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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9565 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ev'neven

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

Puritas changed it
1,500 times in 150 works
Consistency
100% (1,500 of 1,500)
Reach if approved
~1,576 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: even
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,500 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,500 changes in 150 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,500)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Of ſlaughtred Carkaſſes, ev'neven ſwim in gore!
    With rule
    Of ſlaughtred Carkaſſes, ev'neven ſwim in gore!

    Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Ev'nEven though they ſhould hearts made of rocks aſſail…
    With rule
    Ev'nEven though they ſhould hearts made of rocks aſſail…

    Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Ev'nEven when time's teeth ſhall have diſgrac'd the world,
    With rule
    Ev'nEven when time's teeth ſhall have diſgrac'd the world,

    Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    (which will scarce be ev'neven at the Resurrection)
    With rule
    (which will scarce be ev'neven at the Resurrection)

    Thomas Gilbert · Englands Passing-Bell · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    At present you are ev'neven like Persons dead
    With rule
    At present you are ev'neven like Persons dead

    Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Such was thy courſe, ſeeking ev'neven from thy Youth,
    With rule
    Such was thy courſe, ſeeking ev'neven from thy Youth,

    Edward Bagshaw · The Life and Death of Vavasor Powell · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Ev'nEven Mahomet has found a tombe, which shall
    With rule
    Ev'nEven Mahomet has found a tombe, which shall

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Ev'nEven all to pieces; which I went to ſeek:
    With rule
    Ev'nEven all to pieces; which I went to ſeek:

    Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 644 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.