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copulatiuecopulative

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
144 times in 67 works
Consistency
89.4% (144 of 161)
Reach if approved
~169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: copulative
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
161 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (144 changes in 67 works, 89.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 144)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſword pierceth to the ſoule: that is, notwithſtanding the ſword, &c. for heere the copulatiuecopulative, is put for the aduerſatiue.
    With rule
    … ſword pierceth to the ſoule: that is, notwithſtanding the ſword, &c. for heere the copulatiuecopulative, is put for the aduerſatiue.

    John Calvin · Lectures on Jeremiah · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that which we lent: so that our Sauiour Christ requireth both, as in a copulatiuecopulative sentence (the notes whereof be, not onely, but also) but commendeth the latter especially …
    With rule
    … that which we lent: so that our Sauiour Christ requireth both, as in a copulatiuecopulative sentence (the notes whereof be, not onely, but also) but commendeth the latter especially …

    George Downame · Lectures on the 25th Psalm · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … And ſhe did not know that I gaue her corne, &c. By this coniunction copulatiuecopulative he knitteth theſe words with the former, and ſheweth that God iuſtly puniſhed them …
    With rule
    … And ſhe did not know that I gaue her corne, &c. By this coniunction copulatiuecopulative he knitteth theſe words with the former, and ſheweth that God iuſtly puniſhed them …

    John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and not copulatiuecopulative, wee were driuen to the wall: But seeing the Hebrue coniunction copulatiuecopulative must be expounded according to the sense, you do very vnskilfully, to cōclude the …
    With rule
    … and not copulatiuecopulative, wee were driuen to the wall: But seeing the Hebrue coniunction copulatiuecopulative must be expounded according to the sense, you do very vnskilfully, to cōclude the …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 447 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Apoſtle in Epheſ. 4, 11. ſeemeth rather to joyne them together as one, by the conjunction copulatiuecopulative KAI, And: then to diſtinguish them, as being ſeverall, the one from the other.
    With rule
    … Apoſtle in Epheſ. 4, 11. ſeemeth rather to joyne them together as one, by the conjunction copulatiuecopulative KAI, And: then to diſtinguish them, as being ſeverall, the one from the other.

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 259 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it faileth a man in all: and therefore faith is said to be wholly copulatiuecopulative. It is not sufficient to hold one article, but he that will hold any …
    With rule
    … it faileth a man in all: and therefore faith is said to be wholly copulatiuecopulative. It is not sufficient to hold one article, but he that will hold any …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Egypt, and not in the desert: to remooue this doubt, 1. some insert a coniunction copulatiuecopulative, and in the desert. Sept. Vatab. 2. Some doe vnderstand it of the wonders, which …
    With rule
    … Egypt, and not in the desert: to remooue this doubt, 1. some insert a coniunction copulatiuecopulative, and in the desert. Sept. Vatab. 2. Some doe vnderstand it of the wonders, which …

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Here the Pronowne They, the cloſe repetition of the Pronowne, That, & omiſſion of the copulatiuecopulative, vſuall in Prophetes, rare in common ſpeach, cauſed vs to amende the holy text …
    With rule
    … Here the Pronowne They, the cloſe repetition of the Pronowne, That, & omiſſion of the copulatiuecopulative, vſuall in Prophetes, rare in common ſpeach, cauſed vs to amende the holy text …

    Hugh Broughton · To the Learned Nobility of England Touching Bible Translation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net A00602

  • Printed
    … the Church, &c. and whether the names, &c. make but one whether; that the CopulatiueCopulative (and) coupleth nothing; that these words (It is not) in the singular, are to …
    With rule
    … the Church, &c. and whether the names, &c. make but one whether; that the CopulatiueCopulative (and) coupleth nothing; that these words (It is not) in the singular, are to …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … made by D. White and D. Featly about the Aduerb Vtrùm, whether, and the CopulatiueCopulative et, and; as if Grammar-scholars had been disputing, rather than graue Diuines, who …
    With rule
    … made by D. White and D. Featly about the Aduerb Vtrùm, whether, and the CopulatiueCopulative et, and; as if Grammar-scholars had been disputing, rather than graue Diuines, who …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Cardinall Bellarmine, so, who wier-drawes your Sacrifice of the Masse out of the CopulatiueCopulative (et) and: And he was a Priest of the most high God, &c. and …
    With rule
    … Cardinall Bellarmine, so, who wier-drawes your Sacrifice of the Masse out of the CopulatiueCopulative (et) and: And he was a Priest of the most high God, &c. and …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 62 · Open in the reader

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric A00630

  • Printed
    The true iudgement of this CopulatiueCopulative Axiome, dependeth vpon the trueth of euerie particular parte. For if all the partes …
    With rule
    The true iudgement of this CopulatiueCopulative Axiome, dependeth vpon the trueth of euerie particular parte. For if all the partes …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Logic Newly Translated A05111

  • Printed
    … The propoſition is congregatiue, when the coniunction gatherethe, and is eyther copulatiuecopulative or connexiue. CopulatiueCopulative, when the coniunction is copulatiuecopulative, as. Bothe Eurus and Africus ruſht forthe. Whoſe negation …
    With rule
    … The propoſition is congregatiue, when the coniunction gatherethe, and is eyther copulatiuecopulative or connexiue. CopulatiueCopulative, when the coniunction is copulatiuecopulative, as. Bothe Eurus and Africus ruſht forthe. Whoſe negation …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 A10170

  • Printed
    … figure be placed neither in the Subiect nor in the Attribute: but in the CopulatiueCopulative or kinde of attribution.
    With rule
    … figure be placed neither in the Subiect nor in the Attribute: but in the CopulatiueCopulative or kinde of attribution.

    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … felowſhip with the bodie of Chriſt. For there the figure is onely in the CopulatiueCopulative, that knitteth the matter together, to wit, a Sacramental Metonymie or tranſlation: but heere …
    With rule
    … felowſhip with the bodie of Chriſt. For there the figure is onely in the CopulatiueCopulative, that knitteth the matter together, to wit, a Sacramental Metonymie or tranſlation: but heere …

    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

  • Printed
    … not euer tenn commandements in it, and that the law is not of a CopulatiueCopulative nature. 2. It were moſt ſtrange to ſuppoſe, that God ſhould giue an example, more …
    With rule
    … not euer tenn commandements in it, and that the law is not of a CopulatiueCopulative nature. 2. It were moſt ſtrange to ſuppoſe, that God ſhould giue an example, more …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 570 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    The Coniunction CopulatiueCopulative may be reſolued into the Diſiunctiue, as if he would ſay, Be ſure that …
    With rule
    The Coniunction CopulatiueCopulative may be reſolued into the Diſiunctiue, as if he would ſay, Be ſure that …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … no vvood? For the particle …th often ſignifies as much as Againſt; and the CopulatiueCopulative Vau is alſo often ſuperfluous. And thus we ſhall haue a cleare expoſition, and …
    With rule
    … no vvood? For the particle …th often ſignifies as much as Againſt; and the CopulatiueCopulative Vau is alſo often ſuperfluous. And thus we ſhall haue a cleare expoſition, and …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 120 · Open in the reader