Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39896 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

e'rere

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

Puritas changed it: 81 times in 33 works
Consistency: 94.1% (81 of 86)
Reach if approved: ~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 86 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (81 changes in 33 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 81)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And e'rere you ſtrike obſerve their diſpoſitions:
With rule
And e'rere you ſtrike obſerve their diſpoſitions:
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
Rome …e'rere had known a Rival in her Praiſe,
With rule
Rome …e'rere had known a Rival in her Praiſe,
Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
What e'rere is needless, these we need.
With rule
What e'rere is needless, these we need.
Samuel Crossman · The Young Mans Monitor · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good account to God; Come, give account of thy Stewardſhip, it will be ſaid e'rere long to every man and woman, thou haſt had Wife, and Children, and Parents …
With rule
… good account to God; Come, give account of thy Stewardſhip, it will be ſaid e'rere long to every man and woman, thou haſt had Wife, and Children, and Parents …
William Greenhill · The Sound-Hearted Christian · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
What e'rere you ſee the terms to be,
With rule
What e'rere you ſee the terms to be,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Rulers face: but the Gospel had gotten firm footing in the world long e'rere there was a Prince to countenance it; there were many to persecute it, none …
With rule
… the Rulers face: but the Gospel had gotten firm footing in the world long e'rere there was a Prince to countenance it; there were many to persecute it, none …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 883 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy fleſh thy bone, and what e'rere elſe ſhe ſent thee.
With rule
Thy fleſh thy bone, and what e'rere elſe ſhe ſent thee.
Samuel Fairclough Jr · Suffolks Tears · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
Devils know more, and yet shall …e'rere be blest.
With rule
Devils know more, and yet shall …e'rere be blest.
Michael Wigglesworth · The Day of Doom · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Buckler Against the Fear of Death A17129

Printed
E'rEre there fell a showre of rain
With rule
E'rEre there fell a showre of rain
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
E'rEre night the husbandmen prepare their blades
With rule
E'rEre night the husbandmen prepare their blades
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
E'rEre bred, or all which into Noahs Arke came:
With rule
E'rEre bred, or all which into Noahs Arke came:
John Donne · Poems · p. 337 · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

Printed
E'rEre there fell a ſhowre of rain
With rule
E'rEre there fell a ſhowre of rain
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
E'rEre night the husbandmen prepare their blades
With rule
E'rEre night the husbandmen prepare their blades
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader