Overhead and ears.—“We went in overhead and ears.” Say overhead. The head carries the ears. But “overhead and ears in debt” is a phrase which it will be hard to abolish.
Partial, Partially.—“This view is partially correct.” “Partly correct,” or “in part correct,” is better. Partially means, properly, one sided, with bias.
Persuasion, in the sense of religious denomination or belief, is objectional. Sect, denomination, belief, or “school of belief,” are proper substitutes.
Plunge down.—“He plunged down into the stream.” Omit down.
Possessives.—
Rule.—Use the apostrophe and the letter s (or change the form) only when the noun (or pronoun) itself represents the possessor.
This is a photograph of my uncle.
She is a servant of my aunt’s.
This is a criticism of John. (Some one else wrote it about John.)
This is an opinion of John’s. (John’s opinion; that is, John uttered it.)