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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40003 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iosuahsjoshua's

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

Puritas changed it
66 times in 43 works
Consistency
100% (66 of 66)
Reach if approved
~69 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: joshua's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
66 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (66 changes in 43 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … moſt, if they were done but once; The ſtanding ſtill of the Sun, for IoſuahsJoshua's uſe, was not, in it ſelfe, ſo wonderfull a thing, as that ſo vaſt …
    With rule
    … moſt, if they were done but once; The ſtanding ſtill of the Sun, for IoſuahsJoshua's uſe, was not, in it ſelfe, ſo wonderfull a thing, as that ſo vaſt …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … may obtaine a glorious victorie ouer our ſpirituall enemies. And as Moſes ioyned with IoſuahsJoshua's ſword his owne effectual prayer, which was of farre greater efficacie; for when he …
    With rule
    … may obtaine a glorious victorie ouer our ſpirituall enemies. And as Moſes ioyned with IoſuahsJoshua's ſword his owne effectual prayer, which was of farre greater efficacie; for when he …

    John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 1 · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … diſpence with oathes which God himſelfe will not, nor can, he will not ſuffer IoſuahsJoshua's oath, and the Princes with the Gibeonites to bee broken, becauſe it was the …
    With rule
    … diſpence with oathes which God himſelfe will not, nor can, he will not ſuffer IoſuahsJoshua's oath, and the Princes with the Gibeonites to bee broken, becauſe it was the …

    John Cotton · The Pouring Out of the Seven Vials · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and not regarded. That which the Lord ſaid of the Army of Iſrael in IoſuahsJoshua's time, may be applied to particular perſons, namely, that if they did not ſearch …
    With rule
    … and not regarded. That which the Lord ſaid of the Army of Iſrael in IoſuahsJoshua's time, may be applied to particular perſons, namely, that if they did not ſearch …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 460 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    IoſuahsJoshua's reſolution of houſhold gouernment.
    With rule
    IoſuahsJoshua's reſolution of houſhold gouernment.

    Richard Bernard · Joshuas Godly Resolution · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and the sanctuarie, Numb. 3. 38. Also when they marched, Iudah went foremost, Num. 10. 14. And after IosuahsJoshua's death, Iudah went first up to fight against the Canaanites, Iudg. 1. 1, 2. He figured Christ …
    With rule
    … and the sanctuarie, Numb. 3. 38. Also when they marched, Iudah went foremost, Num. 10. 14. And after IosuahsJoshua's death, Iudah went first up to fight against the Canaanites, Iudg. 1. 1, 2. He figured Christ …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    How S. Paul further ſettled the Iudges times and IoſuahsJoshua's, whereby a table added to ſome of our Bibles appeared: bad and all Thalmudiques …
    With rule
    How S. Paul further ſettled the Iudges times and IoſuahsJoshua's, whereby a table added to ſome of our Bibles appeared: bad and all Thalmudiques …

    Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … looſe: now ſtill. Martyrs earthquake ſhakes much & without Martyrs Baraks victorie is at Armageddon: & IoſuahsJoshua's haile: to the laſt victorie. Theſe matters I hope and wiſh to be as …
    With rule
    … looſe: now ſtill. Martyrs earthquake ſhakes much & without Martyrs Baraks victorie is at Armageddon: & IoſuahsJoshua's haile: to the laſt victorie. Theſe matters I hope and wiſh to be as …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · 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.