Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12237 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

yongeryounger

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

Puritas changed it: 846 times in 396 works
Consistency: 98.1% (846 of 862)
Reach if approved: ~907 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: younger
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 863 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (846 changes in 396 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 846)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of S. Nicholas and All-Saints, in New-Caſtle vpon Tine, eſpecially to the yongeryounger and ruder ſort of them, R. I. wiſheth a competent meaſure of the Spirit …
With rule
… of S. Nicholas and All-Saints, in New-Caſtle vpon Tine, eſpecially to the yongeryounger and ruder ſort of them, R. I. wiſheth a competent meaſure of the Spirit …
Robert Jenison · The Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
In my yongeryounger dayes (that I may in ſome thing relate my owne condition) I was bred …
With rule
In my yongeryounger dayes (that I may in ſome thing relate my owne condition) I was bred …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
xxv.c. The elder ſhall ſerue the yongeryounger Rom. ix.c.
With rule
xxv.c. The elder ſhall ſerue the yongeryounger Rom. ix.c.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſentence vpon children vnbaptiſed. The heretickes called Iouianiſtes (as Saint Auſten ſaith in his yongeryounger daies) did hold, that a man could not ſin hauing receiued the lauer of …
With rule
… ſentence vpon children vnbaptiſed. The heretickes called Iouianiſtes (as Saint Auſten ſaith in his yongeryounger daies) did hold, that a man could not ſin hauing receiued the lauer of …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deprecate strife? Yes, Abraham disdained not to goe vnto Lot, the elder to the yongeryounger, the vncle to the nephew, the worthier to the meaner, and that in the …
With rule
… deprecate strife? Yes, Abraham disdained not to goe vnto Lot, the elder to the yongeryounger, the vncle to the nephew, the worthier to the meaner, and that in the …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this world, was after her death by the happy and gracious childe Theodosius ▪ the yongeryounger, translated from his obscure resting place, to Constantinople which was his owne seate, there …
With rule
… this world, was after her death by the happy and gracious childe Theodosius ▪ the yongeryounger, translated from his obscure resting place, to Constantinople which was his owne seate, there …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon, me thinks I shoulde heare Eliab speaking in his high voice to his yongeryounger brother David, in this or the like manner: I know thy pride and mallice …
With rule
… vpon, me thinks I shoulde heare Eliab speaking in his high voice to his yongeryounger brother David, in this or the like manner: I know thy pride and mallice …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that were y^e pops eldest sonnes, by the kings of Frāce, which were his yongeryounger sons, or by other princes els which were y^e defenders of his church, let …
With rule
… that were y^e pops eldest sonnes, by the kings of Frāce, which were his yongeryounger sons, or by other princes els which were y^e defenders of his church, let …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

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

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… and willyng to ſubmitt them ſelues alſo, and be directed by them that bee YongerYounger, if any of theim bee endued with deeper vnderſtandyng, or profounder ſkill then thei …
With rule
… and willyng to ſubmitt them ſelues alſo, and be directed by them that bee YongerYounger, if any of theim bee endued with deeper vnderſtandyng, or profounder ſkill then thei …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… exalteth hymſelf ſhalbe brought lowe, & he that humbleth hymſelf, ſhalbee exalted. Therefore truly the YongerYounger ought to ſubmit themſelues, and bee in ſubiection vnto the Elder: and yet neuertheleſſe …
With rule
… exalteth hymſelf ſhalbe brought lowe, & he that humbleth hymſelf, ſhalbee exalted. Therefore truly the YongerYounger ought to ſubmit themſelues, and bee in ſubiection vnto the Elder: and yet neuertheleſſe …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… his Epistle to Hi…r…, who then swayed the Common-wealth under Theodosius the YongerYounger, writes thus of Stage-players; that this is their chiefe end and study, not …
With rule
… his Epistle to Hi…r…, who then swayed the Common-wealth under Theodosius the YongerYounger, writes thus of Stage-players; that this is their chiefe end and study, not …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 466 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon 1 Peter A57537

Printed
… terms, though haply it were fit our adversary should come to us, as being YongerYounger, Inferior in place, or who first gave the cause of offence, yet rather then …
With rule
… terms, though haply it were fit our adversary should come to us, as being YongerYounger, Inferior in place, or who first gave the cause of offence, yet rather then …
John Rogers · Exposition Upon 1 Peter · p. 447 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
Maximinus the YongerYounger his bloudy persecution. 83.
With rule
Maximinus the YongerYounger his bloudy persecution. 83.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… be more plaine? But S. Beda (ſaith C.E.) tels vs that Iuſtinian the YongerYounger, commanded Sergius Biſhop of Rome, to be caried to Conſtantinople, becauſe he would not …
With rule
… be more plaine? But S. Beda (ſaith C.E.) tels vs that Iuſtinian the YongerYounger, commanded Sergius Biſhop of Rome, to be caried to Conſtantinople, becauſe he would not …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 762 · Open in the reader