Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39627 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ismaelsishmael's

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

Puritas changed it: 126 times in 91 works
Consistency: 100% (126 of 126)
Reach if approved: ~132 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: ishmaels
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 126 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (126 changes in 91 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 126)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reioyce in their portion, that God hath seuered them from the base brats and IsmaelsIshmael's of the World, whom hee sends away with some gifts, but hath bestowed the …
With rule
… reioyce in their portion, that God hath seuered them from the base brats and IsmaelsIshmael's of the World, whom hee sends away with some gifts, but hath bestowed the …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 413 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Isaack, Abrahams sonne, &c. 1. Although the birth of Iacob and Esau was long before IsmaelsIshmael's death; for at that time Ismael was but 74. yeares old; 14. yeare elder than Isaack …
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… Isaack, Abrahams sonne, &c. 1. Although the birth of Iacob and Esau was long before IsmaelsIshmael's death; for at that time Ismael was but 74. yeares old; 14. yeare elder than Isaack …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fulfilled in the ſeed of Iſaac and not of Iſmael or Eſau. As touching IſmaelsIshmael's & Eſaus ſtate, is before ſpoken of. And thus much concerning this firſt Poſition. For …
With rule
… fulfilled in the ſeed of Iſaac and not of Iſmael or Eſau. As touching IſmaelsIshmael's & Eſaus ſtate, is before ſpoken of. And thus much concerning this firſt Poſition. For …
Richard Clifton · The Plea for Infants and Elder People Concerning their Baptism · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… never be heire with my ſonne: this was an hundred and ſeventéen years before IſmaelsIshmael's death.
With rule
… never be heire with my ſonne: this was an hundred and ſeventéen years before IſmaelsIshmael's death.
William Fenner · The Danger of Deferring Repentance · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Tema] Another people of Arabia: verse 14 of IsmaelsIshmael's race, Gen. XXV. 15. Arabia had in it a mingled people. See Jer. XXV. 23, 24. Job …
With rule
Tema] Another people of Arabia: verse 14 of IsmaelsIshmael's race, Gen. XXV. 15. Arabia had in it a mingled people. See Jer. XXV. 23, 24. Job …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the flesh, that is, al Hipocrites and Iustifyers of them selues, wyll euer playe IsmaelsIshmael's parte, if they can doe nothinge els against the Children of promise.
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… the flesh, that is, al Hipocrites and Iustifyers of them selues, wyll euer playe IsmaelsIshmael's parte, if they can doe nothinge els against the Children of promise.
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… godly diſcretion. V. They muſt caſt out the vile perſons, wilfull and obſtinate, mocking IſmaelsIshmael's may not remaine with Iſaacs: a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe, one lewde …
With rule
… godly diſcretion. V. They muſt caſt out the vile perſons, wilfull and obſtinate, mocking IſmaelsIshmael's may not remaine with Iſaacs: a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe, one lewde …
Richard Bernard · Joshuas Godly Resolution · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… experience of good ſucceſſe therein, he ſhall be paſt the danger or diſcouragement which IſmaelsIshmael's progeny (I meane the generation of ſcorners and mockers) may raiſe vnto him. For …
With rule
… experience of good ſucceſſe therein, he ſhall be paſt the danger or diſcouragement which IſmaelsIshmael's progeny (I meane the generation of ſcorners and mockers) may raiſe vnto him. For …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 580 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.