Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12527 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shortnedshortened

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

Puritas changed it: 856 times in 547 works
Consistency: 99.3% (856 of 862)
Reach if approved: ~907 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shortened
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 (856 changes in 547 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 856)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… before the law (called the voyd time) 2000. vnder the law, & 2000. vnder Christ, which shalbe shortnedshortened, for the sinnes of the world, which are many. There be divers learned and …
With rule
… before the law (called the voyd time) 2000. vnder the law, & 2000. vnder Christ, which shalbe shortnedshortened, for the sinnes of the world, which are many. There be divers learned and …
Robert Pont · The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day. yea for his chosē sake, the Lorde hath saide, these sorowful dayes shalbe shortnedshortened, of which most happy number, whose names are registred in the booke of life …
With rule
… day. yea for his chosē sake, the Lorde hath saide, these sorowful dayes shalbe shortnedshortened, of which most happy number, whose names are registred in the booke of life …
Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſcued Paul from perſecution, Manaſſeh in old age, frō Idolatry. Gods hand is not ſhortnedshortened. This of puſillanimity according to the vſual acception amongſt Diuines.
With rule
… reſcued Paul from perſecution, Manaſſeh in old age, frō Idolatry. Gods hand is not ſhortnedshortened. This of puſillanimity according to the vſual acception amongſt Diuines.
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 482 · Open in the reader
Printed
… need be) seale it with your bloodes; and God shall write your Names (not shortnedshortened like Dumahs,) but at full length, in a Booke neuer to be blotted out.
With rule
… need be) seale it with your bloodes; and God shall write your Names (not shortnedshortened like Dumahs,) but at full length, in a Booke neuer to be blotted out.
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſix hundred, ſome more yeares, and ſerued a long apprentiſhip, the Lord gratiouſly hath ſhortnedshortened our leaſe, & cals vs from this trouble ſome ſea, into the hauen by that …
With rule
… ſix hundred, ſome more yeares, and ſerued a long apprentiſhip, the Lord gratiouſly hath ſhortnedshortened our leaſe, & cals vs from this trouble ſome ſea, into the hauen by that …
Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the best and wisest amongst them▪ After that the liues of men were shortnedshortened, meanes more durable to preserue the lawes of God from obliuion and corruption grew …
With rule
… of the best and wisest amongst them▪ After that the liues of men were shortnedshortened, meanes more durable to preserue the lawes of God from obliuion and corruption grew …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no fl…ſh ſhould be ſaued: but for the Elects ſake …hey ſhall be ſhortnedshortened: they make nothing to this matter in hand, as hath beene already declared. Hee …
With rule
… no fl…ſh ſhould be ſaued: but for the Elects ſake …hey ſhall be ſhortnedshortened: they make nothing to this matter in hand, as hath beene already declared. Hee …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Name for euer. We know (ô Almighty Lord God) that thy hand is not ſhortnedshortened, thy goodnes is not leſſened, nor the fountaine of thy mercies drawne dry, but …
With rule
… Name for euer. We know (ô Almighty Lord God) that thy hand is not ſhortnedshortened, thy goodnes is not leſſened, nor the fountaine of thy mercies drawne dry, but …
Richard Bernard · The Good Mans Grace · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
Shortnesse of spirit, Exod. 6. 9. ShortnedShortened for lessened, Numb. 11. 23.
With rule
Shortnesse of spirit, Exod. 6. 9. ShortnedShortened for lessened, Numb. 11. 23.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined A27810

Printed
45 ShortnedShortened his dayes of youth, and him with shame thou cov'red hast. Selah.
With rule
45 ShortnedShortened his dayes of youth, and him with shame thou cov'red hast. Selah.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

The Humbled Sinner A92854

Printed
Short Writing ShortnedShortened, or the Art of ſhort Writing reduced to a method more ſpeedy, plain, exact …
With rule
Short Writing ShortnedShortened, or the Art of ſhort Writing reduced to a method more ſpeedy, plain, exact …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Humbled Sinner · Open in the reader