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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39822 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

we'rewe

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

Puritas changed it
105 times in 49 works
Consistency
82.6% (105 of 127)
Reach if approved
~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (105 changes in 49 works, 82.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 105)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … were under David. If we are real Chriſtians, we are liſted under Chriſt's Banner; we'rewe all, of whatever Age, Sex, or Quality, engag'd in a Holy War. Our Enemies …
    With rule
    … were under David. If we are real Chriſtians, we are liſted under Chriſt's Banner; we'rewe all, of whatever Age, Sex, or Quality, engag'd in a Holy War. Our Enemies …

    Thomas Symmes · Good Soldiers Described and Animated · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Let them prevent us speedily, for we'rewe brought very low.
    With rule
    Let them prevent us speedily, for we'rewe brought very low.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Deep Labyrinths we'rewe in; our strong foundations
    With rule
    Deep Labyrinths we'rewe in; our strong foundations

    Thomas Gilbert · Englands Passing-Bell · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    By whom we'rewe governed.
    With rule
    By whom we'rewe governed.

    Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Neither secure nor beautifie; we'rewe still
    With rule
    Neither secure nor beautifie; we'rewe still

    Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The Gods are Lov'd, and so we'rewe deify'd.
    With rule
    The Gods are Lov'd, and so we'rewe deify'd.

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Yet we'rewe ſecure, that their eternal light,
    With rule
    Yet we'rewe ſecure, that their eternal light,

    Samuel Jacombe · Moses Death · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Of Marlbury's peracute disease we'rewe told.
    With rule
    Of Marlbury's peracute disease we'rewe told.

    Benjamin Tompson · New Englands Crisis · p. 23 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Self-Conflict A31368

  • Printed
    We'reWe of frail crudities, in luſt begun,
    With rule
    We'reWe of frail crudities, in luſt begun,

    Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

  • Printed
    We'reWe tempt by Earthly pleaſures, that's the Ball;
    With rule
    We'reWe tempt by Earthly pleaſures, that's the Ball;

    Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 217 · Open in the reader

Hymns on Several Subjects A81996

  • Printed
    We'reWe made to cry together grace!
    With rule
    We'reWe made to cry together grace!

    Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    We'reWe drawn to work by th' Law of love
    With rule
    We'reWe drawn to work by th' Law of love

    Richard Davis · Hymns on Several Subjects · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Song for this Sad Time B02404

  • Printed
    We'reWe gone, and in our ſins we will▪
    With rule
    We'reWe gone, and in our ſins we will▪

    John Carstairs · A Song for this Sad Time · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

  • Printed
    We'reWe dying every day:
    With rule
    We'reWe dying every day:

    Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 187 · Open in the reader

The Just Mans Prerogative N01078

  • Printed
    … ſluggiſh in duty. If we'rewe in Adverſity, we'rewe apt to Fret, Murmur and Repine. We'reWe commonly too much like a Bullock unaccuſtomed to the Yoke, apt to kick and …
    With rule
    … ſluggiſh in duty. If we'rewe in Adverſity, we'rewe apt to Fret, Murmur and Repine. We'reWe commonly too much like a Bullock unaccuſtomed to the Yoke, apt to kick and …

    Samuel Willard · The Just Mans Prerogative · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Invitations to the Gospel Feast N01506

  • Printed
    … Faculties of our Souls; our Underſtandings wofully darkened, our Wills perverted, our Affections diſordered. We'reWe prone to put light for darkneſs and darkneſs for light, good for evil and …
    With rule
    … Faculties of our Souls; our Underſtandings wofully darkened, our Wills perverted, our Affections diſordered. We'reWe prone to put light for darkneſs and darkneſs for light, good for evil and …

    Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … bitter for ſweet: and God denounceth a Wo againſt thoſe that do thus, Iſai. 5.20. We'reWe Naturally prone to hate God, whom we ſhould love above all things; and to …
    With rule
    … bitter for ſweet: and God denounceth a Wo againſt thoſe that do thus, Iſai. 5.20. We'reWe Naturally prone to hate God, whom we ſhould love above all things; and to …

    Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Twelve Single Sermons N01630

  • Printed
    … by his curſed Example: Many are in danger of being defil'd and ruin'd thereby. We'reWe diſtreſs'd when a Fire breaks out tho' in but One Houſe, leſt it ſhould …
    With rule
    … by his curſed Example: Many are in danger of being defil'd and ruin'd thereby. We'reWe diſtreſs'd when a Fire breaks out tho' in but One Houſe, leſt it ſhould …

    Benjamin Wadsworth · Twelve Single Sermons · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I will take heed to my ways, that I ſin not with my Tongue. We'reWe told, Jam. 3.2, — If any man offend not in word, the ſame is a perfect …
    With rule
    … I will take heed to my ways, that I ſin not with my Tongue. We'reWe told, Jam. 3.2, — If any man offend not in word, the ſame is a perfect …

    Benjamin Wadsworth · Twelve Single Sermons · p. 227 · Open in the reader

True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War N02021

  • Printed
    … and diſappoint (if not to deſtroy) our Souldiers gone forth to Fight for us? We'reWe unjuſt, perfideous, barbarous to thoſe gone forth to Fight for us; if we thus …
    With rule
    … and diſappoint (if not to deſtroy) our Souldiers gone forth to Fight for us? We'reWe unjuſt, perfideous, barbarous to thoſe gone forth to Fight for us; if we thus …

    Benjamin Wadsworth · True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War · p. 15 · Open in the reader