Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10601 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nehemiah'snehemiah

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

Puritas changed it: 112 times in 66 works
Consistency: 54.1% (112 of 207)
Reach if approved: ~217 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 207 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (112 changes in 66 works, 54.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 112)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and ſo of the prophanation of the Sabbath, which though it was ſuppreſſed in Nehemiah'sNehemiah time, yet in our time perks up again as much as ever, eſpecially in …
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… and ſo of the prophanation of the Sabbath, which though it was ſuppreſſed in Nehemiah'sNehemiah time, yet in our time perks up again as much as ever, eſpecially in …
Christopher Jelinger · Usury Stated Overthrown · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there be thoſe that Petition againſt, and ſhall none Petition for Iſrael? Ezra's and Nehemiah'sNehemiah Petitioning, and promoting their Petitions to the King, were not interpreted as acts of …
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… there be thoſe that Petition againſt, and ſhall none Petition for Iſrael? Ezra's and Nehemiah'sNehemiah Petitioning, and promoting their Petitions to the King, were not interpreted as acts of …
John Norton · Three Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… induſtriouſly ſecur'd without juſt reference to their God? Surely it had been much below Nehemiah'sNehemiah excellent Senſe and Spirit, to mind a People, and to ſlight their God; Jer …
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… induſtriouſly ſecur'd without juſt reference to their God? Surely it had been much below Nehemiah'sNehemiah excellent Senſe and Spirit, to mind a People, and to ſlight their God; Jer …
Matthew Sylvester · Holy Confidence Well Improved · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the New Teſtament, and their eſtate in the Old, as in Ezra and Nehemiah'sNehemiah time. In the Old Teſtament, as the unbelieving yoke-fellow was uncleane to the …
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… of the New Teſtament, and their eſtate in the Old, as in Ezra and Nehemiah'sNehemiah time. In the Old Teſtament, as the unbelieving yoke-fellow was uncleane to the …
John Cotton · The Grounds and Ends of the Baptism of the Children of the Faithful · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ʋſe Let this then encourage the Nehemiah'sNehemiah of our time, to ſhew themſelves zealous and active for God and the King …
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Ʋſe Let this then encourage the Nehemiah'sNehemiah of our time, to ſhew themſelves zealous and active for God and the King …
Thomas Trescot · The Zealous Magistrate · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Time in their weighty Work, without being neceſſarily diverted & hindred by Worldly Cares & Buſineſs. Nehemiah'sNehemiah pious Care in this matter is worthy their imitation. Neb. 13.10, 11, 12, 13. And then, They ſhould …
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… Time in their weighty Work, without being neceſſarily diverted & hindred by Worldly Cares & Buſineſs. Nehemiah'sNehemiah pious Care in this matter is worthy their imitation. Neb. 13.10, 11, 12, 13. And then, They ſhould …
Joseph Sewall · Rulers Must be Just in Ruling · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſtroy mens ſoules, by cauſing men to give them too much honour. Even as Nehemiah'sNehemiah enemies that did oppoſe and do all they could, to hinder the building of …
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… deſtroy mens ſoules, by cauſing men to give them too much honour. Even as Nehemiah'sNehemiah enemies that did oppoſe and do all they could, to hinder the building of …
Anthony Burgess · The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Carcaſles of moſt of them fell in the Wilderneſs. The Builders in Zerubbabel's and Nehemiah'sNehemiah days were more wiſe and prudent, they refuſed the offers of thoſe falſe Brethren …
With rule
… Carcaſles of moſt of them fell in the Wilderneſs. The Builders in Zerubbabel's and Nehemiah'sNehemiah days were more wiſe and prudent, they refuſed the offers of thoſe falſe Brethren …
Richard Davis · Truth and Innocence Vindicated · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (95)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 75 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Crown and Glory of Christianity A29687

Printed
… the Armour of light, ſutable to the Apoſtles exhortation. And as the people in Nehemiah'sNehemiah time did enter into a curſe and an oath to walk in Gods Law …
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… the Armour of light, ſutable to the Apoſtles exhortation. And as the people in Nehemiah'sNehemiah time did enter into a curſe and an oath to walk in Gods Law …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 309 · Open in the reader

Works A50522

Printed
… Figure of Christ, 266. how it was neglected to be kept from Iosua's time to Nehemiah'sNehemiah, 268. what this Omission may seem to imply.
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… Figure of Christ, 266. how it was neglected to be kept from Iosua's time to Nehemiah'sNehemiah, 268. what this Omission may seem to imply.
Joseph Mede · Works · Open in the reader

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

Printed
The Second Part of this Chapter is Nehemiah'sNehemiah Improvement of this his Royal Commiſſion, in this Narrative.
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The Second Part of this Chapter is Nehemiah'sNehemiah Improvement of this his Royal Commiſſion, in this Narrative.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 708 · Open in the reader
Printed
Remark upon the Second Part is, Nehemiah'sNehemiah Paciſying thoſe Clamorous Plaintiffs by Redreſſing their great Grievances under which they groan'd, ver …
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Remark upon the Second Part is, Nehemiah'sNehemiah Paciſying thoſe Clamorous Plaintiffs by Redreſſing their great Grievances under which they groan'd, ver …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 712 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mark 2. Such was Nehemiah'sNehemiah Majeſty and Elegancy of Speech, that he even melted down the Ʋſurers minds to …
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Mark 2. Such was Nehemiah'sNehemiah Majeſty and Elegancy of Speech, that he even melted down the Ʋſurers minds to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 712 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Temple, and (thinking he might do what he liſted without controul in Nehemiah'sNehemiah Abſence) he prepareth a great Chamber, by taking down Partitions (ſaith Piſcator) and laying …
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… in the Temple, and (thinking he might do what he liſted without controul in Nehemiah'sNehemiah Abſence) he prepareth a great Chamber, by taking down Partitions (ſaith Piſcator) and laying …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 728 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the better bear, as if the King, being informed by his own Favourite and Nehemiah'sNehemiah Friend, how deſirous he was to be with his own People, willed him to …
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… the better bear, as if the King, being informed by his own Favourite and Nehemiah'sNehemiah Friend, how deſirous he was to be with his own People, willed him to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 728 · Open in the reader

The Zealous Magistrate A94824

Printed
… be let alone in their ſinnes; but may, nay muſt be reproved for them: Nehemiah'sNehemiah chiding here, is warrant enough for our reproving.
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… be let alone in their ſinnes; but may, nay muſt be reproved for them: Nehemiah'sNehemiah chiding here, is warrant enough for our reproving.
Thomas Trescot · The Zealous Magistrate · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ob. But Nehemiah'sNehemiah Sabbath and ours is not all one.
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Ob. But Nehemiah'sNehemiah Sabbath and ours is not all one.
Thomas Trescot · The Zealous Magistrate · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Quarrel Espoused N01398

Printed
… But in Reality they have in the other hand a formidable Maul, not as Nehemiah'sNehemiah Weapon to Defend, but to break Down the Building; for they are all hands …
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… But in Reality they have in the other hand a formidable Maul, not as Nehemiah'sNehemiah Weapon to Defend, but to break Down the Building; for they are all hands …
John Wise · The Churchs Quarrel Espoused · p. 42 · Open in the reader