Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40160 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ezra'sezra

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 58 works
Consistency: 53.0% (97 of 183)
Reach if approved: ~192 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 58 works, 53.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as Mr. Selden obſerves, L. I. De Synedr. Cap. II. p. 452, &c. But Aben Ezra'sEzra Conjecture ſeems more reaſonable, That he dwelt in ſome Country, not far from Paradiſe.
With rule
… as Mr. Selden obſerves, L. I. De Synedr. Cap. II. p. 452, &c. But Aben Ezra'sEzra Conjecture ſeems more reaſonable, That he dwelt in ſome Country, not far from Paradiſe.
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Genesis · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our Saviour with the ancient Form of the Paſſover uſed by the Jews from Ezra'sEzra time, as Juſtin Martyr tells us, foreign, this Paſſover is our Saviour and our refuge …
With rule
… our Saviour with the ancient Form of the Paſſover uſed by the Jews from Ezra'sEzra time, as Juſtin Martyr tells us, foreign, this Paſſover is our Saviour and our refuge …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 3 · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is true, the two Tribes which were carried into Babylon did return againe in Ezra'sEzra and Nehemiah's time, but we never read of the returning againe of the ten …
With rule
… is true, the two Tribes which were carried into Babylon did return againe in Ezra'sEzra and Nehemiah's time, but we never read of the returning againe of the ten …
Mary Cary · The Little Horns Downfall · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
He used to produce that example of Ezra'sEzra ceasing the building of the Temple constrain'd by force, for justification of the Non …
With rule
He used to produce that example of Ezra'sEzra ceasing the building of the Temple constrain'd by force, for justification of the Non …
Thomas Goodwin · The Government of the Churches of Christ · p. 371 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Nathan's; Jehoſaphat's, Micaiah's, and Jehaziel's; Joaſh's and Iehoiadah's; Zerubbabel's, and Joſhuah's; Nehemiah's and Ezra'sEzra have been conjoin'd! And in Church Hiſtory, than when Conſtantine's and Athanaſius's; Theodoſe's and …
With rule
… and Nathan's; Jehoſaphat's, Micaiah's, and Jehaziel's; Joaſh's and Iehoiadah's; Zerubbabel's, and Joſhuah's; Nehemiah's and Ezra'sEzra have been conjoin'd! And in Church Hiſtory, than when Conſtantine's and Athanaſius's; Theodoſe's and …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · Open in the reader
Printed
… the reſt of the Reforming Kings, remarkably by Joſiah, and after the Captivity in Ezra'sEzra and Nehemiah's days. And that this was not a diſpenſation peculiar only to the …
With rule
… the reſt of the Reforming Kings, remarkably by Joſiah, and after the Captivity in Ezra'sEzra and Nehemiah's days. And that this was not a diſpenſation peculiar only to the …
Isaac Chauncy · A Plain and Familiar Christian Conference · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the old ancient Copies of the Hebrew Bibles were many of them remaining▪ in Ezra'sEzra time, and that they are all in one Character, to wit, the old and …
With rule
… the old ancient Copies of the Hebrew Bibles were many of them remaining▪ in Ezra'sEzra time, and that they are all in one Character, to wit, the old and …
Thomas Grantham · Truth and Peace · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or publick judgements, then there is reason for a private or publick Fast, so Ezra'sEzra Fast was because of the great desolations upon the Church, and Esthers because of …
With rule
… or publick judgements, then there is reason for a private or publick Fast, so Ezra'sEzra Fast was because of the great desolations upon the Church, and Esthers because of …
Edward Leigh · Body of Divinity · p. 737 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (86)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 73 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Truth Defended A37484

Printed
… c. Yet tranſgreſſed againſt the Lord in that particular, and began a Reformation in Ezra'sEzra time. Which practice of old, queſtionleſs gave ground to the Corinthians ſcruple, whether the …
With rule
… c. Yet tranſgreſſed againſt the Lord in that particular, and began a Reformation in Ezra'sEzra time. Which practice of old, queſtionleſs gave ground to the Corinthians ſcruple, whether the …
Thomas De Laune · Truth Defended · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… way to have an unhallowed iſſue, being now contrary to what it was in Ezra'sEzra time, viz. theirs was ſo by cohabiting, but ours by ſeparation.
With rule
… way to have an unhallowed iſſue, being now contrary to what it was in Ezra'sEzra time, viz. theirs was ſo by cohabiting, but ours by ſeparation.
Thomas De Laune · Truth Defended · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Works A50522

Printed
Ezra'sEzra Commission.
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Ezra'sEzra Commission.
Joseph Mede · Works · p. 703 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… the words or deeds of days, becauſe they contain an Hiſtory from Adam to Ezra'sEzra Day: So the Greeks call them [foreign] which ſignifies Remainders, or gatherings up; implying, that …
With rule
… the words or deeds of days, becauſe they contain an Hiſtory from Adam to Ezra'sEzra Day: So the Greeks call them [foreign] which ſignifies Remainders, or gatherings up; implying, that …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 516 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Contents hereof, as exceeding neceſſary, uſeful and profitable, ſeeing the Holy Spirit (who was Ezra'sEzra Enditer) can do nothing in vain: But he adds 2 Chron. 19.1. (as well as that …
With rule
… Contents hereof, as exceeding neceſſary, uſeful and profitable, ſeeing the Holy Spirit (who was Ezra'sEzra Enditer) can do nothing in vain: But he adds 2 Chron. 19.1. (as well as that …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 517 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done their Sins of Provocation for the filling up of God's Bagg, Job 14.17. at Ezra'sEzra Example.
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… done their Sins of Provocation for the filling up of God's Bagg, Job 14.17. at Ezra'sEzra Example.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 701 · Open in the reader
Printed
Remark the Firſt; Ezra'sEzra Oration to the Multitude, [Ye have tranſgreſſed in taking ſtrange Wives, &c. ver. 10. Adding …
With rule
Remark the Firſt; Ezra'sEzra Oration to the Multitude, [Ye have tranſgreſſed in taking ſtrange Wives, &c. ver. 10. Adding …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 703 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtrange Wives, Children, and other Pagans who had mixed themſelves with them, according to Ezra'sEzra Covenant, Ezra 10.3. and Neh. 13.3.) This (ſaith Wolphius) was a true ſign of a ſound …
With rule
… ſtrange Wives, Children, and other Pagans who had mixed themſelves with them, according to Ezra'sEzra Covenant, Ezra 10.3. and Neh. 13.3.) This (ſaith Wolphius) was a true ſign of a ſound …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 720 · Open in the reader

Mans Delinquency Attended A90993

Printed
… the Princes and Rulers, who were all imbarqued in that delinquency that he deplores. Ezra'sEzra humiliation began within, but ended not there: His ſorrow-preſt heart finds a vent …
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… the Princes and Rulers, who were all imbarqued in that delinquency that he deplores. Ezra'sEzra humiliation began within, but ended not there: His ſorrow-preſt heart finds a vent …
William Price · Mans Delinquency Attended · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Temple Service in the Days of our Savior Described B25979

Printed
… how their traditions had increased their defilements: for two of these kine served till Ezra'sEzra time, which was neare upon a thousand years, and the time after, which was …
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… how their traditions had increased their defilements: for two of these kine served till Ezra'sEzra time, which was neare upon a thousand years, and the time after, which was …
John Lightfoot · The Temple Service in the Days of our Savior Described · p. 192 · Open in the reader