Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10544 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

alexander'salexander

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

Puritas changed it: 93 times in 57 works
Consistency: 72.6% (93 of 128)
Reach if approved: ~134 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 128 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 57 works, 72.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… think it rather an honour then a labour to follow Chriſt our Maſter, as Alexander'sAlexander Souldiers followed him through Mountains of Snow.
With rule
… think it rather an honour then a labour to follow Chriſt our Maſter, as Alexander'sAlexander Souldiers followed him through Mountains of Snow.
William Gearing · A Prospect of Heaven · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
It was not the least (was it not the greatest) of Alexander'sAlexander Commendations, that he loved and honoured Learning and larned men; which made his times …
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It was not the least (was it not the greatest) of Alexander'sAlexander Commendations, that he loved and honoured Learning and larned men; which made his times …
Thomas Hall · Apology for the Ministry and its Maintenance · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the World, ſhall be broken like brittle ware, and be divided into four of Alexander'sAlexander Chieftains, Caſſander, Antigonus, Seleucus and Ptolomy, ver. 4.
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… the World, ſhall be broken like brittle ware, and be divided into four of Alexander'sAlexander Chieftains, Caſſander, Antigonus, Seleucus and Ptolomy, ver. 4.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 661 · Open in the reader
Printed
… q.d. Be not ſo fooliſh as to imitate me in my Infirmities, as Alexander'sAlexander Paraſite did him; and as many others have ridiculouſly done. This were indeed to …
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… q.d. Be not ſo fooliſh as to imitate me in my Infirmities, as Alexander'sAlexander Paraſite did him; and as many others have ridiculouſly done. This were indeed to …
Samuel Stodden · Essay on Head Coverings · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Language, it was compoſed out of the old Egyptian and Greek Tongue. For after Alexander'sAlexander death, Egypt becoming the chief Seat of the Grecian Empire, this gave the firſt …
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… Language, it was compoſed out of the old Egyptian and Greek Tongue. For after Alexander'sAlexander death, Egypt becoming the chief Seat of the Grecian Empire, this gave the firſt …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing of that nature ever objected to the Engliſh of Plimouth, by the ſaid Alexander'sAlexander brother, by name Philip, commonly for his ambitious and haughty ſpirit nick-named King …
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… thing of that nature ever objected to the Engliſh of Plimouth, by the ſaid Alexander'sAlexander brother, by name Philip, commonly for his ambitious and haughty ſpirit nick-named King …
William Hubbard · Narrative of the Indian Wars in New England · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
Here Alexander'sAlexander almoſt at a ſtand,
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Here Alexander'sAlexander almoſt at a ſtand,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ruined by the Grecians under the Conduct of Alexander the Great. Then preſently after Alexander'sAlexander Death, who died in the flower of his Age, the Empire which he had …
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… ruined by the Grecians under the Conduct of Alexander the Great. Then preſently after Alexander'sAlexander Death, who died in the flower of his Age, the Empire which he had …
John Conant · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 585 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (35)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 23 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils A26898

Printed
… make Octavian the confirmed Pope. (Quer. Whether this was not as good Authority as Alexander'sAlexander greater number of the Cardinals?) Hereupon Alexander curseth the Pope Victor, and the Emperor …
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… make Octavian the confirmed Pope. (Quer. Whether this was not as good Authority as Alexander'sAlexander greater number of the Cardinals?) Hereupon Alexander curseth the Pope Victor, and the Emperor …
Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 386 · Open in the reader

The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great A33329

Printed
Apelles drew Alexander'sAlexander Picture with a Thunderbolt in his hand, to shew his admirable celerity, and unresistableness …
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Apelles drew Alexander'sAlexander Picture with a Thunderbolt in his hand, to shew his admirable celerity, and unresistableness …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 76 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

Printed
… from the Jews, is becauſe the Scriptures were not tranſlated into Greek 'till after Alexander'sAlexander time. But this being granted (which Lud. Vives denies) why might not Plato by …
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… from the Jews, is becauſe the Scriptures were not tranſlated into Greek 'till after Alexander'sAlexander time. But this being granted (which Lud. Vives denies) why might not Plato by …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Books were not omitted: eſpecially if that be true, which Joſephus mentions of Alexander'sAlexander coming to Jeruſalem, and vouchſafing particular honours and favours to the Jewiſh Nation, &c …
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… and Books were not omitted: eſpecially if that be true, which Joſephus mentions of Alexander'sAlexander coming to Jeruſalem, and vouchſafing particular honours and favours to the Jewiſh Nation, &c …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 360 · Open in the reader

Apology for the Ministry and its Maintenance A45328

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… treat the learned, that it afterwards, became a Proverb, If thou hadst lived in Alexander'sAlexander times▪ he would have given thee a Cyprus or a Phoenice for every Verse …
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… treat the learned, that it afterwards, became a Proverb, If thou hadst lived in Alexander'sAlexander times▪ he would have given thee a Cyprus or a Phoenice for every Verse …
Thomas Hall · Apology for the Ministry and its Maintenance · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… or guileful Equivocations, in either of thoſe two Scriptures; as the Limner that drew Alexander'sAlexander picture (who had a Scar upon his Face) did cover the Scar with his …
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… or guileful Equivocations, in either of thoſe two Scriptures; as the Limner that drew Alexander'sAlexander picture (who had a Scar upon his Face) did cover the Scar with his …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… N. B. This 8th. Chapter of Daniel is a Notable Abridgment of all Great Alexander'sAlexander Victories (wherein his Pacification toward the Jews while he Warred againſt all the World …
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… N. B. This 8th. Chapter of Daniel is a Notable Abridgment of all Great Alexander'sAlexander Victories (wherein his Pacification toward the Jews while he Warred againſt all the World …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 737 · Open in the reader
Printed
… v. 11. So he came to that famous City Philippi (called ſo from Philip, Great Alexander'sAlexander Father) the chief City of Macedonia, verſe 12. Thus Paul paſſed out of Aſia into …
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… v. 11. So he came to that famous City Philippi (called ſo from Philip, Great Alexander'sAlexander Father) the chief City of Macedonia, verſe 12. Thus Paul paſſed out of Aſia into …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 420 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Corinth: otherwiſe if Greece be largely taken, it contains Macedonia alſo, which was Great Alexander'sAlexander Countrey, called at this day, Albany, and Subject to the Turks. N.B. Which …
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… Corinth: otherwiſe if Greece be largely taken, it contains Macedonia alſo, which was Great Alexander'sAlexander Countrey, called at this day, Albany, and Subject to the Turks. N.B. Which …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 451 · Open in the reader

The Name Mark and Number of the Beast A61453

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Alexander'sAlexander Four Captains were at the first Regents under him, and his Successor Aridaeus; but …
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Alexander'sAlexander Four Captains were at the first Regents under him, and his Successor Aridaeus; but …
Nathaniel Stephens · The Name Mark and Number of the Beast · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the former, because he brought Three Kingdoms under his Dominion. We read that Alexander'sAlexander Dominion was plucked up by the roots; and this was the cause of the …
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… of the former, because he brought Three Kingdoms under his Dominion. We read that Alexander'sAlexander Dominion was plucked up by the roots; and this was the cause of the …
Nathaniel Stephens · The Name Mark and Number of the Beast · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
That the Sele…cian was the most notable of all Alexander'sAlexander Successors, we prove,
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That the Sele…cian was the most notable of all Alexander'sAlexander Successors, we prove,
Nathaniel Stephens · The Name Mark and Number of the Beast · p. 124 · Open in the reader