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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9787 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

e'eneven

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

Puritas changed it
82 times in 56 works
Consistency
95.3% (82 of 86)
Reach if approved
~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: even
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 (82 changes in 56 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 82)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … think me rude and troublesome, and therefore rather than I will run the hazard, e'eneven let the Devil take you. And would it not be a high Complement, if …
    With rule
    … think me rude and troublesome, and therefore rather than I will run the hazard, e'eneven let the Devil take you. And would it not be a high Complement, if …

    John Scott · The Christian Life Part 3 Volume 4 · p. 164 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … make Peace within, and teach you to poſſeſs your Soul in Patience; you muſt e'eneven renew your Indeavours to convince and cure them: you muſt diligently both watch and …
    With rule
    … make Peace within, and teach you to poſſeſs your Soul in Patience; you muſt e'eneven renew your Indeavours to convince and cure them: you muſt diligently both watch and …

    Richard Steele · The Tradesmans Calling · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ho, ho,— I am so troubled with the Coughing of the Lungs, it will e'eneven kill me.
    With rule
    … ho, ho,— I am so troubled with the Coughing of the Lungs, it will e'eneven kill me.

    Robert Wild · The Benefice · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … calling to me to put off from the Buoy and Swim to them, I e'eneven ventured it, and he took me by the hand and drew me in board …
    With rule
    … calling to me to put off from the Buoy and Swim to them, I e'eneven ventured it, and he took me by the hand and drew me in board …

    John Barnard · Ashtons Memorial · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … hundred years old now, a dead man, almoſt his nature quite decayed, and Sarah e'eneven going into the grave, almoſt a dead Woman, nature quite decayed in her, and …
    With rule
    … hundred years old now, a dead man, almoſt his nature quite decayed, and Sarah e'eneven going into the grave, almoſt a dead Woman, nature quite decayed in her, and …

    Robert Asty · Rejoicing in the Lord Jesus in All Cases and Conditions · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the end of his appointment. If neither of theſe, what then? Shall we be e'eneven content in this ſtate of corruption and imperfection, when the Fall hath brought ſo …
    With rule
    … the end of his appointment. If neither of theſe, what then? Shall we be e'eneven content in this ſtate of corruption and imperfection, when the Fall hath brought ſo …

    John Humfrey · Authority of Magistrates About Religion · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Houses, whom tis not fi… you should pray before, then do as Abraham did; e'eneven, …urn …em out of the doors. Better Turn them out, than Turn Go… out …
    With rule
    … Houses, whom tis not fi… you should pray before, then do as Abraham did; e'eneven, …urn …em out of the doors. Better Turn them out, than Turn Go… out …

    Cotton Mather · Small Offers Towards the Service of the Tabernacle · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … interpoſed between us and our danger, it was at the time when we were e'eneven ripe for our deſtruction Indeed we do not know yet what our danger was …
    With rule
    … interpoſed between us and our danger, it was at the time when we were e'eneven ripe for our deſtruction Indeed we do not know yet what our danger was …

    John Oakes · The Last Sermon and Sayings · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 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.

The Different Humors of Men A59606

  • Printed
    … ſay, that if I have any fault to find, you believe will remedy it. E'enEven let 'em be gone then: for this is the fault that I find, that …
    With rule
    … ſay, that if I have any fault to find, you believe will remedy it. E'enEven let 'em be gone then: for this is the fault that I find, that …

    Samuel Shaw · The Different Humors of Men · p. 37 · Open in the reader