſter, on Lords day Mornings (as hath been before mentioned) not deſiring …
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… all been refreſhed from his compaſſions. Though he offered to Preach freely at St, James'sJames Church in Colcheſter, on Lords day Mornings (as hath been before mentioned) not deſiring …
John Fairfax · The True Dignity of Pauls Elder in the Life of Owen Stockton · p. 61 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
King James'sJames Court, pag. 129, 130.
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King James'sJames Court, pag. 129, 130.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this County Anno 1640. This I thought fit to observe both because I find St. James'sJames by some mistaken for the place of his Birth, and because that house wherein …
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… this County Anno 1640. This I thought fit to observe both because I find St. James'sJames by some mistaken for the place of his Birth, and because that house wherein …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 79 · Open in the reader

A Century of Sermons A43515

Printed
… Countries more than ever had been in all Queen Mary's, Queen Elizabeth's, and King James'sJames, or King Charles's Reigns by the Biſhops of all ſorts. Some few factious Pariſhioners …
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… Countries more than ever had been in all Queen Mary's, Queen Elizabeth's, and King James'sJames, or King Charles's Reigns by the Biſhops of all ſorts. Some few factious Pariſhioners …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. xxvi · Open in the reader

The Historians Guide A43873

Printed
date Jun. 27. Baptis'd at St. James'sJames by Bishop Laud by the Name of Charles, after K. Ch. 2.
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date Jun. 27. Baptis'd at St. James'sJames by Bishop Laud by the Name of Charles, after K. Ch. 2.
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… A Marriage solemnized between the Prince of Orange and the Lady Mary at St. James'sJames by the Bishop of London.
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… A Marriage solemnized between the Prince of Orange and the Lady Mary at St. James'sJames by the Bishop of London.
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
date 15 The Prince of Wales named at St. James'sJames Chapel, James-Francis-Edward.
With rule
date 15 The Prince of Wales named at St. James'sJames Chapel, James-Francis-Edward.
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
date 18 The Prince of Orange came to St. James'sJames, and his Forces to London.
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date 18 The Prince of Orange came to St. James'sJames, and his Forces to London.
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Justices, &c. to act; the same day his Highness received the Sacrament at St. James'sJames by the hands of the Bishop of London.
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… Justices, &c. to act; the same day his Highness received the Sacrament at St. James'sJames by the hands of the Bishop of London.
Samuel Clarke · The Historians Guide · p. 197 · Open in the reader

The Cyprianic-Bishop Examined A92075

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… what the Rabble did that way. For what is ſaid of Parliaments calling King James'sJames Retirement from England, his Abdicating the Government: that is plain to be meant of …
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… what the Rabble did that way. For what is ſaid of Parliaments calling King James'sJames Retirement from England, his Abdicating the Government: that is plain to be meant of …
Gilbert Rule · The Cyprianic-Bishop Examined · p. 113 · Open in the reader