Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39924 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

williams'swilliams

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

Puritas changed it: 82 times in 32 works
Consistency: 90.1% (82 of 91)
Reach if approved: ~96 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 91 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (82 changes in 32 works, 90.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 82)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to Cambridge, and pull down the College, and turn the Students down into Father Williams'sWilliams Cellar, to learn Logick, Phyſick, and Divinity.
With rule
… to Cambridge, and pull down the College, and turn the Students down into Father Williams'sWilliams Cellar, to learn Logick, Phyſick, and Divinity.
John Williams · Answer to Pamphlet Entitled A Letter to a Friend in the Country · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Me, whether Judas partook of the Lord's Supper or no, since according to Mr. Williams'sWilliams own foremention'd Principles, as well as mine, he could not be admitted there under …
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… Me, whether Judas partook of the Lord's Supper or no, since according to Mr. Williams'sWilliams own foremention'd Principles, as well as mine, he could not be admitted there under …
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mr. Williams'sWilliams Reformation Sermon. Octavo.
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Mr. Williams'sWilliams Reformation Sermon. Octavo.
Vincent Alsop · Sermon Preached to the Societies for Reformation of Manners · Open in the reader
Printed
15. A Conciliatory Diſcourſe upon Dr. Criſps Sermons, on the obſervation of Mr. Williams'sWilliams Diſſatisfaction in them, Price 6 d.
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15. A Conciliatory Diſcourſe upon Dr. Criſps Sermons, on the obſervation of Mr. Williams'sWilliams Diſſatisfaction in them, Price 6 d.
Thomas Beverley · Review of What God Hath Been Pleased to Do This Year · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon the Interpretation of his ſecret Meaning. Which abounded to the Praiſe of Mr. Williams'sWilliams Solertiouſneſs; and indeed in an hundred Inſtances more, he was as dextrous as in …
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… upon the Interpretation of his ſecret Meaning. Which abounded to the Praiſe of Mr. Williams'sWilliams Solertiouſneſs; and indeed in an hundred Inſtances more, he was as dextrous as in …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which end, Having printed one Sheet with ſome Animadverſions on certain Exceptions againſt Mr. Williams'sWilliams Books, Mr. W. thought good to anſwer theſe Exceptions himſelf in another Sheet directed …
With rule
… which end, Having printed one Sheet with ſome Animadverſions on certain Exceptions againſt Mr. Williams'sWilliams Books, Mr. W. thought good to anſwer theſe Exceptions himſelf in another Sheet directed …
John Humfrey · Pacification Touching the Doctrinal Dissent · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
But truly Mr. Williams'sWilliams Doctrin afflicts my Mind: Strange! is this Sin the damning Sin? I thought the …
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But truly Mr. Williams'sWilliams Doctrin afflicts my Mind: Strange! is this Sin the damning Sin? I thought the …
Benjamin Keach · The Rector Rectified · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the Miniſters that ſubſcribed to the ſtating the Truths and Errors in Mr. Williams'sWilliams Book, in Anſwer to Mr. Trails Letter to a Miniſter in the Country. In …
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… for the Miniſters that ſubſcribed to the ſtating the Truths and Errors in Mr. Williams'sWilliams Book, in Anſwer to Mr. Trails Letter to a Miniſter in the Country. In …
John Shower · A Funeral Sermon for Nathaniel Oldfield · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to Pamphlet Entitled A Letter to a Friend in the Country N02027

Printed
A certain Gentleman of the learned Seminary of Cambridge, ſays, He wonders that John Williams'sWilliams Book do ſell ſo well; for all the Arguments he brings againſt Inoculation might …
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A certain Gentleman of the learned Seminary of Cambridge, ſays, He wonders that John Williams'sWilliams Book do ſell ſo well; for all the Arguments he brings againſt Inoculation might …
John Williams · Answer to Pamphlet Entitled A Letter to a Friend in the Country · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated N05401

Printed
MISREPRESENTATIONS Corrected, And TRUTH vindicated. IN A Reply to the Rev. Mr. SOLOMON WILLIAMS'SWILLIAMS Book, intitled, The True State of the QUESTION concerning the QUALIFICATIONS necessary to lawful …
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MISREPRESENTATIONS Corrected, And TRUTH vindicated. IN A Reply to the Rev. Mr. SOLOMON WILLIAMS'SWILLIAMS Book, intitled, The True State of the QUESTION concerning the QUALIFICATIONS necessary to lawful …
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · Open in the reader
Printed
SECTION II. Observing Mr. WILLIAMS'SWILLIAMS Misrepresentations of the Principles and Tenets, delivered in the Book which he undertakes to …
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SECTION II. Observing Mr. WILLIAMS'SWILLIAMS Misrepresentations of the Principles and Tenets, delivered in the Book which he undertakes to …
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
PART II. An Examination of Mr. Williams'sWilliams SCHEME, in the various Parts of it.
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PART II. An Examination of Mr. Williams'sWilliams SCHEME, in the various Parts of it.
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
SECTION I. Mr. Williams'sWilliams Concessions.
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SECTION I. Mr. Williams'sWilliams Concessions.
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · p. 21 · Open in the reader