Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9940 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

e'erever

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

Puritas changed it: 191 times in 78 works
Consistency: 95.0% (191 of 201)
Reach if approved: ~213 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 203 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (191 changes in 78 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 191)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
What may fall out, e'erever th'Morning Star reveal'd;
With rule
What may fall out, e'erever th'Morning Star reveal'd;
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brings to Men? Name me that Vice which improves our Reaſon, or makes us e'erever a whit the wiſer; that tends to the Peace and Satisfaction of our Minds …
With rule
… brings to Men? Name me that Vice which improves our Reaſon, or makes us e'erever a whit the wiſer; that tends to the Peace and Satisfaction of our Minds …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · p. 406 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mines, and for Furrs, a very conſiderable Service. But if a ſmaller Service has, e'erever-now, ever merited a Knighthood, Sir William was willing to Repeat his Merits, by …
With rule
… Mines, and for Furrs, a very conſiderable Service. But if a ſmaller Service has, e'erever-now, ever merited a Knighthood, Sir William was willing to Repeat his Merits, by …
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a little while e'erever all these storms will be composed into an everlasting calm, e'erever all these dismal clouds will vanish, and an eternal day break forth upon us …
With rule
… a little while e'erever all these storms will be composed into an everlasting calm, e'erever all these dismal clouds will vanish, and an eternal day break forth upon us …
John Scott · Sermon 23 October 1684 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… carelesly, and doth not mind his way, his Foot may be in a Slough e'erever he is aware: So with a Man's speaking, If he do not mind his …
With rule
… carelesly, and doth not mind his way, his Foot may be in a Slough e'erever he is aware: So with a Man's speaking, If he do not mind his …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 992 · Open in the reader
Printed
But, e'erever by force, you bend us, you will break us.
With rule
But, e'erever by force, you bend us, you will break us.
George Wither · An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his pleasures . But if you reject his Invitation, and refuse to come, you will e'erever long be parched up with a fiery Thirst, and perish with a burning Drought …
With rule
… his pleasures . But if you reject his Invitation, and refuse to come, you will e'erever long be parched up with a fiery Thirst, and perish with a burning Drought …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
Heaven is, dear LORD, where-e'erever Thou art.
With rule
Heaven is, dear LORD, where-e'erever Thou art.
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal of Voyage from Gibraltar to Savannah · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Song of Songs A27602

Printed
E'erEver which all Emblems of Time ſealed new
With rule
E'erEver which all Emblems of Time ſealed new
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
E'erEver drew in Prophecy ſo Rich a Frame,
With rule
E'erEver drew in Prophecy ſo Rich a Frame,
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Song of Songs · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Zion in Distress 2 A47095

Printed
E'erEver ſwaid a Scepter; nay, I add much more;
With rule
E'erEver ſwaid a Scepter; nay, I add much more;
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow A47500

Printed
E'erEver long my Foot thy Neck shall tread,
With rule
E'erEver long my Foot thy Neck shall tread,
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons N01403

Printed
… slain the Servants that kept them; and he only had escaped to tell it. E'erEver he had finish…d his sad Story, a Second rushes in, in a Fright …
With rule
… slain the Servants that kept them; and he only had escaped to tell it. E'erEver he had finish…d his sad Story, a Second rushes in, in a Fright …
John Barnard · Two Sermons · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo N03778

Printed
… ssed be GOD, the Work of our Blessed EMANUEL is every where carrying on. E'erEver long I expect that mighty Things will be brought to pass. Oh that the …
With rule
… ssed be GOD, the Work of our Blessed EMANUEL is every where carrying on. E'erEver long I expect that mighty Things will be brought to pass. Oh that the …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo · p. 195 · Open in the reader