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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39322 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

elijahselijah's

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

Puritas changed it
277 times in 149 works
Consistency
99.2% (277 of 279)
Reach if approved
~293 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
279 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (277 changes in 149 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 277)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … not anſwer any kind of way. As Eliſha ſtruck the waters of Jordan with ElijahsElijah's mantle, ſaying, Where is the God of Elijah? and preſently the waters did divide …
    With rule
    … not anſwer any kind of way. As Eliſha ſtruck the waters of Jordan with ElijahsElijah's mantle, ſaying, Where is the God of Elijah? and preſently the waters did divide …

    Anthony Burgess · The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … becauſe he could not have his will, becauſe he was troubled: This alſo was ElijahsElijah's infirmity, when he was perſecuted by, and fled for his life from Jezabel, 1 King …
    With rule
    … becauſe he could not have his will, becauſe he was troubled: This alſo was ElijahsElijah's infirmity, when he was perſecuted by, and fled for his life from Jezabel, 1 King …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 448 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a wilderneſs, by giving in aſſurance with a double meaſure on their ſouls, like ElijahsElijah's call to ariſe, and eat, and Joſephs dream twice given, when his conflicts, and …
    With rule
    … a wilderneſs, by giving in aſſurance with a double meaſure on their ſouls, like ElijahsElijah's call to ariſe, and eat, and Joſephs dream twice given, when his conflicts, and …

    Robert Flemming · The True Settlement of a Christians Faith · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … By it he takes them away from greater evils, and makes the Pestilence like ElijahsElijah's fiery Chariot, to conveigh them more speedily to heaven. In respect of outward afflictions …
    With rule
    … By it he takes them away from greater evils, and makes the Pestilence like ElijahsElijah's fiery Chariot, to conveigh them more speedily to heaven. In respect of outward afflictions …

    Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … selves: What we cannot remedy we must mourn for. All these three concurr in ElijahsElijah's speech, Kings 1. 19. 10. I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, there's …
    With rule
    … selves: What we cannot remedy we must mourn for. All these three concurr in ElijahsElijah's speech, Kings 1. 19. 10. I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, there's …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 851 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … evade and prevent their violence; which is warranted not onely by Moses, Davids, and ElijahsElijah's, their severall flights from the violence of the Egyptians, Sa…, and … who sought their …
    With rule
    … evade and prevent their violence; which is warranted not onely by Moses, Davids, and ElijahsElijah's, their severall flights from the violence of the Egyptians, Sa…, and … who sought their …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſhort Chapter opened) are carried, as it were, thorowout the Vniverſe: ſometimes, as in ElijahsElijah's chariot, up to heaven, to contemplate the Angels there, and their good offices; the …
    With rule
    … ſhort Chapter opened) are carried, as it were, thorowout the Vniverſe: ſometimes, as in ElijahsElijah's chariot, up to heaven, to contemplate the Angels there, and their good offices; the …

    Josias Shute · Sarah and Hagar · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … over … disposition of that to his children, as Elisha sought a double measure of ElijahsElijah's spirit, so a …ather would wish such a measure to his children, and if …
    With rule
    … over … disposition of that to his children, as Elisha sought a double measure of ElijahsElijah's spirit, so a …ather would wish such a measure to his children, and if …

    Hugh Binning · The Sinners Sanctuary · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Funeral Sermon of Samuel Willard N01116

  • Printed
    A POEM ON ELIJAHSELIJAH'S Tranſlation, Occaſion'd by the DEATH of the Reverend and Learned Mr. SAMUEL WILLARD, Late …
    With rule
    A POEM ON ELIJAHSELIJAH'S Tranſlation, Occaſion'd by the DEATH of the Reverend and Learned Mr. SAMUEL WILLARD, Late …

    Ebenezer Pemberton · Funeral Sermon of Samuel Willard · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A POEM, On ELIJAHSELIJAH'S Tranſlation, Occaſion'd by the DEATH of the Reverend and Learned, Mr. SAMUEL WILLARD.
    With rule
    A POEM, On ELIJAHSELIJAH'S Tranſlation, Occaſion'd by the DEATH of the Reverend and Learned, Mr. SAMUEL WILLARD.

    Ebenezer Pemberton · Funeral Sermon of Samuel Willard · p. 1 · Open in the reader