Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11047 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shewsshows

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

Puritas changed it: 17,089 times in 2,684 works
Consistency: 100% (17,089 of 17,089)
Reach if approved: ~17,958 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shows
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 17,091 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (17,089 changes in 2,684 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 17,089)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… So likewiſe, when in caſting that thing, thou didſt ſeeke at his hands, he ſhewsshows an extraordinary hand in turning it; it is a ſigne he had a reſpect …
With rule
… So likewiſe, when in caſting that thing, thou didſt ſeeke at his hands, he ſhewsshows an extraordinary hand in turning it; it is a ſigne he had a reſpect …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… great paines to be religious; ſome generall deſires, ſome ſuperficiall good meanings, ſome formall ſhewsshows, ſome deuotion now and then by fits, ſome few actions of charity; this is …
With rule
… great paines to be religious; ſome generall deſires, ſome ſuperficiall good meanings, ſome formall ſhewsshows, ſome deuotion now and then by fits, ſome few actions of charity; this is …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the body, no pleaſure but in Epicuriſme, ſurfetting, drunkenneſſe, chambering, and wantonneſſe; but Chriſt ſhewsshows his ſpouſe againe in godlineſſe. Secondly, honour in being in favour at the Court …
With rule
… the body, no pleaſure but in Epicuriſme, ſurfetting, drunkenneſſe, chambering, and wantonneſſe; but Chriſt ſhewsshows his ſpouſe againe in godlineſſe. Secondly, honour in being in favour at the Court …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… word purely taught, and the Sacraments rightly adminiſtred; and to account all the faire ſhewsshows of the Church of Rome in the antiquity, vniuerſality, &c. but as the whiting …
With rule
… word purely taught, and the Sacraments rightly adminiſtred; and to account all the faire ſhewsshows of the Church of Rome in the antiquity, vniuerſality, &c. but as the whiting …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… combate: for it fighteth with doubting, dispaire, and distrust. And in this combate, faith shewsshows it selfe, by seruent, constant, and earnest inuocation for pardon: and after inuocation followes …
With rule
… combate: for it fighteth with doubting, dispaire, and distrust. And in this combate, faith shewsshows it selfe, by seruent, constant, and earnest inuocation for pardon: and after inuocation followes …
William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… loue it: so as successiuely it hath beene spread ouer all the world. Which shewsshows against the Atheist, That the word taught by the Prophets and Apostles, is indeed …
With rule
… loue it: so as successiuely it hath beene spread ouer all the world. Which shewsshows against the Atheist, That the word taught by the Prophets and Apostles, is indeed …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and God resists him. But God gives grace to the humble, that is, he shewsshows favour to him, & whatsoever he asketh he will grant him.
With rule
… and God resists him. But God gives grace to the humble, that is, he shewsshows favour to him, & whatsoever he asketh he will grant him.
John Preston · Grace to the Humble · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by his active, & ſatisfied God for our tranſgreſſions by his paſſive obedience. Obedience moſt ſhewsshows it ſelfe in doing or ſuffering ſuch things as are moſt croſſe & repugnant to …
With rule
… by his active, & ſatisfied God for our tranſgreſſions by his paſſive obedience. Obedience moſt ſhewsshows it ſelfe in doing or ſuffering ſuch things as are moſt croſſe & repugnant to …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 720 · 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.