Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39868 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ne'ernever

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

Puritas changed it: 83 times in 39 works
Consistency: 95.4% (83 of 87)
Reach if approved: ~91 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: never
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 87 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (83 changes in 39 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… all this viſibly effected already for the moſt part; and the reſt projected, and ne'ernever accompliſhed?
With rule
… all this viſibly effected already for the moſt part; and the reſt projected, and ne'ernever accompliſhed?
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Gods Gate ne'ernever opened, Sampſon's Honey-comb.
With rule
Gods Gate ne'ernever opened, Sampſon's Honey-comb.
Simon Patrick · The Virgin Mary Misrepresented by the Roman Church · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
But he his Filial Duty ne'ernever forgot;
With rule
But he his Filial Duty ne'ernever forgot;
Samuel Annesley · The Life and Funeral Sermon of the Reverent Thomas Brand · Open in the reader
Printed
… compleat; for if a Thouſand thouſand millions of Years were ſubſtracted, the Sum is ne'ernever the leſs. Oh, how much then doth it behove us to look about us …
With rule
… compleat; for if a Thouſand thouſand millions of Years were ſubſtracted, the Sum is ne'ernever the leſs. Oh, how much then doth it behove us to look about us …
Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Salvation, is prepar'd a Worm that will never die, and a Fire that will ne'ernever be quench'd. We know (I ſay) that Refin'd and Purified Souls will be receiv'd …
With rule
… Salvation, is prepar'd a Worm that will never die, and a Fire that will ne'ernever be quench'd. We know (I ſay) that Refin'd and Purified Souls will be receiv'd …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Could ne'ernever produce so sweet a Rose
With rule
2 Could ne'ernever produce so sweet a Rose
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
But it ſhall ne'ernever be ſaid, but that, for ſuch an heavenly Paul, ſome of his Auditors will …
With rule
But it ſhall ne'ernever be ſaid, but that, for ſuch an heavenly Paul, ſome of his Auditors will …
Josias Shute · Sarah and Hagar · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleaſures and profits of the World, and you wi… find they are things Chriſt ne'ernever ſought after. E… amine one after another all his proceedings and a… his Actions …
With rule
… pleaſures and profits of the World, and you wi… find they are things Chriſt ne'ernever ſought after. E… amine one after another all his proceedings and a… his Actions …
Jacques Abbadie · Vindication of the Truth of the Christian Religion · p. 67 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Pindaric Ode in the Praise of Folly and Knavery A63967

Printed
Ne'erNever ſhows a Glorious Birth,
With rule
Ne'erNever ſhows a Glorious Birth,
John Tutchin · A Pindaric Ode in the Praise of Folly and Knavery · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Prayer-Song A81112

Printed
Ne'erNever ebbes by Tide;
With rule
Ne'erNever ebbes by Tide;
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 32 · Open in the reader