Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11243 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

commaundecommand

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

Puritas changed it: 802 times in 244 works
Consistency: 98.7% (802 of 812)
Reach if approved: ~853 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: command
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 812 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (802 changes in 244 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 802)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſure that no man, nother byſſhoppe nor pope / no nor aungels, maye ordayne or commaundecommand any thynge contrarye / dyſagreinge or repungnyng to y^e thre fyrſt cōmaūdemētes & theyr workes. But …
With rule
… ſure that no man, nother byſſhoppe nor pope / no nor aungels, maye ordayne or commaundecommand any thynge contrarye / dyſagreinge or repungnyng to y^e thre fyrſt cōmaūdemētes & theyr workes. But …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… was founde with childe by the holye Ghost. 1. Cor. 7. 10. And to the maried I commaundecommand, not I but the Lorde: Let not the wife ſeparate her ſelfe from her …
With rule
… was founde with childe by the holye Ghost. 1. Cor. 7. 10. And to the maried I commaundecommand, not I but the Lorde: Let not the wife ſeparate her ſelfe from her …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Churche. The whole legion of deuils besoughte Christ, that he woulde not commaundecommand them to descende into the deepe, but at the least that he woulde suffer …
With rule
… to the Churche. The whole legion of deuils besoughte Christ, that he woulde not commaundecommand them to descende into the deepe, but at the least that he woulde suffer …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… to all that I ſhall ſende the, and ſhal ſpeke al that I ſhall commaundecommand the Feare not before theyr faces, for I am with the to delyuer the …
With rule
… to all that I ſhall ſende the, and ſhal ſpeke al that I ſhall commaundecommand the Feare not before theyr faces, for I am with the to delyuer the …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… subiectes or peoples / to make lawes / decrees / statutes / and constytucyons / yca / and to publysshe / commaundecommand / and compell theyr seyd subiectes / & peoples to the obseruacyon of them.
With rule
… subiectes or peoples / to make lawes / decrees / statutes / and constytucyons / yca / and to publysshe / commaundecommand / and compell theyr seyd subiectes / & peoples to the obseruacyon of them.
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
… neyther is it in owr power to change it in other, nor yet to commaundecommand it not ſo to be obſerued, though we in owr owne conſcyence accordinge to …
With rule
… neyther is it in owr power to change it in other, nor yet to commaundecommand it not ſo to be obſerued, though we in owr owne conſcyence accordinge to …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Alſo this is worſe, then that: viz. to forbid the true Ministery and to commaundecommand a falſe: which we in England doe. Ergo we are departers from the faith.
With rule
… Alſo this is worſe, then that: viz. to forbid the true Ministery and to commaundecommand a falſe: which we in England doe. Ergo we are departers from the faith.
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
But oure Sauiour Chryste dyd not onely commaundecommand hys dyscyples to praye, but fell downe vpon hys knees flat vppon the grounde …
With rule
But oure Sauiour Chryste dyd not onely commaundecommand hys dyscyples to praye, but fell downe vpon hys knees flat vppon the grounde …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · 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.

A Faithful Admonition A04926

Printed
… immediatly after he heard his masters voice, he sayeth: Lorde, yf it be thou, CommaundeCommand me to come vnto the vpon the waters. Here maye be sene, what Christes …
With rule
… immediatly after he heard his masters voice, he sayeth: Lorde, yf it be thou, CommaundeCommand me to come vnto the vpon the waters. Here maye be sene, what Christes …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

Printed
… thought vnlike, that our Masse hath thereof borrowed her name. For as Satan said: CommaundeCommand that these stones be made bread: so say the priests in their Masse: Command …
With rule
… thought vnlike, that our Masse hath thereof borrowed her name. For as Satan said: CommaundeCommand that these stones be made bread: so say the priests in their Masse: Command …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil A14176

Printed
(CommaundeCommand that these stones bee made bread) this is the second braunche of this temptation …
With rule
(CommaundeCommand that these stones bee made bread) this is the second braunche of this temptation …
John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader

Answer to Campian the Jesuit A15057

Printed
… Chriſt. Tell me, Campian, haue you any face to defend theſe your ſentences following? CommaundeCommand him by thy motherly authoritie; and thoſe which are often chaunted in the rude …
With rule
… Chriſt. Tell me, Campian, haue you any face to defend theſe your ſentences following? CommaundeCommand him by thy motherly authoritie; and thoſe which are often chaunted in the rude …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 275 · Open in the reader

The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry A15431

Printed
… of Christ: here then the priest is made a mediator for Christ. And agayne, CommaundeCommand thou these to be brought by the handes of the holy Angel into heauen …
With rule
… of Christ: here then the priest is made a mediator for Christ. And agayne, CommaundeCommand thou these to be brought by the handes of the holy Angel into heauen …
Andrew Willet · The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
What we must doe when the thing that God doth CommaundeCommand vs seemeth strange.
With rule
What we must doe when the thing that God doth CommaundeCommand vs seemeth strange.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader