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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11400 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cānotcannot

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

Puritas changed it
1,305 times in 480 works
Consistency
99.8% (1,305 of 1,307)
Reach if approved
~1,373 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,307 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
cānot (2)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,305 changes in 480 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,305)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … obedience vnto this diuine precept of holding that which we had from Chriſt, we cānotcannot hold with thē, but muſt hold againſt them that withdraw vs to Antichriſt.
    With rule
    … obedience vnto this diuine precept of holding that which we had from Chriſt, we cānotcannot hold with thē, but muſt hold againſt them that withdraw vs to Antichriſt.

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to ſtope with flying away with your fine Phiſik with al your inuenciō, you cānotcannot auoide it, he ſuffereth you yet to liue & behold it in others that he …
    With rule
    … to ſtope with flying away with your fine Phiſik with al your inuenciō, you cānotcannot auoide it, he ſuffereth you yet to liue & behold it in others that he …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … godly; for it makes his croſſes as ſhort, as the others comforts; the wicked cānotcannot promiſe to himſelfe comforts of an howres length, nor may the godly threaten himſelfe …
    With rule
    … godly; for it makes his croſſes as ſhort, as the others comforts; the wicked cānotcannot promiſe to himſelfe comforts of an howres length, nor may the godly threaten himſelfe …

    Robert Harris · Samuels Funeral · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … received for holy and good, becauſe the Hyrarchy of Rome, ſay in words they cānotcannot err. And wee beſeech our lord the K. to ſee that the Hyrarchy of …
    With rule
    … received for holy and good, becauſe the Hyrarchy of Rome, ſay in words they cānotcannot err. And wee beſeech our lord the K. to ſee that the Hyrarchy of …

    Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … faith. I would cōe to the next branch, which is of Prayer, but I cānotcannot lay this matter out of my hāds, til I haue added somwhat for the …
    With rule
    … faith. I would cōe to the next branch, which is of Prayer, but I cānotcannot lay this matter out of my hāds, til I haue added somwhat for the …

    Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … our miſ… ries. Nay ſayth he We haue not an high prie…t which cānotcannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but hee was in all things …
    With rule
    … our miſ… ries. Nay ſayth he We haue not an high prie…t which cānotcannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but hee was in all things …

    Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vtterly & totally are termes equiualent, and it is certain, that whosoeuer falleth not totally, cānotcannot fall finally. The second proposition may be deduced out of Psa. 89. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.
    With rule
    … vtterly & totally are termes equiualent, and it is certain, that whosoeuer falleth not totally, cānotcannot fall finally. The second proposition may be deduced out of Psa. 89. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … hée) why a Catholike can not yeeld to go to church, is because he cānotcannot go without scandale, which is a sin more mentioned, more forwarned, more forbidden, more …
    With rule
    … hée) why a Catholike can not yeeld to go to church, is because he cānotcannot go without scandale, which is a sin more mentioned, more forwarned, more forbidden, more …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · 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.