Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9642 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

isaacsisaac's

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

Puritas changed it: 440 times in 194 works
Consistency: 99.7% (440 of 441)
Reach if approved: ~464 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: isaac's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 442 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (440 changes in 194 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 440)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for his flockes, filling them with earth and rubbish. So these Romish Philistims, enuying IsaacsIsaac's riches, the riches of Gods grace in the children of the promise, Abrahams seede …
With rule
… for his flockes, filling them with earth and rubbish. So these Romish Philistims, enuying IsaacsIsaac's riches, the riches of Gods grace in the children of the promise, Abrahams seede …
Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
Frée men of IſaacsIsaac's kinne.
With rule
Frée men of IſaacsIsaac's kinne.
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader
Printed
… they be S…periours, or ſuch on whom we have dependency. The ſacrificing our IſaacsIsaac's, yea parting with all that we have.
With rule
… they be S…periours, or ſuch on whom we have dependency. The ſacrificing our IſaacsIsaac's, yea parting with all that we have.
Richard Alleine · Heaven Opened · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the child is an honour and an ornament to the father, ſo was IſaacsIsaac's to Abraham; the holineſſe of the husband is an honour and ornament to the …
With rule
… of the child is an honour and an ornament to the father, ſo was IſaacsIsaac's to Abraham; the holineſſe of the husband is an honour and ornament to the …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Sinful, and wicked; that was not IsaacsIsaac's. Ibid.
With rule
1. Sinful, and wicked; that was not IsaacsIsaac's. Ibid.
Edmund Calamy · The Art of Divine Meditation · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a necessitie imagined in this exigent; as if GOD could not haue wrought IsaacsIsaac's heart to blesse Iacob in this short interim, whiles Esau was gone a hunting …
With rule
… of a necessitie imagined in this exigent; as if GOD could not haue wrought IsaacsIsaac's heart to blesse Iacob in this short interim, whiles Esau was gone a hunting …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… away IsaacsIsaac's faith, nor makes it to be no faith: But it shewes that IsaacsIsaac's faith was weake, and ioyned with som infirmity in forgetting Gods particular promises. Secondly …
With rule
… away IsaacsIsaac's faith, nor makes it to be no faith: But it shewes that IsaacsIsaac's faith was weake, and ioyned with som infirmity in forgetting Gods particular promises. Secondly …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 351 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Israel out of Egypt are 505. yeeres, whereof an 100. are counted from Abrahams birth to IsaacsIsaac's: and 405. from thence unto Israels redemption, as hath beene shewed.
With rule
… Israel out of Egypt are 505. yeeres, whereof an 100. are counted from Abrahams birth to IsaacsIsaac's: and 405. from thence unto Israels redemption, as hath beene shewed.
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 144 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… meaſure of my life, then it; What is this other, then the exaltation of ISAACSISAAC'S delight to walke forth into the pleaſant fields of the Scriptures, and to meditate …
With rule
… meaſure of my life, then it; What is this other, then the exaltation of ISAACSISAAC'S delight to walke forth into the pleaſant fields of the Scriptures, and to meditate …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader