Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11739 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

suddainlysuddenly

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

Puritas changed it: 730 times in 365 works
Consistency: 98.6% (730 of 740)
Reach if approved: ~778 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: suddenly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 740 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (730 changes in 365 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 730)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the day hath taken vs vp againe to begin our toyle with his, which ſuddainlysuddenly finds a period and concluſion and ſets it ſelfe againe in darkeneſſe which afterwards …
With rule
… the day hath taken vs vp againe to begin our toyle with his, which ſuddainlysuddenly finds a period and concluſion and ſets it ſelfe againe in darkeneſſe which afterwards …
William Crashaw · The Ambassador Between Heaven and Earth · Open in the reader
Printed
… as in a lumpe like a blacke cole, all men thinking him for dead, ſuddainlysuddenly roſe vpright before the people, lifting vp the ſtumpes of his armes, and clapping …
With rule
… as in a lumpe like a blacke cole, all men thinking him for dead, ſuddainlysuddenly roſe vpright before the people, lifting vp the ſtumpes of his armes, and clapping …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both ſuddainely dyed: the one was thruſt thorow with a dagger: the other dyed ſuddainlysuddenly of an Apoplexy: which is a diſeaſe ingendred of abundance of groſſe humors, which …
With rule
… both ſuddainely dyed: the one was thruſt thorow with a dagger: the other dyed ſuddainlysuddenly of an Apoplexy: which is a diſeaſe ingendred of abundance of groſſe humors, which …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Waldus, of whome came the Waldenses was one, one of them f…ll downe suddainlysuddenly dead, the sight whereof smo…e this Waldus with a …eepe and inward repentance …
With rule
… Waldus, of whome came the Waldenses was one, one of them f…ll downe suddainlysuddenly dead, the sight whereof smo…e this Waldus with a …eepe and inward repentance …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lords Supper is one part of the Catechiſme, I ſhould ſo abruptly and ſuddainlysuddenly fall into it, before I meet with it in the due place. True, it …
With rule
… the Lords Supper is one part of the Catechiſme, I ſhould ſo abruptly and ſuddainlysuddenly fall into it, before I meet with it in the due place. True, it …
John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… drawne to such sinnes as blast and ouerturne others by the rootes, and that suddainlysuddenly. Whereas hee that holdes his Religion, because the Prince holdes it, will runne with …
With rule
… drawne to such sinnes as blast and ouerturne others by the rootes, and that suddainlysuddenly. Whereas hee that holdes his Religion, because the Prince holdes it, will runne with …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… why the clouds above, being heavie with water, should not fal to the earth suddainlysuddenly, seeing every heavie thing descendeth, except the reason which God giveth, Gen. 1. 6. and Iob …
With rule
… why the clouds above, being heavie with water, should not fal to the earth suddainlysuddenly, seeing every heavie thing descendeth, except the reason which God giveth, Gen. 1. 6. and Iob …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 612 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tongues vpon the heads of those master-builders of his Church. What they were suddainlysuddenly taught of God, we with much leasure and industry learne of men; knowing the …
With rule
… tongues vpon the heads of those master-builders of his Church. What they were suddainlysuddenly taught of God, we with much leasure and industry learne of men; knowing the …
John Brinsley · The Grammar School · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Lex Rex A57975

Printed
… is inconsequent, for a King invading in his own Royall person, the innocent subject, 1. SuddainlySuddenly. 2. Without col…ur of Law and reason. 3. Unavoidably, may be personally resist…d, and …
With rule
… is inconsequent, for a King invading in his own Royall person, the innocent subject, 1. SuddainlySuddenly. 2. Without col…ur of Law and reason. 3. Unavoidably, may be personally resist…d, and …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 329 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
;;SuddainlySuddenly, when he is not looked for: for besides all mens expectation, will Christ come …
With rule
;;SuddainlySuddenly, when he is not looked for: for besides all mens expectation, will Christ come …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 651 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 A85668

Printed
Obſ. 3 SuddainlySuddenly and eaſily can the Lord deſtroy ſinful Nations. I will poure out mine indignation …
With rule
Obſ. 3 SuddainlySuddenly and eaſily can the Lord deſtroy ſinful Nations. I will poure out mine indignation …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached Before the Parliament A86505

Printed
… were ſmitten. So alſo Paul and Silas praying, and ſinging PRAYSES unto God, Acts 16. SuddainlySuddenly there was a great Earth quake, ſo that the foundations of the priſon were …
With rule
… were ſmitten. So alſo Paul and Silas praying, and ſinging PRAYSES unto God, Acts 16. SuddainlySuddenly there was a great Earth quake, ſo that the foundations of the priſon were …
Nathanael Homes · Sermon Preached Before the Parliament · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Civil Policy A92147

Printed
… is inconſequent, for a King invading in his own Royall perſon, the innocent ſubject, 1. SuddainlySuddenly. 2. Without colour of Law and reaſon. 3. Unavoidably, may be perſonally reſiſted, and that with …
With rule
… is inconſequent, for a King invading in his own Royall perſon, the innocent ſubject, 1. SuddainlySuddenly. 2. Without colour of Law and reaſon. 3. Unavoidably, may be perſonally reſiſted, and that with …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 329 · Open in the reader

Moses Prayer A93404

Printed
… that as Death comes violently and unreſiſtably as a Flood: Doct. 2 So Death comes SuddainlySuddenly, unexpectedly as a Flood. Many times when men are not aware nor thinke not …
With rule
… that as Death comes violently and unreſiſtably as a Flood: Doct. 2 So Death comes SuddainlySuddenly, unexpectedly as a Flood. Many times when men are not aware nor thinke not …
Samuel Smith · Moses Prayer · p. 153 · Open in the reader