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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39931 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ev'rieevery

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

Puritas changed it
75 times in 6 works
Consistency
97.4% (75 of 77)
Reach if approved
~87 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: every
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
83 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 6 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 75)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    my feet in ev'rieevery way
    With rule
    my feet in ev'rieevery way

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

  2. Printed
    (Who partners are in ev'rieevery kind of wrong,
    With rule
    (Who partners are in ev'rieevery kind of wrong,

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Should once in ev'rieevery two and fiftie weeks
    With rule
    Should once in ev'rieevery two and fiftie weeks

    Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Should once in ev'rieevery two and fiftie weeks
    With rule
    Should once in ev'rieevery two and fiftie weeks

    Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Which doth or ſhould in ev'rieevery Chriſtian dwell,
    With rule
    Which doth or ſhould in ev'rieevery Chriſtian dwell,

    George Wither · A Timely Expostulation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    In ev'rieevery Publike Work (as here thou doſt)
    With rule
    In ev'rieevery Publike Work (as here thou doſt)

    George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    In ev'rieevery point from what it was by nature:
    With rule
    In ev'rieevery point from what it was by nature:

    Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    In ev'rieevery point from what it was by nature:
    With rule
    In ev'rieevery point from what it was by nature:

    Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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
    Ev'rieEvery corner of my heart.
    With rule
    Ev'rieEvery corner of my heart.

    Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

  • Printed
    Ev'rieEvery corner of my heart.
    With rule
    Ev'rieEvery corner of my heart.

    Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader