Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9978 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ishmaelsishmael's

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

Puritas changed it: 179 times in 121 works
Consistency: 100% (179 of 179)
Reach if approved: ~188 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 179 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (179 changes in 121 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 179)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… will diſcover to you Hagars well at hand, when ye are caſting down your IſhmaelsIshmael's to die for thirſt; it will bring noon day at night; and of weakneſs …
With rule
… will diſcover to you Hagars well at hand, when ye are caſting down your IſhmaelsIshmael's to die for thirſt; it will bring noon day at night; and of weakneſs …
George Hutcheson · Forty-Five Sermons Upon Psalm 130 · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lay it to heart, and to mourne, that wee should be as so many IshmaelsIshmael's, our sword against every man, and every mans against us. Beloved, we little consider …
With rule
… lay it to heart, and to mourne, that wee should be as so many IshmaelsIshmael's, our sword against every man, and every mans against us. Beloved, we little consider …
Stephen Marshall · Sermon on Easter Monday · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in our ciuill life, our reputation. Wee feele not your murtherings, but your murmurings. IshmaelsIshmael's tongue made him a Persecutor, as well as Esau's hands. Onely our God comforts …
With rule
… in our ciuill life, our reputation. Wee feele not your murtherings, but your murmurings. IshmaelsIshmael's tongue made him a Persecutor, as well as Esau's hands. Onely our God comforts …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and common things, that cast-awayes may have; for a cast-away may have IshmaelsIshmael's blessing, and Esaus portion, blessings of the left hand, common graces. To know undoubtedly …
With rule
… and common things, that cast-awayes may have; for a cast-away may have IshmaelsIshmael's blessing, and Esaus portion, blessings of the left hand, common graces. To know undoubtedly …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be are more worthy: what would they do if they were profane & vndutiful IſhmaelsIshmael's, when they are ſo vnmindful, & reſpectleſs euen of ſuch as be holy, & dutiful Iſaacs …
With rule
… may be are more worthy: what would they do if they were profane & vndutiful IſhmaelsIshmael's, when they are ſo vnmindful, & reſpectleſs euen of ſuch as be holy, & dutiful Iſaacs …
William Crashaw · Sermon Preached 14 February 1607 · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
So that it is impossi…le to escape Esaus sword, or IshmaelsIshmael's tongue, Shemeis stones, Doegs slander, or Ioabs treachery: Heaven had their wicked Ange…s …
With rule
So that it is impossi…le to escape Esaus sword, or IshmaelsIshmael's tongue, Shemeis stones, Doegs slander, or Ioabs treachery: Heaven had their wicked Ange…s …
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Angel would never have encouraged Hagar from ſuch an Argument, as Gods hearing IſhmaelsIshmael's cry
With rule
… the Angel would never have encouraged Hagar from ſuch an Argument, as Gods hearing IſhmaelsIshmael's cry
Thomas Cobbet · A Practical Discourse of Prayer · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
… humanity, until at last, if the Lord restrain not, they prove wholly barbarous, very IshmaelsIshmael's, their hand against every man, and every mans hand against them: for, upon their …
With rule
… humanity, until at last, if the Lord restrain not, they prove wholly barbarous, very IshmaelsIshmael's, their hand against every man, and every mans hand against them: for, upon their …
James Fergusson · Brief Exposition of 1 and 2 Thessalonians · p. 88 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.