Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39921 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

magistrat'smagistrate's

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 14 works
Consistency: 100% (74 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: magistrate's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 14 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… any should further object & say. That this would be an open contempt of the Magistrat'sMagistrate's lawfull authority, & disobedience to his lawfull commands; For though it be true, that he …
With rule
… any should further object & say. That this would be an open contempt of the Magistrat'sMagistrate's lawfull authority, & disobedience to his lawfull commands; For though it be true, that he …
John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Now, what can this notion be, under which they received these Papers, but the Magistrat'sMagistrate's power Objectively Ecclesiastical? And what may hence be gathered, we shall hear anone. We …
With rule
… Now, what can this notion be, under which they received these Papers, but the Magistrat'sMagistrate's power Objectively Ecclesiastical? And what may hence be gathered, we shall hear anone. We …
John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to these things that belong to a Magistrate only. Hence that case of a Magistrat'sMagistrate's requiring one thing, and a Parents commanding of another to the same Child, is …
With rule
… to these things that belong to a Magistrate only. Hence that case of a Magistrat'sMagistrate's requiring one thing, and a Parents commanding of another to the same Child, is …
James Durham · Commentary on Revelation · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Bond tendeth to bring the doctrine of the Ministry immediatly & soldly under the Magistrat'sMagistrate's Cognizance & decision, is this: These must be acknowledged by this Bond to have the …
With rule
… this Bond tendeth to bring the doctrine of the Ministry immediatly & soldly under the Magistrat'sMagistrate's Cognizance & decision, is this: These must be acknowledged by this Bond to have the …
Robert McWard · The Banders Disbanded · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church-men as well as others are ſubject unto them in body & goods; the Magiſtrat'sMagistrate's Office is to eſtablish and promote by their authority and example, ſo far as …
With rule
… Church-men as well as others are ſubject unto them in body & goods; the Magiſtrat'sMagistrate's Office is to eſtablish and promote by their authority and example, ſo far as …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a lodging within the land, The People need do no more to reſiſt the Magiſtrat'sMagistrate's unjuſt ſentence, but, notvvithſtanding thereof, receive the innocent into their houſe, and intertaine him …
With rule
… a lodging within the land, The People need do no more to reſiſt the Magiſtrat'sMagistrate's unjuſt ſentence, but, notvvithſtanding thereof, receive the innocent into their houſe, and intertaine him …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have set up Christ, a King, against Cesar. … ye, how matters go, between Heathen Magistrat'sMagistrate's and first-Covenant Brethren, against Christ and the second? A plain case. What unutterable …
With rule
… have set up Christ, a King, against Cesar. … ye, how matters go, between Heathen Magistrat'sMagistrate's and first-Covenant Brethren, against Christ and the second? A plain case. What unutterable …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… twelfth of January, 1655. he came to Lauſanna; where as in other places, by the Magiſtrat'sMagistrate's Direction hee conferred with the Miniſters and Profeſſors of that Church and Academie, and …
With rule
… twelfth of January, 1655. he came to Lauſanna; where as in other places, by the Magiſtrat'sMagistrate's Direction hee conferred with the Miniſters and Profeſſors of that Church and Academie, and …
John Dury · Negotiation to Procure True Gospel Peace · p. 26 · 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.