Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12116 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wondringwondering

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

Puritas changed it: 697 times in 473 works
Consistency: 97.7% (697 of 713)
Reach if approved: ~749 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wondering
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 713 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (697 changes in 473 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 697)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… God, of Christ, of the word, or of iustification, doe not so much stand wondringwondering at these strange temptations, as thinke with thy selfe that it is the mercie …
With rule
… God, of Christ, of the word, or of iustification, doe not so much stand wondringwondering at these strange temptations, as thinke with thy selfe that it is the mercie …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from place to place, from village to village, vntil people rū ning out, and wondringwondering at that ſtraunge accident, enquired earneſtly after it: the fellow perceiuing by no meanes …
With rule
… from place to place, from village to village, vntil people rū ning out, and wondringwondering at that ſtraunge accident, enquired earneſtly after it: the fellow perceiuing by no meanes …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… according to thy word, to omit Zachary and Anne, The Angels and ſhepheards ſinging, wondringwondering, and ſetting forth the Lords praiſe for theſe things. But wee vnworthy wretches looke …
With rule
… according to thy word, to omit Zachary and Anne, The Angels and ſhepheards ſinging, wondringwondering, and ſetting forth the Lords praiſe for theſe things. But wee vnworthy wretches looke …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all related to him the whole Story of this his metamorphosis: the Asse-keeper wondringwondering at it reports it to his Master; and he declares it to Pope Leo …
With rule
… all related to him the whole Story of this his metamorphosis: the Asse-keeper wondringwondering at it reports it to his Master; and he declares it to Pope Leo …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · Open in the reader
Printed
… wonder at him. It is but a litle wondringwondering we haue here. Ye know, wondringwondering preſuppones nouelties, things of exceeding great importance. Then, it muſt followe, that, the Lord …
With rule
… wonder at him. It is but a litle wondringwondering we haue here. Ye know, wondringwondering preſuppones nouelties, things of exceeding great importance. Then, it muſt followe, that, the Lord …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rather trie it with Salomon, then beleeue it of Salomon: and while they are wondringwondering with him, ſome are taken out of their way, and cut ſhorte of the …
With rule
… rather trie it with Salomon, then beleeue it of Salomon: and while they are wondringwondering with him, ſome are taken out of their way, and cut ſhorte of the …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 837 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to haue beleeued and to haue beene baptiſed, and to haue continued with Philip, wondringwondering at the ſignes and great miracles which were done by him, and alſo upon …
With rule
… to haue beleeued and to haue beene baptiſed, and to haue continued with Philip, wondringwondering at the ſignes and great miracles which were done by him, and alſo upon …
John Forbes · A Fruitful Sermon · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… let vs heare what further matter M^r. B. hath here found, for this his wondringwondering humor to worke vpon: for the former passages haue already beene examined. That a …
With rule
… let vs heare what further matter M^r. B. hath here found, for this his wondringwondering humor to worke vpon: for the former passages haue already beene examined. That a …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Virtues History A11081

Printed
WondringWondering a farre to see such troopes as those,
With rule
WondringWondering a farre to see such troopes as those,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in English Meter A27786

Printed
WondringWondering thereat, among themselves this speech they had,
With rule
WondringWondering thereat, among themselves this speech they had,
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes A34666

Printed
… Fourthly, Aſtoniſhment or uncertainty what to do. Jer. 4.9. Zach. 12.4. Deut. 28.28. The Second ſort of WondringWondering is only incident to God, and that only. The other three are commonly found …
With rule
… Fourthly, Aſtoniſhment or uncertainty what to do. Jer. 4.9. Zach. 12.4. Deut. 28.28. The Second ſort of WondringWondering is only incident to God, and that only. The other three are commonly found …
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes · p. 97 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 8. they shall say] WondringWondering, as at a thing never likely to fall out, that God should ever have …
With rule
V. 8. they shall say] WondringWondering, as at a thing never likely to fall out, that God should ever have …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
WondringWondering; but soo… th' … thus reply'd:
With rule
WondringWondering; but soo… th' … thus reply'd:
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Revelation A68061

Printed
WondringWondering of two ſorts. 174
With rule
WondringWondering of two ſorts. 174
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

Printed
… prolong his Time, that ſo his unexpected Coming might fill his Peoples Hearts with WondringWondering, and others with Conſternation.
With rule
… prolong his Time, that ſo his unexpected Coming might fill his Peoples Hearts with WondringWondering, and others with Conſternation.
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 76 · Open in the reader