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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10366 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

o'erover

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

Puritas changed it
75 times in 32 works
Consistency
84.2% (75 of 89)
Reach if approved
~94 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: over
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
89 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (75 changes in 32 works, 84.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 75)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Before this day is o'erover.
    With rule
    Before this day is o'erover.

    Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 211 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Tis o'erover all Things, and Perſons here,
    With rule
    Tis o'erover all Things, and Perſons here,

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    While thoſe, who juſt paſs'd o'erover,
    With rule
    While thoſe, who juſt paſs'd o'erover,

    John Tutchin · A Pindaric Ode in the Praise of Folly and Knavery · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    That leagues o'erover-paſt at ſea, now tir'd hee lyes,
    With rule
    That leagues o'erover-paſt at ſea, now tir'd hee lyes,

    John Donne · Poems · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    But, good acceptance, and the reading o'erover?
    With rule
    But, good acceptance, and the reading o'erover?

    George Wither · The Protector · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Sin is ſtill preſſing o'erover my Heart,
    With rule
    Sin is ſtill preſſing o'erover my Heart,

    George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Georgia to Return from Pennsylvania · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Influence ever shined bright in the sweet Society of her whole Life; are now o'erover-cast with Sorrow, and become her Mournful Assistants to conduct her out of it …
    With rule
    … Influence ever shined bright in the sweet Society of her whole Life; are now o'erover-cast with Sorrow, and become her Mournful Assistants to conduct her out of it …

    Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    To be thrown o'erover the Pales, and there to lie?
    With rule
    To be thrown o'erover the Pales, and there to lie?

    John Bunyan · The Building Nature Excellency and Government of the House of God · p. 61 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Zion in Distress 2 A47095

  • Printed
    O'erOver all the world, now let thy Goſpel ſpread;
    With rule
    O'erOver all the world, now let thy Goſpel ſpread;

    Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow A47500

  • Printed
    O'erOver highest Heav'ns his Name be rais'd,
    With rule
    O'erOver highest Heav'ns his Name be rais'd,

    Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    3 O'erOver Men and Angels thou dost Reign,
    With rule
    3 O'erOver Men and Angels thou dost Reign,

    Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    O'erOver all the World thy Mercy sounds,
    With rule
    O'erOver all the World thy Mercy sounds,

    Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Songs A47612

  • Printed
    O'erOver higheſt Heav'ns his Name be rais'd,
    With rule
    O'erOver higheſt Heav'ns his Name be rais'd,

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    O'erOver Men and Angels thou doſt Reign,
    With rule
    O'erOver Men and Angels thou doſt Reign,

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    O'erOver all the World thy Mercy ſounds,
    With rule
    O'erOver all the World thy Mercy ſounds,

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

  • Printed
    O'erOver faulty Rulers, whilſt their pow'r doth laſt,
    With rule
    O'erOver faulty Rulers, whilſt their pow'r doth laſt,

    George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    By their O'erOver-weening, Avarice and Pride,
    With rule
    By their O'erOver-weening, Avarice and Pride,

    George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    O'erOver us, in our Afflictions now rejoyce.
    With rule
    O'erOver us, in our Afflictions now rejoyce.

    George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 116 · Open in the reader

A Poetic Frenzy A96749

  • Printed
    O'erOver LONDON, now that Luminary ſhines,
    With rule
    O'erOver LONDON, now that Luminary ſhines,

    George Wither · A Poetic Frenzy · p. 3 · Open in the reader