Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #10990 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shuldshould

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 5,531 times in 446 works
Consistency: 99.7% (5,531 of 5,546)
Reach if approved: ~5,827 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: should
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,546 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,531 changes in 446 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,531)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wele haue knowne their bawdye hypocresye. If their vnuirginall vowes had not bene, lyttle shuldshould the worlde haue neded thys lecherouse lernynge. Honest marryage hath no knowlege therof, and …
With rule
… wele haue knowne their bawdye hypocresye. If their vnuirginall vowes had not bene, lyttle shuldshould the worlde haue neded thys lecherouse lernynge. Honest marryage hath no knowlege therof, and …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whych shuldshould ouer rōne, thys realme yet ones agayne.
With rule
Whych shuldshould ouer rōne, thys realme yet ones agayne.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e woman bigger & bigger, til y^e fulnesse of hir time was come y^t she shuldshould be deliuered. Which was suche tyme as Christ appeared to the world, taught and …
With rule
… y^e woman bigger & bigger, til y^e fulnesse of hir time was come y^t she shuldshould be deliuered. Which was suche tyme as Christ appeared to the world, taught and …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his age, and partly for the affinities sake, that the king of Nauarres life shuldshould be saued. As for the Prince of Conde, it was doubted whether it were …
With rule
… his age, and partly for the affinities sake, that the king of Nauarres life shuldshould be saued. As for the Prince of Conde, it was doubted whether it were …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. l · Open in the reader
Printed
… Melchisedec yet hath he treuly iudged in this place of the Sacramēt, if I shuldshould rehears all suche sentences as maketh for this purpose out of the ancient Doctors …
With rule
… Melchisedec yet hath he treuly iudged in this place of the Sacramēt, if I shuldshould rehears all suche sentences as maketh for this purpose out of the ancient Doctors …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader
Printed
… as y^e Euangelist reporteth his words vsing foreign twise & foreign once. For by lording & ruling Peter shuldshould not so wel testifie his loue towards Christ, as by painefull feeding. And there …
With rule
… as y^e Euangelist reporteth his words vsing foreign twise & foreign once. For by lording & ruling Peter shuldshould not so wel testifie his loue towards Christ, as by painefull feeding. And there …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 418 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which God much abhorreth, as it may appeare by the penaltie, y^t the murtherer ſhuldshould without al pity be put to death.
With rule
… which God much abhorreth, as it may appeare by the penaltie, y^t the murtherer ſhuldshould without al pity be put to death.
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… for myne eies haue ſene thy ſaluaciō. And aiuſt cauſe why theſe laſte tymes ſhuldshould be loked for and made the marcke too ſhoote at and ende of all …
With rule
… for myne eies haue ſene thy ſaluaciō. And aiuſt cauſe why theſe laſte tymes ſhuldshould be loked for and made the marcke too ſhoote at and ende of all …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Anti-Prognostication A01297

Printed
ShuldShould for their cunnynge weare kinge Midas eares.
With rule
ShuldShould for their cunnynge weare kinge Midas eares.
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

Printed
… boast, that their good seruice was the cause that the Prīce did choose them, ShuldShould not euerie wise man mocke their vanitie, yea might not the Prince iustly depriue …
With rule
… boast, that their good seruice was the cause that the Prīce did choose them, ShuldShould not euerie wise man mocke their vanitie, yea might not the Prince iustly depriue …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 51 · Open in the reader

A Fruitful Treatise A06783

Printed
… head about like an hoope, & to lie vpon the earth in an heary cloth? ShuldShould that be called fastyng, or day that pleaseth the lord: Doth not thys fastynge …
With rule
… head about like an hoope, & to lie vpon the earth in an heary cloth? ShuldShould that be called fastyng, or day that pleaseth the lord: Doth not thys fastynge …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… a iuste cause. Why, saie thei, shal I suffer this, being so vnworthely prouoked? ShuldShould I by my sufferaunce, giue them an occasion to doe worsse? We maie not …
With rule
… a iuste cause. Why, saie thei, shal I suffer this, being so vnworthely prouoked? ShuldShould I by my sufferaunce, giue them an occasion to doe worsse? We maie not …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 48 · Open in the reader

The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction A13341

Printed
… glorie of God requireth it. Ought we to diſpute, whether we ought to obey? ShuldShould we doubt whether we will be faſhioned like his Image, and weare the liuerie …
With rule
… glorie of God requireth it. Ought we to diſpute, whether we ought to obey? ShuldShould we doubt whether we will be faſhioned like his Image, and weare the liuerie …
Jean Taffin · The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

Printed
… doctrine which is in them, is ſo extreme darckneſſe that they can nat ſe. ShuldShould god let his church erre (ſay they) Shulde our elders haue gon out of …
With rule
… doctrine which is in them, is ſo extreme darckneſſe that they can nat ſe. ShuldShould god let his church erre (ſay they) Shulde our elders haue gon out of …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. xcix · Open in the reader

The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A14354

Printed
… doth propounde his lawe / which is moste perfyte to be obserued of all men. ShuldShould men saye? we are weake / our nature is corrupte and infected / neither can we …
With rule
… doth propounde his lawe / which is moste perfyte to be obserued of all men. ShuldShould men saye? we are weake / our nature is corrupte and infected / neither can we …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Sermon of Repentance A16590

Printed
… good and wonderfull qualities as neuer prynce was from the begynnyng of y^e world. ShuldShould I ſpeak of his wyſedome? of his rypenes in iudgement? of his learning? of …
With rule
… good and wonderfull qualities as neuer prynce was from the begynnyng of y^e world. ShuldShould I ſpeak of his wyſedome? of his rypenes in iudgement? of his learning? of …
John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries A17692

Printed
… it be ſayth y^e ryche man that I ſhould leaue al that I haue? ShuldShould I thus ſpoile my ſelf of all my riches & poſſeſſions? I haue a wife …
With rule
… it be ſayth y^e ryche man that I ſhould leaue al that I haue? ShuldShould I thus ſpoile my ſelf of all my riches & poſſeſſions? I haue a wife …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad A19656

Printed
ShuldShould truly fullfyl the Moysaical law
With rule
ShuldShould truly fullfyl the Moysaical law
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
… how he had ſhewed them all the counſell of God & had kept nought backe. ShuldShould the lay people leſſe hearken vnto the expoſitions of the Prelates in doubtfull places …
With rule
… how he had ſhewed them all the counſell of God & had kept nought backe. ShuldShould the lay people leſſe hearken vnto the expoſitions of the Prelates in doubtfull places …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 319 · Open in the reader

Two Godly Sermons A69062

Printed
… away the burthen vnder the whiche we beganne to ſyncke. What had it byn? ShuldShould deathe haue ben deſtroyed? No: death had had the dominion ouer vs, deathe had …
With rule
… away the burthen vnder the whiche we beganne to ſyncke. What had it byn? ShuldShould deathe haue ben deſtroyed? No: death had had the dominion ouer vs, deathe had …
John Calvin · Two Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

Printed
… he had shewed thē all y^• counsell of god ād had kepte nought backe ShuldShould y^• laye people lesse herken▪ vnto y^• exposicions of the prelates in doutfull places …
With rule
… he had shewed thē all y^• counsell of god ād had kepte nought backe ShuldShould y^• laye people lesse herken▪ vnto y^• exposicions of the prelates in doutfull places …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader