Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11715 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

authoursauthors

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

Puritas changed it: 2,233 times in 658 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,233 of 2,236)
Reach if approved: ~2,353 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: authors
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,239 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,233 changes in 658 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,233)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
1 Becauſe they are the authoursauthors and beginning of ſinne, Ioh. 8.44.
With rule
1 Becauſe they are the authoursauthors and beginning of ſinne, Ioh. 8.44.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… miniſter of the Goſpel ſhould borrow ſome expreſſions or phraſes of ſpeech from heathen authoursauthors, is his ſermon forthwith the invention or deviſe of an heathen? It is as …
With rule
… miniſter of the Goſpel ſhould borrow ſome expreſſions or phraſes of ſpeech from heathen authoursauthors, is his ſermon forthwith the invention or deviſe of an heathen? It is as …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the text ſaith here, they are now hidden from thine eyes, yee are not AuthoursAuthors and Patrons of this grace, yee are not givers of this mercy, it is …
With rule
… the text ſaith here, they are now hidden from thine eyes, yee are not AuthoursAuthors and Patrons of this grace, yee are not givers of this mercy, it is …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Cales. Now by the direction of theſe Indices, the ancient Fathers and firſt AuthoursAuthors are made to ſpeake not their owne words and meaning, but what the late …
With rule
… of Cales. Now by the direction of theſe Indices, the ancient Fathers and firſt AuthoursAuthors are made to ſpeake not their owne words and meaning, but what the late …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… same to passe: for Satan moued him so to doe. Euen so when these authoursauthors and maintayners of hereticall doctrine are manifestly conuinced, yet Satan will not so geue …
With rule
… same to passe: for Satan moued him so to doe. Euen so when these authoursauthors and maintayners of hereticall doctrine are manifestly conuinced, yet Satan will not so geue …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… profeſſed Chriſtians, being of three ſortes, Proteſtants, Papiſts, and Neutrals: the Papiſts being the AuthoursAuthors, both of their owne wilfull errours, and of the Neutrals ignorant errours are therfore …
With rule
… profeſſed Chriſtians, being of three ſortes, Proteſtants, Papiſts, and Neutrals: the Papiſts being the AuthoursAuthors, both of their owne wilfull errours, and of the Neutrals ignorant errours are therfore …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
But becauſe the authoursauthors of theſe relations and obſervations are not beyond exception, I will rather conclude this …
With rule
But becauſe the authoursauthors of theſe relations and obſervations are not beyond exception, I will rather conclude this …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… de tempore and de Sanctis, of which some one is ascribed to so many authoursauthors, were either written by Augustine, or by any of those times, the stile is …
With rule
… de tempore and de Sanctis, of which some one is ascribed to so many authoursauthors, were either written by Augustine, or by any of those times, the stile is …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 157 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

The History of the Holy War A01342

Printed
AUthoursAuthors differ on the death of this noble King: some making him to die of …
With rule
AUthoursAuthors differ on the death of this noble King: some making him to die of …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

Printed
THE AUTHOURSAUTHORS ADVERTISEMENT TOUCHING THE Publiſhing of this COMMFNTARY.
With rule
THE AUTHOURSAUTHORS ADVERTISEMENT TOUCHING THE Publiſhing of this COMMFNTARY.
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 1 · Open in the reader