Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40085 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shemsshem's

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

Puritas changed it: 58 times in 29 works
Consistency: 100% (58 of 58)
Reach if approved: ~61 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 58 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (58 changes in 29 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The Second reaſon given, for ShemsShem's being this Melchiſedeck is, That he was the Perſon that in the 9th. of …
With rule
The Second reaſon given, for ShemsShem's being this Melchiſedeck is, That he was the Perſon that in the 9th. of …
Robert Ottee · Sermons on Hebrew 7 · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. The firſt Mercy to ShemsShem's Race the Jews, Gen. 9.26. [having then preſent intereſt in Gods favour] tended (as Baalam …
With rule
2. The firſt Mercy to ShemsShem's Race the Jews, Gen. 9.26. [having then preſent intereſt in Gods favour] tended (as Baalam …
William Sherwin · The True News of the Good New World Shortly to Come · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Philistia, or Paleſtina, the Philiſtines, Chams curſed poſteritie, open and profeſſed enemies to Iſrael (ShemsShem's progenie) as appeares in diverſe places. All theſe Nations they were afterward ſubdued and …
With rule
… Philistia, or Paleſtina, the Philiſtines, Chams curſed poſteritie, open and profeſſed enemies to Iſrael (ShemsShem's progenie) as appeares in diverſe places. All theſe Nations they were afterward ſubdued and …
John Brinsley · The Healing of Israels Breaches · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into ſeverall Countreys and Nations in his life time, as alſo with that of ShemsShem's, he being living? (of which in the 10 and 12 Chapters of Geneſis) and with Abrahams …
With rule
… into ſeverall Countreys and Nations in his life time, as alſo with that of ShemsShem's, he being living? (of which in the 10 and 12 Chapters of Geneſis) and with Abrahams …
Edward Gee · The Divine Right and Original of the Civil Magistrate · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Shem, & will performe to the sōnes of Iapheth whō he perswadeth to dwell in ShemsShem's tents, according to his promise made of old to Abraham sonne of Shem, & Father …
With rule
… Shem, & will performe to the sōnes of Iapheth whō he perswadeth to dwell in ShemsShem's tents, according to his promise made of old to Abraham sonne of Shem, & Father …
Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… promised to come of the seed of Shem, & afterwards Abraham was singled out of ShemsShem's family, & Christ the blessed seed was promised more specially to come of his seed …
With rule
… promised to come of the seed of Shem, & afterwards Abraham was singled out of ShemsShem's family, & Christ the blessed seed was promised more specially to come of his seed …
George Walker · The Doctrine of the Sabbath · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… least from some other of Noahs sonnes? You are but one poore branch of ShemsShem's roote: there be many others lineally descended from him, greater nations then you are …
With rule
… least from some other of Noahs sonnes? You are but one poore branch of ShemsShem's roote: there be many others lineally descended from him, greater nations then you are …
William Crashaw · Sermon Preached 14 February 1607 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by a ſpecial bleſſing did poſſeſſe) is the Church viſible, as needs no proof; ShemsShem's Tents, and Japhets Tents are one, and the ſame, Japhet comes to ShemsShem's, not …
With rule
… by a ſpecial bleſſing did poſſeſſe) is the Church viſible, as needs no proof; ShemsShem's Tents, and Japhets Tents are one, and the ſame, Japhet comes to ShemsShem's, not …
Thomas Blake · The Covenant of God Entered with Mankind · p. 328 · 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.