Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39796 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iohn'sjohn's

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

Puritas changed it: 167 times in 43 works
Consistency: 54.9% (167 of 304)
Reach if approved: ~319 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: john's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 304 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: john (137)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (167 changes in 43 works, 54.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 167)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… exceptions Pag. 283. § 10. & saith. That baptisme with water was in use among the Iewes, before Iohn'sJohn's dayes, as Paulus Riccius witnesseth, and so that ceremony gote the name from the …
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… exceptions Pag. 283. § 10. & saith. That baptisme with water was in use among the Iewes, before Iohn'sJohn's dayes, as Paulus Riccius witnesseth, and so that ceremony gote the name from the …
John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 481 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to step over these particular difficulties; as the preaching of the moral Law in Iohn'sJohn's time forced people some way to step over the Ceremonies of the Law to …
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… to step over these particular difficulties; as the preaching of the moral Law in Iohn'sJohn's time forced people some way to step over the Ceremonies of the Law to …
James Durham · The Blessedness of the Death of These that Die in the Lord · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their ſeverall uſurpations and oppreſſions over the Church of God, which ſhould happen from Iohn'sJohn's time unto the end of the World, together with the iſſue thereof, the finall …
With rule
… their ſeverall uſurpations and oppreſſions over the Church of God, which ſhould happen from Iohn'sJohn's time unto the end of the World, together with the iſſue thereof, the finall …
William Hicks · The Revelation Revealed · Open in the reader
Printed
… received, that is, al other Saints that either are, or have beene: and since Iohn'sJohn's time, many thousand thousands: And shal not such a Cloud of Witnesses perswade us …
With rule
… received, that is, al other Saints that either are, or have beene: and since Iohn'sJohn's time, many thousand thousands: And shal not such a Cloud of Witnesses perswade us …
John Preston · Christs Fullness and Mans Emptiness · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ioh. 5.3. with 2 Ioh. 6. &c. 3. The Salutation is plainly Apostolicall. ver. 1, 2, 3. And notably relisheth of Iohn'sJohn's Spirit. 4. Both ancient and modern Writers, account this Epistle Canonicall, and ascribe it unto …
With rule
… Ioh. 5.3. with 2 Ioh. 6. &c. 3. The Salutation is plainly Apostolicall. ver. 1, 2, 3. And notably relisheth of Iohn'sJohn's Spirit. 4. Both ancient and modern Writers, account this Epistle Canonicall, and ascribe it unto …
Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
This relates to the same beginning of S. Iohn'sJohn's Gospel, the Word was with God; and several other places, making mention of his …
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This relates to the same beginning of S. Iohn'sJohn's Gospel, the Word was with God; and several other places, making mention of his …
Edward Stillingfleet · Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… In this Buxtorf. and the Doctor both agree; this is hinted to us, by Iohn'sJohn's leaning on Chriſts boſome. Iohn 13.23. and (as our Doctor obſerves) doth expound it, he …
With rule
… In this Buxtorf. and the Doctor both agree; this is hinted to us, by Iohn'sJohn's leaning on Chriſts boſome. Iohn 13.23. and (as our Doctor obſerves) doth expound it, he …
John Collinges · A Double Reply · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… others) will desire it most. See the proofe of this in all sorts of Iohn'sJohn's hearers. He had preached the Law, Luke 3. 7. to 9. yea Luke 1. 17. in the spirit and …
With rule
… others) will desire it most. See the proofe of this in all sorts of Iohn'sJohn's hearers. He had preached the Law, Luke 3. 7. to 9. yea Luke 1. 17. in the spirit and …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 112 · 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.