Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11294 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thetherthither

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

Puritas changed it: 586 times in 177 works
Consistency: 98.8% (586 of 593)
Reach if approved: ~623 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thither
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 593 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (586 changes in 177 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 586)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The meaning is plain, and the vvords expresse, that they vvere not to go thetherthither to offend, and play the harlot, in ioyning to Idols, vers. 15. 16. 17. This I graunt …
With rule
The meaning is plain, and the vvords expresse, that they vvere not to go thetherthither to offend, and play the harlot, in ioyning to Idols, vers. 15. 16. 17. This I graunt …
John Robinson · The Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of England · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from them? Yea farther, ſeeing theſe perſecutions aſſure them, and prepare them to come thetherthither, Ieſus Chriſt addeth that wee are bleſſed, and that wee ought to skip for …
With rule
… from them? Yea farther, ſeeing theſe perſecutions aſſure them, and prepare them to come thetherthither, Ieſus Chriſt addeth that wee are bleſſed, and that wee ought to skip for …
Jean Taffin · The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… interceſſion for vs: But here in this place, the Angelles muſt carie him vp thetherthither: for they would deale with him in heauen, euen as they deale with him …
With rule
… interceſſion for vs: But here in this place, the Angelles muſt carie him vp thetherthither: for they would deale with him in heauen, euen as they deale with him …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt ſuffer our ſelues to bee gouerned by the holye ſcripture, referring our ſelues thetherthither without ſeeking wiſedome in any other place.
With rule
… muſt ſuffer our ſelues to bee gouerned by the holye ſcripture, referring our ſelues thetherthither without ſeeking wiſedome in any other place.
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kingdome. Dauid is conſtrayned to flie from Ieruſalem, leauing ſome of his wiues there: thetherthither commeth Abſhalom, and by the counſell of Achitophel cauſeth a tent to be ſpread …
With rule
… kingdome. Dauid is conſtrayned to flie from Ieruſalem, leauing ſome of his wiues there: thetherthither commeth Abſhalom, and by the counſell of Achitophel cauſeth a tent to be ſpread …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sermon, I could not slepe al this last night & I am going now thetherthither, I neuersayled of a good nap there. And so I had rather ye shold …
With rule
… the Sermon, I could not slepe al this last night & I am going now thetherthither, I neuersayled of a good nap there. And so I had rather ye shold …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God of al the moſt holieſt, hearing there lawful prayer driuynge hym hether and thetherthither, whyche was puffed vp by vyolence and great ſtoubernes, euen as the wynd doth …
With rule
… God of al the moſt holieſt, hearing there lawful prayer driuynge hym hether and thetherthither, whyche was puffed vp by vyolence and great ſtoubernes, euen as the wynd doth …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
… but their hatred vnto Siō is, that neuer I feare me, meaning to go thetherthither, and conſtrained by lawe to be enemies vnto the other, they haue of the …
With rule
… but their hatred vnto Siō is, that neuer I feare me, meaning to go thetherthither, and conſtrained by lawe to be enemies vnto the other, they haue of the …
John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 67 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 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.

The History of Britain A50902

Printed
… places Ditch't round and with a Mud Wall encompaſs'd againſt the inrodes of Enemies. ThetherThither goes Caeſar with his Legions, and though a place of great ſtrength both by …
With rule
… places Ditch't round and with a Mud Wall encompaſs'd againſt the inrodes of Enemies. ThetherThither goes Caeſar with his Legions, and though a place of great ſtrength both by …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Continent about Meanesborow in Hantſhir, which Wulfer had a little before gott'n from Kenwalk. ThetherThither Wilfrid takes his journey, and with the help of other Spiritual Labourers about him …
With rule
… Continent about Meanesborow in Hantſhir, which Wulfer had a little before gott'n from Kenwalk. ThetherThither Wilfrid takes his journey, and with the help of other Spiritual Labourers about him …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hoſtages giv'n on either ſide, the whole cauſe ſhould be again debated at London. ThetherThither the King and Lords coming with thir Army, ſent to Godwin and his Sons …
With rule
… Hoſtages giv'n on either ſide, the whole cauſe ſhould be again debated at London. ThetherThither the King and Lords coming with thir Army, ſent to Godwin and his Sons …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 280 · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

Printed
… and they may expect from him, whatſoever may be done without prejudice of piety. ThetherThither alſo was Vergerius ſent, who had been oft in Germany, but now under colour …
With rule
… and they may expect from him, whatſoever may be done without prejudice of piety. ThetherThither alſo was Vergerius ſent, who had been oft in Germany, but now under colour …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 109 · Open in the reader

The Kings Chronicle A96897

Printed
… himſelfe, knows which way to looke, puts-up a ſweet Prayer for his People: ThetherThither they came in great multitudes, with their faces ſtedfaſtly ſet to Jeruſalem, and with …
With rule
… himſelfe, knows which way to looke, puts-up a ſweet Prayer for his People: ThetherThither they came in great multitudes, with their faces ſtedfaſtly ſet to Jeruſalem, and with …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle · p. 91 · Open in the reader