Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39834 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

philip'sphilip

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 47 works
Consistency: 76.0% (111 of 146)
Reach if approved: ~153 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 146 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 47 works, 76.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to abide with us, and be our own, elſe it will away: meditation with (Philip'sPhilip Page) muſt daily knock at the doors of our hearts, and cauſe us to …
With rule
… to abide with us, and be our own, elſe it will away: meditation with (Philip'sPhilip Page) muſt daily knock at the doors of our hearts, and cauſe us to …
William Gearing · The Mount of Holy Meditation · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all them that looked for the Redemption of Iſrael: and I cannot tell how Philip'sPhilip Daughters propheſied, if they did not ſpeak in the preſence of many. The reaſon …
With rule
… all them that looked for the Redemption of Iſrael: and I cannot tell how Philip'sPhilip Daughters propheſied, if they did not ſpeak in the preſence of many. The reaſon …
Benjamin Keach · Breach Repaired in Gods Worship · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after this, John Sausaman was barbarously murthered by an Indian, called Tobias (one of Philip'sPhilip chief Captains and Counfellors) and by his Son, and another Indian, who knocked him …
With rule
… after this, John Sausaman was barbarously murthered by an Indian, called Tobias (one of Philip'sPhilip chief Captains and Counfellors) and by his Son, and another Indian, who knocked him …
Increase Mather · History of the War with the Indians · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
'Twas Philip'sPhilip Praise thou wert his Child: But rather
With rule
'Twas Philip'sPhilip Praise thou wert his Child: But rather
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… next in order unto Baptiſme, is very plaine; it was when they had believed Philip'sPhilip preaching the things concerning the Kingdome of God, and the name of Jeſus, they …
With rule
… next in order unto Baptiſme, is very plaine; it was when they had believed Philip'sPhilip preaching the things concerning the Kingdome of God, and the name of Jeſus, they …
Thomas Morris · A Messenger Sent to Remove Some Mistakes · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prejudice. Now this was owing partly, to Nathanael's Ignorance and Miſapprehenſion: And partly, to Philip'sPhilip Defectiveneſs in preaching Chriſt to Nathanael.
With rule
… Prejudice. Now this was owing partly, to Nathanael's Ignorance and Miſapprehenſion: And partly, to Philip'sPhilip Defectiveneſs in preaching Chriſt to Nathanael.
Thomas Symmes · A Discourse Concerning Prejudice in Matters of Religion · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Example of Antigones, and Teutamus, Conspiring against the truly Noble Eumenes; or of Philip'sPhilip Sycophants against Aratus: Nor of Domitians envying Agricola his worth: Nor Saul's envying David …
With rule
… the Example of Antigones, and Teutamus, Conspiring against the truly Noble Eumenes; or of Philip'sPhilip Sycophants against Aratus: Nor of Domitians envying Agricola his worth: Nor Saul's envying David …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Thoughts · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
His Uncle, the Earl of Leicester (after Sir Philip'sPhilip death, and not long before his own) told a great Courtier, that when he …
With rule
His Uncle, the Earl of Leicester (after Sir Philip'sPhilip death, and not long before his own) told a great Courtier, that when he …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 91 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (35)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… in the New Teſtament, as Anna, Luke 2.36. Elizabeth and the bleſſed Virgin, Luk. 1. and Philip'sPhilip Daughters, Acts 21.9. (2.) She was ſent to here, becauſe the King's Matter required haſte, and …
With rule
… in the New Teſtament, as Anna, Luke 2.36. Elizabeth and the bleſſed Virgin, Luk. 1. and Philip'sPhilip Daughters, Acts 21.9. (2.) She was ſent to here, becauſe the King's Matter required haſte, and …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 616 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſecond particular is, Philip'sPhilip Auditors after this Effect: They were of two ſorts. (1.) The Falſe and Hypocritical, who …
With rule
The ſecond particular is, Philip'sPhilip Auditors after this Effect: They were of two ſorts. (1.) The Falſe and Hypocritical, who …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 359 · Open in the reader
Printed
… B. (3.) The Manner of his Converſion is deſcribed by the Eunuch's Reading, and by Philip'sPhilip Running to hear what he Read; both were done by the direction of the …
With rule
… B. (3.) The Manner of his Converſion is deſcribed by the Eunuch's Reading, and by Philip'sPhilip Running to hear what he Read; both were done by the direction of the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 362 · Open in the reader