Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9987 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mordecaiesmordecai's

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

Puritas changed it: 71 times in 45 works
Consistency: 100% (71 of 71)
Reach if approved: ~75 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 71 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (71 changes in 45 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 71)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… That is improbable, becauſe Haman that was now the darling of the Court, was MordecaiesMordecai's knowne and profeſt enemy: Or, what did the King command that he ſhould turne …
With rule
… That is improbable, becauſe Haman that was now the darling of the Court, was MordecaiesMordecai's knowne and profeſt enemy: Or, what did the King command that he ſhould turne …
John Bond · Salvation in Misery · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for Naboths Vineyard, and they are ſick if they have it not; Ambition for MordecaiesMordecai's Cap and Knee, and they cannot injoy themſelves if they have it not. But …
With rule
… for Naboths Vineyard, and they are ſick if they have it not; Ambition for MordecaiesMordecai's Cap and Knee, and they cannot injoy themſelves if they have it not. But …
Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fiftly, MordecaiesMordecai's age doth proue it; his oppoſing againſt Haman, and the other things he did …
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Fiftly, MordecaiesMordecai's age doth proue it; his oppoſing againſt Haman, and the other things he did …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were not reiected, but allowed to be of Gods people. Ezod. 12. 38. 48. So many in MordecaiesMordecai's time became Iewes for feare, and ſo were accounted. Eſt. 8. 17. And many in Ezekiels …
With rule
… were not reiected, but allowed to be of Gods people. Ezod. 12. 38. 48. So many in MordecaiesMordecai's time became Iewes for feare, and ſo were accounted. Eſt. 8. 17. And many in Ezekiels …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… joynes the salvation of his Church with the destruction of the enemies. So for MordecaiesMordecai's advancement, and the Churches deliverance, Haman must be hanged, and his posterity destroyed: as …
With rule
… joynes the salvation of his Church with the destruction of the enemies. So for MordecaiesMordecai's advancement, and the Churches deliverance, Haman must be hanged, and his posterity destroyed: as …
Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · p. 264 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not doe it. As touching which reuerence, if it were so excessiue, as (for MordecaiesMordecai's sake, belike) it is conceiued to be (otherwise praesupposing, that Mordecay would neuer haue …
With rule
… not doe it. As touching which reuerence, if it were so excessiue, as (for MordecaiesMordecai's sake, belike) it is conceiued to be (otherwise praesupposing, that Mordecay would neuer haue …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 553 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Goliah ſhould be ſlain with his own ſword, and that proud Haman ſhould hold MordecaiesMordecai's ſtirrup, and be the Herald of his honor, Pſal. 7.15, 16. He made a pit and …
With rule
… Goliah ſhould be ſlain with his own ſword, and that proud Haman ſhould hold MordecaiesMordecai's ſtirrup, and be the Herald of his honor, Pſal. 7.15, 16. He made a pit and …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saul could not be merry without a Fidler, Ahab without Naboths Vineyard, Hamon without MordecaiesMordecai's courteſie, yet a righteous man can be merry without all theſe. Yea as the …
With rule
… Saul could not be merry without a Fidler, Ahab without Naboths Vineyard, Hamon without MordecaiesMordecai's courteſie, yet a righteous man can be merry without all theſe. Yea as the …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 191 · 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.