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wheraswhereas

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

Puritas changed it
3,429 times in 868 works
Consistency
99.6% (3,429 of 3,440)
Reach if approved
~3,619 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whereas
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3,444 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,429 changes in 868 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,429)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … it was heauenly fyre, condensede or made thick, into a circle, & so became visible, wheraswhereas the rest for the purenes, clearenes, and thinnes, could not be séene.
    With rule
    … it was heauenly fyre, condensede or made thick, into a circle, & so became visible, wheraswhereas the rest for the purenes, clearenes, and thinnes, could not be séene.

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … honour of God, and the moſt of yours in the honour of creatures: for wheraswhereas you haue one Church in the honour of Chriſt, you haue neare a thouſand …
    With rule
    … honour of God, and the moſt of yours in the honour of creatures: for wheraswhereas you haue one Church in the honour of Chriſt, you haue neare a thouſand …

    William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … miſerie, they woulde neither ſpare night nor day in trauelling to haue it eaſed: wheraswhereas now contrariwiſe they can pull backe men, from godlineſſe, and diſcourage them from ſeeking …
    With rule
    … miſerie, they woulde neither ſpare night nor day in trauelling to haue it eaſed: wheraswhereas now contrariwiſe they can pull backe men, from godlineſſe, and diſcourage them from ſeeking …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … he cals Councells, enacts lawes, teacheth many Parliaments the promulgation of bloudy Statutes: and wheraswhereas other lawes of Princes (tending to the ruine of iniquitie) are euer neglected, those …
    With rule
    … he cals Councells, enacts lawes, teacheth many Parliaments the promulgation of bloudy Statutes: and wheraswhereas other lawes of Princes (tending to the ruine of iniquitie) are euer neglected, those …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 151 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and mine / he hauing accused me of a fundamētall heresie (as he calleth it) wheraswhereas he himself still maintayneth most grosse errors / wher of I reproued him / yet he …
    With rule
    … and mine / he hauing accused me of a fundamētall heresie (as he calleth it) wheraswhereas he himself still maintayneth most grosse errors / wher of I reproued him / yet he …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … making ſure work for his poſterity after him, than the obeying of Gods Word. WherasWhereas a gracious heart hath his conuerſation in ſimplicitie, not ſubtilty; in godly pureneſſe, not …
    With rule
    … making ſure work for his poſterity after him, than the obeying of Gods Word. WherasWhereas a gracious heart hath his conuerſation in ſimplicitie, not ſubtilty; in godly pureneſſe, not …

    Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 185 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Christ, is to eate it corporally, not Sacramentally, carnally, not spiritually; properly, not figuratively▪ wheraswhereas to believe in Christs Incarnation, to bee partaker of the benefits of his Passion …
    With rule
    … Christ, is to eate it corporally, not Sacramentally, carnally, not spiritually; properly, not figuratively▪ wheraswhereas to believe in Christs Incarnation, to bee partaker of the benefits of his Passion …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſéeking by all meanes poſſible, to aboliſh the bookes which before he had written: & wheraswhereas before he preferred generall councels before the P. now being P. he did decrée …
    With rule
    … ſéeking by all meanes poſſible, to aboliſh the bookes which before he had written: & wheraswhereas before he preferred generall councels before the P. now being P. he did decrée …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 385 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

10 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.

Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers A02198

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas I alledged out of the 8. to the Rom. and out of the 4. to the …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas I alledged out of the 8. to the Rom. and out of the 4. to the …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Brutish Thunderbolt A03718

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas of late there was a declaration pronoūced by Pope SIXTVS the fift of that …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas of late there was a declaration pronoūced by Pope SIXTVS the fift of that …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Animadversion to Cliftons Advertisement A10620

  • Printed
    1. WHerasWhereas (say they) wee had learned and professed, that Christ was the onely King and …
    With rule
    1. WHerasWhereas (say they) wee had learned and professed, that Christ was the onely King and …

    Henry Ainsworth · Animadversion to Cliftons Advertisement · p. 110 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Pretended Christians Plea for the Church of Rome A13295

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas the Lord testifieth of Israel, that she was not his wife, nor he her …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas the Lord testifieth of Israel, that she was not his wife, nor he her …

    Henry Ainsworth · A Reply to a Pretended Christians Plea for the Church of Rome · p. 174 · Open in the reader

An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion A16951

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas a modeſt & a learned Iew of Constantinopole, holden to be the beſt learned Iewe …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas a modeſt & a learned Iew of Constantinopole, holden to be the beſt learned Iewe …

    Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas I haue made mention of the names of thoſe kings vnto whom I had …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas I haue made mention of the names of thoſe kings vnto whom I had …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas some men haue thought and reported it to be a fault and negligence in …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas some men haue thought and reported it to be a fault and negligence in …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas I Robert Rainsford preaching at Saint Maries in Oxford the 12. day of Auguſt 1632. and …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas I Robert Rainsford preaching at Saint Maries in Oxford the 12. day of Auguſt 1632. and …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 511 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas Christ at his last supper, took bread, & whē he had geuē thanks he brake …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas Christ at his last supper, took bread, & whē he had geuē thanks he brake …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1973 · Open in the reader

A Necessary Admonition out of the Prophet Joel A73585

  • Printed
    WHerasWhereas (gentle Reader) this admonition of mine out of the Prophet Ioel was to haue …
    With rule
    WHerasWhereas (gentle Reader) this admonition of mine out of the Prophet Ioel was to haue …

    Edmund Bunny · A Necessary Admonition out of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader