Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39509 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

isra'lisrael

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

Puritas changed it: 175 times in 9 works
Consistency: 93.5% (175 of 187)
Reach if approved: ~196 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 187 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (175 changes in 9 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 175)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Isra'lIsrael from Egypt came.
With rule
Isra'lIsrael from Egypt came.
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
God hath no Iſra'lIsrael to be gather'd here;
With rule
God hath no Iſra'lIsrael to be gather'd here;
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
Iſra'lIsrael thy Paſchall Lamb, thy Chriſt is dead,
With rule
Iſra'lIsrael thy Paſchall Lamb, thy Chriſt is dead,
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
Iſra'lIsrael redeem he ſhall.
With rule
Iſra'lIsrael redeem he ſhall.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
When all Iſra'lIsrael this wiſe judgement did hear,
With rule
When all Iſra'lIsrael this wiſe judgement did hear,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yea, all that of the race of Iſra'lIsrael be;
With rule
Yea, all that of the race of Iſra'lIsrael be;
George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
His Isra'lIsrael without harme,
With rule
His Isra'lIsrael without harme,
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
For to thy self thou Isra'lIsrael hast
With rule
For to thy self thou Isra'lIsrael hast
Zacharie Boyd · The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
From thence of GODS ISRA'LISRAEL the utmoſt part,
With rule
From thence of GODS ISRA'LISRAEL the utmoſt part,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
He was the ſpy who encourag'd ISRA'LISRAEL,
With rule
He was the ſpy who encourag'd ISRA'LISRAEL,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
May make with ISRA'LISRAEL, for we are afraid,
With rule
May make with ISRA'LISRAEL, for we are afraid,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
He ſpake ISRA'LISRAEL that they the LORD ſhould feare;
With rule
He ſpake ISRA'LISRAEL that they the LORD ſhould feare;
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
In her time Jabin ISRA'LISRAEL had oppreſt
With rule
In her time Jabin ISRA'LISRAEL had oppreſt
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 98 · Open in the reader