Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9598 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nehemiasnehemiah's

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

Puritas changed it: 219 times in 103 works
Consistency: 99.1% (219 of 221)
Reach if approved: ~233 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 222 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (219 changes in 103 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 219)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… The ſonnes of Ieſus of Ioſadak had contracted affinitie vvith thē. Thoſe Ezra and NehemiasNehemiah's excommunicated. R. Abr. Therefore the Iewes of Ieruſalē myght not vſe familiaritie vvith thē …
With rule
… The ſonnes of Ieſus of Ioſadak had contracted affinitie vvith thē. Thoſe Ezra and NehemiasNehemiah's excommunicated. R. Abr. Therefore the Iewes of Ieruſalē myght not vſe familiaritie vvith thē …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… Wée haue euident examples hereof in the bookes of the kings of Eſdras, and NehemiasNehemiah's, and in the volume of Daniels Prophecie. Nabuchodonoſor whoſe purpoſe was to toaſt with …
With rule
… Wée haue euident examples hereof in the bookes of the kings of Eſdras, and NehemiasNehemiah's, and in the volume of Daniels Prophecie. Nabuchodonoſor whoſe purpoſe was to toaſt with …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that maner exercise her selfe to continuance of prayer. Such was y^e fasting of NehemiasNehemiah's whē he did with earnestly bent zele praie to God for the deliuerance of …
With rule
… that maner exercise her selfe to continuance of prayer. Such was y^e fasting of NehemiasNehemiah's whē he did with earnestly bent zele praie to God for the deliuerance of …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
Consydre NehemiasNehemiah's, and Esdras the good scrybe,
With rule
Consydre NehemiasNehemiah's, and Esdras the good scrybe,
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rabbi Selomoh, who vnderstandeth it of Cyrus; or Aben Ezra, who applyed it to NehemiasNehemiah's; or Rabbi Leui the sonne of Gerson, who vnderstādeth it of Iosua the Highpriest …
With rule
… Rabbi Selomoh, who vnderstandeth it of Cyrus; or Aben Ezra, who applyed it to NehemiasNehemiah's; or Rabbi Leui the sonne of Gerson, who vnderstādeth it of Iosua the Highpriest …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 533 · Open in the reader
Printed
V Becauſe Ezra and NehemiasNehemiah's with great indignation brake off ſuch marriages. Ez. 9.10. Nehem. 13.
With rule
V Becauſe Ezra and NehemiasNehemiah's with great indignation brake off ſuch marriages. Ez. 9.10. Nehem. 13.
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
Publike examples wee haue in NehemiasNehemiah's making a large confeſſion of his and the peoples ſinnes. So in Ezra and …
With rule
Publike examples wee haue in NehemiasNehemiah's making a large confeſſion of his and the peoples ſinnes. So in Ezra and …
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wealth; not hauing a sparke of that spirit which was in Phineas, Daniel, and NehemiasNehemiah's &c. for the Lord of hosts, or to his lawes and commandements; as if …
With rule
… wealth; not hauing a sparke of that spirit which was in Phineas, Daniel, and NehemiasNehemiah's &c. for the Lord of hosts, or to his lawes and commandements; as if …
Samuel Ward · A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion A16951

Printed
NEhemiasNehemiah's walleth Ieruſalē after Ezraes returne 25. yeres, and in Perſia before his returne, he aſked …
With rule
NEhemiasNehemiah's walleth Ieruſalē after Ezraes returne 25. yeres, and in Perſia before his returne, he aſked …
Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader