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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9418 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

noahsnoah's

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

Puritas changed it
1,571 times in 710 works
Consistency
99.5% (1,571 of 1,578)
Reach if approved
~1,658 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,578 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,571 changes in 710 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,571)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … life hath not been able to hold vp her head: and the soule (like NoahsNoah's Doue) returnes vnto God the Arke of her strength, as not able to set …
    With rule
    … life hath not been able to hold vp her head: and the soule (like NoahsNoah's Doue) returnes vnto God the Arke of her strength, as not able to set …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Fourthly, of the forme… ſort were, firſt, the Flood, and NoahsNoah's preſeruation in it: ſecondly, the Rainebow.
    With rule
    Fourthly, of the forme… ſort were, firſt, the Flood, and NoahsNoah's preſeruation in it: ſecondly, the Rainebow.

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … are found unable to reſiſt them. Thus the old world, all the time of NoahsNoah's preaching, and preparing the Arke, neglected their day, till the flood came upon them …
    With rule
    … are found unable to reſiſt them. Thus the old world, all the time of NoahsNoah's preaching, and preparing the Arke, neglected their day, till the flood came upon them …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 247 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … then he faint, it is becauſe his ſtrength is ſmall, or nothing at all. NoahsNoah's renowne was, that he was righteous in that wicked age. Lots commendation, that hee …
    With rule
    … then he faint, it is becauſe his ſtrength is ſmall, or nothing at all. NoahsNoah's renowne was, that he was righteous in that wicked age. Lots commendation, that hee …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … born and he in that respect might be vncircumcised▪ Also, whether the women in NoahsNoah's tyme should have refused to enter into the Arke, or the women of Israell …
    With rule
    … born and he in that respect might be vncircumcised▪ Also, whether the women in NoahsNoah's tyme should have refused to enter into the Arke, or the women of Israell …

    Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … whosoeuer is out of the Church, is like vnto them that are out of NoahsNoah's ship, when the floud came vpon the whole world: for the Church is not …
    With rule
    … whosoeuer is out of the Church, is like vnto them that are out of NoahsNoah's ship, when the floud came vpon the whole world: for the Church is not …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 346 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … them: Laſtly, he preſcribed ſucceeding faſts & feſtivals Vpon the mountaines of Arrarat in Armenia, NoahsNoah's Arke reſted, and from this countrey was the world repeopled.
    With rule
    … them: Laſtly, he preſcribed ſucceeding faſts & feſtivals Vpon the mountaines of Arrarat in Armenia, NoahsNoah's Arke reſted, and from this countrey was the world repeopled.

    Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … but no where condemned. Ans. While Moses sets downe the foule effects that followed NoahsNoah's drunkennesse, he doth indeede condemne it. Secondly, his example is noted in scripture, as …
    With rule
    … but no where condemned. Ans. While Moses sets downe the foule effects that followed NoahsNoah's drunkennesse, he doth indeede condemne it. Secondly, his example is noted in scripture, as …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 440 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Ark for All Gods Noahs A29681

  • Printed
    AN ARKE FOR ALL GODS NOAHSNOAH'S In a gloomy ſtormy day; OR, The beſt Wine reſerved till laſt. OR, The …
    With rule
    AN ARKE FOR ALL GODS NOAHSNOAH'S In a gloomy ſtormy day; OR, The beſt Wine reſerved till laſt. OR, The …

    Thomas Brooks · An Ark for All Gods Noahs · Open in the reader

Justice Triumphing A45550

  • Printed
    … free from the Gall of Malicious Bitterness, bringing in her mouth like that of NOAHSNOAH'S, the Olive Branch of peacefull Vnity. To the effecting and establishing whereof, that shee …
    With rule
    … free from the Gall of Malicious Bitterness, bringing in her mouth like that of NOAHSNOAH'S, the Olive Branch of peacefull Vnity. To the effecting and establishing whereof, that shee …

    Nathaniel Hardy · Justice Triumphing · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … raine to water the inheritance of God. Behold, He, euen He alone, like to NOAHSNOAH'S Doue, brought an Oliue of peace to the toſſed Arke of Chriſtendome; Hee like …
    With rule
    … raine to water the inheritance of God. Behold, He, euen He alone, like to NOAHSNOAH'S Doue, brought an Oliue of peace to the toſſed Arke of Chriſtendome; Hee like …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 481 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … excommunicated: In Geneſ. 6.1, 2. The ſonnes of God married the daughters of men: In Geneſ. 7.1. & 7. NOAHSNOAH'S time is approued as righteous, and enters the Arke: In 1 Pet. 3.20, 21. The reſt in …
    With rule
    … excommunicated: In Geneſ. 6.1, 2. The ſonnes of God married the daughters of men: In Geneſ. 7.1. & 7. NOAHSNOAH'S time is approued as righteous, and enters the Arke: In 1 Pet. 3.20, 21. The reſt in …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 553 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … time is approued as righteous, and enters the Arke: In 1 Pet. 3.20, 21. The reſt in NOAHSNOAH'S time were diſobedient, and periſhed: What of all this? Alas, what mockage is this …
    With rule
    … time is approued as righteous, and enters the Arke: In 1 Pet. 3.20, 21. The reſt in NOAHSNOAH'S time were diſobedient, and periſhed: What of all this? Alas, what mockage is this …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 553 · Open in the reader