Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11120 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

authourauthor

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

Puritas changed it: 7,484 times in 1,414 works
Consistency: 99.8% (7,484 of 7,493)
Reach if approved: ~7,875 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: author
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,495 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,484 changes in 1,414 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,484)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… then the deuyles deluſion. Let the author of truth be heard, and banyſh the authourauthor of lyes. The Lord God ſayth by his holye Prophete Ezechiel. Ezechiel. xxxiiii. I …
With rule
… then the deuyles deluſion. Let the author of truth be heard, and banyſh the authourauthor of lyes. The Lord God ſayth by his holye Prophete Ezechiel. Ezechiel. xxxiiii. I …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… my heart be ſo ſet upon my joy, as to make me forget the AuthourAuthor of my joy? No, O God, my joy hath ſo ſure a foundation, that …
With rule
… my heart be ſo ſet upon my joy, as to make me forget the AuthourAuthor of my joy? No, O God, my joy hath ſo ſure a foundation, that …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy AuthourAuthor foretels much: alas! weake frend:
With rule
Thy AuthourAuthor foretels much: alas! weake frend:
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
But authourauthor yet sufficient hath neuer forth ben brought
With rule
But authourauthor yet sufficient hath neuer forth ben brought
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſhuld ſay, both in regard of the worke it ſelfe, and alſo the AuthourAuthor, that it were no ſmall honour vnto a Chriſtian Noble-man, that they come …
With rule
… I ſhuld ſay, both in regard of the worke it ſelfe, and alſo the AuthourAuthor, that it were no ſmall honour vnto a Chriſtian Noble-man, that they come …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, deſpiſed the ſhame or croſſe: If our eyes be fixed upon Ieſus, the authourauthor and finiſher of our faith, we ſhall goe thtough honour, and diſhonour, ſo as …
With rule
… him, deſpiſed the ſhame or croſſe: If our eyes be fixed upon Ieſus, the authourauthor and finiſher of our faith, we ſhall goe thtough honour, and diſhonour, ſo as …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make him lie vnto the holy Ghost, and so led him into tentation, being authourauthor and causer of that hainous sinne.
With rule
… make him lie vnto the holy Ghost, and so led him into tentation, being authourauthor and causer of that hainous sinne.
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 497 · Open in the reader
Printed
… late editions of Cyprian, (for in the auncienter of them it is not;) the AuthourAuthor whereof, who euer he were, ( sure Cyprian he was not; the rudenesse of the …
With rule
… late editions of Cyprian, (for in the auncienter of them it is not;) the AuthourAuthor whereof, who euer he were, ( sure Cyprian he was not; the rudenesse of the …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 210 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
TO THE LEARNED AUTHOURAUTHOR, SONNE AND BROTHER TO two judicious Poets, himself the third, not second to either.
With rule
TO THE LEARNED AUTHOURAUTHOR, SONNE AND BROTHER TO two judicious Poets, himself the third, not second to either.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · Open in the reader

The Souls Vocation A03615

Printed
Severall Treatiſes of this AUTHOURAUTHOR.
With rule
Severall Treatiſes of this AUTHOURAUTHOR.
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · Open in the reader

Sighs from Hell A30203

Printed
The AUTHOURAUTHOR to the READER.
With rule
The AUTHOURAUTHOR to the READER.
John Bunyan · Sighs from Hell · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

Printed
THou art seriously to consider, that the Reverend AuTHOURAuthor did not cite Scriptures by number, but weight: He did not jumble Scriptures together …
With rule
THou art seriously to consider, that the Reverend AuTHOURAuthor did not cite Scriptures by number, but weight: He did not jumble Scriptures together …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

Reply to the Frivolous and Impertinent Answer of RB A78137

Printed
… are vindicated from the exceptions of R. B. and further cleared by the ſame AUTHOURAUTHOR.
With rule
… are vindicated from the exceptions of R. B. and further cleared by the ſame AUTHOURAUTHOR.
Praise-God Barebone · Reply to the Frivolous and Impertinent Answer of RB · Open in the reader

The Morning Exercise Methodized A81247

Printed
… darkneſs at all; This, againſt them that moſt blaſphemouſly aſſerted, GOD TO BE THE AUTHOURAUTHOR OF SIN, &c. againſt whom alſo Saint James contends, Jam. 1. ver. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
With rule
… darkneſs at all; This, againſt them that moſt blaſphemouſly aſſerted, GOD TO BE THE AUTHOURAUTHOR OF SIN, &c. againſt whom alſo Saint James contends, Jam. 1. ver. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 13 · Open in the reader

An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church A89681

Printed
THE COPY OF A LETTER Written by a Divine, A Friend of the AUTHOURAUTHOR.
With rule
THE COPY OF A LETTER Written by a Divine, A Friend of the AUTHOURAUTHOR.
William Nicholson · An Apology for the Discipline of the Ancient Church · Open in the reader

Romanism Discussed A94737

Printed
AN EPISTLE SENT BY M^r. RICHARD BAXTER To the AUTHOURAUTHOR, to be prefixed.
With rule
AN EPISTLE SENT BY M^r. RICHARD BAXTER To the AUTHOURAUTHOR, to be prefixed.
John Tombes · Romanism Discussed · Open in the reader