Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40033 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whatsoe'rewhatsoever

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

Puritas changed it: 66 times in 35 works
Consistency: 95.6% (66 of 69)
Reach if approved: ~72 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whatsoever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 69 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (66 changes in 35 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 66)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Fooles! 'tis not as you dream: But, whatſoe'rewhatsoever
With rule
Fooles! 'tis not as you dream: But, whatſoe'rewhatsoever
George Wither · Rapture Occasioned by the Miraculous Deliverance of His Highness · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
For (whatſoe'rewhatsoever thou be) if thus thou doe,
With rule
For (whatſoe'rewhatsoever thou be) if thus thou doe,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
And whatsoe'rewhatsoever condition I am in
With rule
And whatsoe'rewhatsoever condition I am in
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
And whatsoe'rewhatsoever we doe, 'tis your returne
With rule
And whatsoe'rewhatsoever we doe, 'tis your returne
John Bond · Englands Rejoicing for the Parliaments Return · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of whatſoe'rewhatsoever degree;
With rule
Of whatſoe'rewhatsoever degree;
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
For, whatſoe'rewhatsoever ſucceeds, yea, come what will,
With rule
For, whatſoe'rewhatsoever ſucceeds, yea, come what will,
George Wither · Discourse Between Two Dead Giants · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
But, (whatſoe'rewhatsoever the other cauſes are
With rule
But, (whatſoe'rewhatsoever the other cauſes are
George Wither · The Tired Petitioner · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Be't common good, whatsoe'rewhatsoever you thinke or say;
With rule
Be't common good, whatsoe'rewhatsoever you thinke or say;
Charles Herle · Answer t o Doctor Fearne · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 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.