Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40001 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stephen'sstephen

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

Puritas changed it: 91 times in 65 works
Consistency: 72.8% (91 of 125)
Reach if approved: ~131 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 125 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 65 works, 72.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Doggs upon thee, marvel not at the matter, this was Joseph's, David's, Christ's, Stephen'sStephen portion, only be thou innocent; say nothing, do nothing that should render thee faulty …
With rule
… the Doggs upon thee, marvel not at the matter, this was Joseph's, David's, Christ's, Stephen'sStephen portion, only be thou innocent; say nothing, do nothing that should render thee faulty …
John Bunyan · Seasonable Counsel · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is in some sort so transported with it, That in a manner he forgets Stephen'sStephen death, he envyeth not the prosperous state of the Churches Enemies, no… doth much …
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… is in some sort so transported with it, That in a manner he forgets Stephen'sStephen death, he envyeth not the prosperous state of the Churches Enemies, no… doth much …
James Fergusson · Refutation of the Errors Toleration Erastianism Independency and Separation · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grows up in the top Boughs to the Princes of North-Wales in King Stephen'sStephen days, as it is deducted by Authentick Records which I have ſeen, and are …
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… grows up in the top Boughs to the Princes of North-Wales in King Stephen'sStephen days, as it is deducted by Authentick Records which I have ſeen, and are …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on the right-hand of God. There is a great deal of Difference about Stephen'sStephen Sight: How the Heavens could be opened; for they are solid Bodies, and cannot …
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… on the right-hand of God. There is a great deal of Difference about Stephen'sStephen Sight: How the Heavens could be opened; for they are solid Bodies, and cannot …
Thomas Manton · Practical Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
A SERMON Preached before the KING, On St. Stephen'sStephen day, 1675.
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A SERMON Preached before the KING, On St. Stephen'sStephen day, 1675.
Simon Patrick · Sermon on St Stephens Day · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
H. Huntingdon saith, That Appeals were brought in in King Stephen'sStephen time, by Henry Bishop of Winchester, his Brother being the Pope's Legate.
With rule
H. Huntingdon saith, That Appeals were brought in in King Stephen'sStephen time, by Henry Bishop of Winchester, his Brother being the Pope's Legate.
Edward Stillingfleet · Concerning the Illegality of the Ecclesiastical Commission · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thus ſaid: That having by the providence of God been ſcattered, by means of Stephen'sStephen perſecution, they could not but ſpeak the things which they had heard and ſeen …
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… thus ſaid: That having by the providence of God been ſcattered, by means of Stephen'sStephen perſecution, they could not but ſpeak the things which they had heard and ſeen …
John Jackson · A Sober Word to a Serious People · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… A glimpſe of this Glory was ſeen in Moſes's Face, in Chriſt's Transfiguration, in Stephen'sStephen Countenance: But the full manifeſtation thereof is reſerved to the day of the Reſurrection.
With rule
… A glimpſe of this Glory was ſeen in Moſes's Face, in Chriſt's Transfiguration, in Stephen'sStephen Countenance: But the full manifeſtation thereof is reſerved to the day of the Reſurrection.
John Lougher · Precious Promises the Portion of Overcomers · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Twenty-Six Sermons A36308

Printed
… our Example; ut hoc dicam tibi, at te primo audivi, ſaies St. Auguſtine in Stephen'sStephen perſon to Chriſt, Lord thou taughteſt me this prayer upon the croſs; receive it …
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… our Example; ut hoc dicam tibi, at te primo audivi, ſaies St. Auguſtine in Stephen'sStephen perſon to Chriſt, Lord thou taughteſt me this prayer upon the croſs; receive it …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 215 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… Prophet would die with a deſire of private Revenge, contrary to Chriſt's, Luke 23.34. and Stephen'sStephen practice, Acts 7.60. unleſs it were to diſtinguiſh the ſevere Temper and Spirit of the …
With rule
… Prophet would die with a deſire of private Revenge, contrary to Chriſt's, Luke 23.34. and Stephen'sStephen practice, Acts 7.60. unleſs it were to diſtinguiſh the ſevere Temper and Spirit of the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 564 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And the Spirit of God doth farther brand Saul [that he was conſenting to Stephen'sStephen death] Acts 8.1. Though he was no Actor in it, yet was he a Conſenter …
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… And the Spirit of God doth farther brand Saul [that he was conſenting to Stephen'sStephen death] Acts 8.1. Though he was no Actor in it, yet was he a Conſenter …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 355 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt; The 120 Miniſters (mentioned Acts 1.15.) who were ſcattered upon Stephen'sStephen ſtoning, Acts 8.1. went Preaching up and down, firſt as far as the bounds of …
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Firſt; The 120 Miniſters (mentioned Acts 1.15.) who were ſcattered upon Stephen'sStephen ſtoning, Acts 8.1. went Preaching up and down, firſt as far as the bounds of …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 394 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have done: but they, like blood-hounds, having drunk already both our Saviour's and Stephen'sStephen blood, &c. does ſtill thirſt for Paul's alſo, and therefore ſtick not to become …
With rule
… have done: but they, like blood-hounds, having drunk already both our Saviour's and Stephen'sStephen blood, &c. does ſtill thirſt for Paul's alſo, and therefore ſtick not to become …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 474 · Open in the reader

Sermon on St Stephens Day A56694

Printed
A SERMON Preached before the KING, ON S^t Stephen'sStephen-day.
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A SERMON Preached before the KING, ON S^t Stephen'sStephen-day.
Simon Patrick · Sermon on St Stephens Day · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
… Le Choyloſt, 256. Aubenas & Vales, 257. Touch & Metas, 258. Villeneufve, 259. Mirabel & St. Pons, 260. De Berg, 261. Bonlieu, 262. & St. Stephen'sStephen in Foreſt, 263.
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… Le Choyloſt, 256. Aubenas & Vales, 257. Touch & Metas, 258. Villeneufve, 259. Mirabel & St. Pons, 260. De Berg, 261. Bonlieu, 262. & St. Stephen'sStephen in Foreſt, 263.
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 376 · Open in the reader

Essays in Divinity A81613

Printed
… ſaid to be but 66. And in all the proceſs of time from Moſes's to Stephen'sStephen martyrdome, recorded Act. 7. there could be no other doubt but this one, to them …
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… ſaid to be but 66. And in all the proceſs of time from Moſes's to Stephen'sStephen martyrdome, recorded Act. 7. there could be no other doubt but this one, to them …
John Donne · Essays in Divinity · p. 120 · Open in the reader