Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1245 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

turneturn

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 26,911 times in 2,712 works
Consistency: 99.9% (26,911 of 26,919)
Reach if approved: ~28,289 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: turn
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 26,924 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (26,911 changes in 2,712 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 26,911)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
TurneTurn, turneturn away thy sight from vanities,
With rule
TurneTurn, turneturn away thy sight from vanities,
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Ahithophel was among the conſpirators with Abſalom…, Lord (ſaid he) I pray thee turneturn the counſell of Ahithophel into fooliſhneſſe, 2. Sam. 15.31. When he prayed thus, going vp the …
With rule
… that Ahithophel was among the conſpirators with Abſalom…, Lord (ſaid he) I pray thee turneturn the counſell of Ahithophel into fooliſhneſſe, 2. Sam. 15.31. When he prayed thus, going vp the …
Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bookes in the edition at Basil, that you may speedily with a wet finger turneturn to every cotation.
With rule
… bookes in the edition at Basil, that you may speedily with a wet finger turneturn to every cotation.
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… seared with the ouerthrowe of our florishing peace and country, vvihch God in mercy turneturn from vs. This also hath God done for her, that her highnesse may cary …
With rule
… seared with the ouerthrowe of our florishing peace and country, vvihch God in mercy turneturn from vs. This also hath God done for her, that her highnesse may cary …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… himselfe, neither is it in man to walke and direct his steppes; O therfore turneturn thou mine eyes away from vanitie, and quicken thou me in the way. Dost …
With rule
… himselfe, neither is it in man to walke and direct his steppes; O therfore turneturn thou mine eyes away from vanitie, and quicken thou me in the way. Dost …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a cleere Comment and declaration of his Law: hee that bade vs rather turneturn out other checke to the smiter, then reuenge our selues; did himself sweetly reproue …
With rule
… is a cleere Comment and declaration of his Law: hee that bade vs rather turneturn out other checke to the smiter, then reuenge our selues; did himself sweetly reproue …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nowe therfore which way wil ye turneturn the saile of youre safetie? The Patriarke Noah dooth renounce you, Hieremie and Paule …
With rule
Nowe therfore which way wil ye turneturn the saile of youre safetie? The Patriarke Noah dooth renounce you, Hieremie and Paule …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… raine not in the dayes of there prophesiynge, and haue power ouer waters to turneturn them into bloud, and to smite the earth with all manner of plagues, as …
With rule
… raine not in the dayes of there prophesiynge, and haue power ouer waters to turneturn them into bloud, and to smite the earth with all manner of plagues, as …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

7 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.

A Quench-Coal A10197

Printed
… our Gracious King, &c. to cut off THOSE (for THESE) workers of Iniquity, VVHO TURNETURN RELIGION INTO REBELLION and FAITH INTO FACTION.
With rule
… our Gracious King, &c. to cut off THOSE (for THESE) workers of Iniquity, VVHO TURNETURN RELIGION INTO REBELLION and FAITH INTO FACTION.
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
TUrneTurn abo…t one of the … th… Figures, which are in the following Page, … your …
With rule
TUrneTurn abo…t one of the … th… Figures, which are in the following Page, … your …
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

Mixed Contemplations in Better Times A40678

Printed
… his person into his Possession. Then, instead of other puishment, he made him a TURNETURN-BROACH, and afterwards (on his peaceable Behaviour) he was preferred one of the Kings …
With rule
… his person into his Possession. Then, instead of other puishment, he made him a TURNETURN-BROACH, and afterwards (on his peaceable Behaviour) he was preferred one of the Kings …
Thomas Fuller · Mixed Contemplations in Better Times · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… as it is written, THERE SHALL COME OUT OF SION THE DELIVERER and SHALL TURNETURN AWAY UNGODLINESSE FROM JACOB. FOR THIS IS MY COVENANT UNTO THEM, VVHEN I SHALL …
With rule
… as it is written, THERE SHALL COME OUT OF SION THE DELIVERER and SHALL TURNETURN AWAY UNGODLINESSE FROM JACOB. FOR THIS IS MY COVENANT UNTO THEM, VVHEN I SHALL …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… verſe 40. And I will make an everlaſting Covenant with them, that I will not TURNETURN AWAY FROM THEM to do them GOOD, &c. verſe 41. Yea I will rejoyce over …
With rule
… verſe 40. And I will make an everlaſting Covenant with them, that I will not TURNETURN AWAY FROM THEM to do them GOOD, &c. verſe 41. Yea I will rejoyce over …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 228 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… THEM BY THE HEELS, BUT LIKEWISE PULL THEIR COATS OFF FROM THEIR BACKS, AND TURNETURN THEM OUT OF THEIR PLACES. And he further depoſed, that he did complaine and …
With rule
… THEM BY THE HEELS, BUT LIKEWISE PULL THEIR COATS OFF FROM THEIR BACKS, AND TURNETURN THEM OUT OF THEIR PLACES. And he further depoſed, that he did complaine and …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 452 · Open in the reader

Demurrer to the Jews 2 A91275

Printed
… in the faith: NOT GIVING HEED TO JEWISH FABLES, and commandements OF MEN THAT TURNETURN FROM THE TRUTH. If the circumciſed Jews were ſuch unruly Deceivers, ſeducers, and ſubverters …
With rule
… in the faith: NOT GIVING HEED TO JEWISH FABLES, and commandements OF MEN THAT TURNETURN FROM THE TRUTH. If the circumciſed Jews were ſuch unruly Deceivers, ſeducers, and ſubverters …
William Prynne · Demurrer to the Jews 2 · p. 59 · Open in the reader