Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9478 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brethrensbrethren's

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

Puritas changed it: 1,492 times in 710 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,492 of 1,495)
Reach if approved: ~1,572 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: brothers'
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,496 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,492 changes in 710 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,492)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Club-law, without reason or moderation. Let them therefore now satisfie these, their weake BrethrensBrethren's Quaeres, if they can; or else cease to molest them, or urge this Ceremony …
With rule
… Club-law, without reason or moderation. Let them therefore now satisfie these, their weake BrethrensBrethren's Quaeres, if they can; or else cease to molest them, or urge this Ceremony …
William Prynne · Queries Propounded to the Bowers · Open in the reader
Printed
… and equitie of the case: which is, that our superfluities give way to our brethrensbrethren's conveniencies: our conveniencies to their necessities: yea even our (though great) necessities to their …
With rule
… and equitie of the case: which is, that our superfluities give way to our brethrensbrethren's conveniencies: our conveniencies to their necessities: yea even our (though great) necessities to their …
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iuſtification: ſeeing whatſoever Chriſt doeth in the fleſh, he doth it wholy for his brethrensbrethren's ſake. ſo that our whole Redemption is the fruite of our Adoption, and an …
With rule
… Iuſtification: ſeeing whatſoever Chriſt doeth in the fleſh, he doth it wholy for his brethrensbrethren's ſake. ſo that our whole Redemption is the fruite of our Adoption, and an …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen the bowels of compaſſion in vs, and ſo prouoke vs to commend our brethrensbrethren's diſtreſſes to him whom wee know to bee able to ſuccour them. What made …
With rule
… euen the bowels of compaſſion in vs, and ſo prouoke vs to commend our brethrensbrethren's diſtreſſes to him whom wee know to bee able to ſuccour them. What made …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 376 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and he blameth them not for it. And Ioseph informed his father of his brethrensbrethren's faults, Gen. 37.2. Yea, every man hath received a commandement from Christ, to enforme the …
With rule
… and he blameth them not for it. And Ioseph informed his father of his brethrensbrethren's faults, Gen. 37.2. Yea, every man hath received a commandement from Christ, to enforme the …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not ſimply diſallow a continuing Preſident, ſo that his cōtinuance be ſubiect to his BrethrensBrethren's free liking, they ſeeing it to be not againſt the glorie of God and …
With rule
… not ſimply diſallow a continuing Preſident, ſo that his cōtinuance be ſubiect to his BrethrensBrethren's free liking, they ſeeing it to be not againſt the glorie of God and …
Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Christians, so Christs Embassadours, Christians, for their owne good chiefly, Embassadours for their brethrensbrethren's. As Christians they must reconcile themselues to God, as Embassadours, seeke the attonement of …
With rule
… as Christians, so Christs Embassadours, Christians, for their owne good chiefly, Embassadours for their brethrensbrethren's. As Christians they must reconcile themselues to God, as Embassadours, seeke the attonement of …
Robert Mandevill · Timothys Task · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dreames, and terrified him with visions, Chap. 7. 14. Ioseph in his troubles, yea, in his brethrensbrethren's vnnaturall d…alings, saw the Lord therein, Gen. 45.5, 7. and said it was not they …
With rule
… dreames, and terrified him with visions, Chap. 7. 14. Ioseph in his troubles, yea, in his brethrensbrethren's vnnaturall d…alings, saw the Lord therein, Gen. 45.5, 7. and said it was not they …
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Court of Conscience A04629

Printed
THE COVRT OF CONSCIENCE: OR, IOSEPHS BRETHRENSBRETHREN'S IVDGEMENT BARRE.
With rule
THE COVRT OF CONSCIENCE: OR, IOSEPHS BRETHRENSBRETHREN'S IVDGEMENT BARRE.
Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
THE COVRT OF CONSCIENCE: OR, IOSEPHS BRETHRENSBRETHREN'S IVDGEMENT BARRE.
With rule
THE COVRT OF CONSCIENCE: OR, IOSEPHS BRETHRENSBRETHREN'S IVDGEMENT BARRE.
Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of Brethrens Dwelling Together in Unity A33963

Printed
THE HAPPINESS OF BRETHRENSBRETHREN'S Dwelling together in UNITY.
With rule
THE HAPPINESS OF BRETHRENSBRETHREN'S Dwelling together in UNITY.
John Collinges · The Happiness of Brethrens Dwelling Together in Unity · Open in the reader