Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39763 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ioshua'sjoshua's

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

Puritas changed it: 122 times in 58 works
Consistency: 79.7% (122 of 153)
Reach if approved: ~161 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: joshua's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 153 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: joshua (31)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (122 changes in 58 works, 79.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 122)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… us in a way of Judgment. And therefore, Zach. 3.1. Its ſaid, Satan ſtood at Ioſhua'sJoshua's right hand to reſiſt him. Some ſay, as an accuſer, the manner being to …
With rule
… us in a way of Judgment. And therefore, Zach. 3.1. Its ſaid, Satan ſtood at Ioſhua'sJoshua's right hand to reſiſt him. Some ſay, as an accuſer, the manner being to …
William Strong · The Subordination of the Will of Man Unto the Will of God · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee expect his presence? Our imagination makes every day of our sorrows appear like Ioshua'sJoshua's day, when the Sun stood still in Gibeon. The Summer of our delights is …
With rule
… wee expect his presence? Our imagination makes every day of our sorrows appear like Ioshua'sJoshua's day, when the Sun stood still in Gibeon. The Summer of our delights is …
Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reply but this, I am not a devill, Joh. 8.48, 49. and when Satan stood at Ioshua'sJoshua's right hand before the Angell of the Covenant, no doubt reviling Ioshua, Ioshua said …
With rule
… reply but this, I am not a devill, Joh. 8.48, 49. and when Satan stood at Ioshua'sJoshua's right hand before the Angell of the Covenant, no doubt reviling Ioshua, Ioshua said …
Christopher Blackwood · Some Pious Treatises · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such were the Iſraelites under Ioſhua'sJoshua's command, nothing could ſtand before them. Such were the Judges, men wonderfully inſpired and …
With rule
Such were the Iſraelites under Ioſhua'sJoshua's command, nothing could ſtand before them. Such were the Judges, men wonderfully inſpired and …
Gaspar Hickes · The Glory and Beauty of Gods Portion · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… subdued, though never expelled. These things deserve larger Prosecution, but this is none of Ioshua'sJoshua's day, wherein the Sunne standeth still, and therefore I must conclude with the time.
With rule
… subdued, though never expelled. These things deserve larger Prosecution, but this is none of Ioshua'sJoshua's day, wherein the Sunne standeth still, and therefore I must conclude with the time.
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
4 They hinder godly men in holy purposes and practices, Zach. 3. Sathan stood at Ioshua'sJoshua's right hand. Dost thou hinder preaching, hearing and practice of piety in thy selfe …
With rule
4 They hinder godly men in holy purposes and practices, Zach. 3. Sathan stood at Ioshua'sJoshua's right hand. Dost thou hinder preaching, hearing and practice of piety in thy selfe …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his carnall friends, and acquaintance will set out with him: Hee must bee of Ioshua'sJoshua's minde, that if the whole world will liue in wickednesse and prophanenesse, yet he …
With rule
… his carnall friends, and acquaintance will set out with him: Hee must bee of Ioshua'sJoshua's minde, that if the whole world will liue in wickednesse and prophanenesse, yet he …
Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gen 13.15. yet not hee, but his posterity enjoyed it foure hundred years after, in Ioshua'sJoshua's time. Thus Isaack said to Iacob, Gen. 27.29. be Lord over thy Brethren, and let …
With rule
… Gen 13.15. yet not hee, but his posterity enjoyed it foure hundred years after, in Ioshua'sJoshua's time. Thus Isaack said to Iacob, Gen. 27.29. be Lord over thy Brethren, and let …
Thomas Hall · The Schools Guarded · p. 131 · 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.